US Wildfires Are Getting Bigger and More Complex, Prompting Changes in Firefighting April 11, 2024 By Ty Oneil It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and...
Fires From 2023 Smoldering Under Snow Reveal Canada’s Dangerous New Reality March 27, 2024 By Thomas Seal and Robert Tuttle As skiers glide down the slopes of British Columbia’s Whistler Mountain and ice fishers drop their lines into frozen lakes...
California Insurer of Last Resort Is Unprepared for Big Disaster March 19, 2024 California’s property insurer of last resort told lawmakers that it’s financially unprepared to cover the costs of a major catastrophe...
Huge Texas Blaze Shows Power-Line Fires Are a Widespread Threat March 8, 2024 By Mark Chediak, Will Wade and David R. Baker Massive wildfires sparked by power lines used to be a California problem, one many utility executives considered safely confined to...
Viewpoint: How Public Adjusters Bridge The Gap in California’s Insurance Landscape February 29, 2024 By John Petrov When you consider the types of disaster that might befall a California homeowner, flooding might not be the first thing...
PacifiCorp Fire Victim Who Leapt in River Awarded $9 Million January 24, 2024 By Rachel Graf A jury ordered a Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. unit to pay nine homeowners at least $62 million for failing to...
Startup AiDash Raises $50M for Tech Using AI, Satellites to Spot Wildfire Risk January 24, 2024 By Peter Henderson A California startup using artificial intelligence (AI) and satellites to spot fire and weather risks on power lines, AiDash, reported...
Southerners Are Rekindling a ‘Fire Culture’ to Boost Longleaf Pine Range December 18, 2023 By James Pollard WEST END, N.C. (AP) — Jesse Wimberley burns the woods with neighbors. Using new tools to revive an old communal...
Encroaching Wildfires Prompt N.C. and Tenn. Campgrounds to Evacuate November 22, 2023 PINNACLE, N.C. (AP) — Wildfires have prompted campgrounds in North Carolina and Tennessee to evacuate starting Sunday while firefighters prepared...
Details of California Wildfire Plan Sketchy But It’s Useful Marketing Tool for Data Vendors November 20, 2023 By Jim Sams A proposal by California’s insurance regulator to require insurers to write more policies in areas at risk of wildfires is...