All the headlines from our Catastrophe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 18 2025 // North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Monday requested $13.5 billion more from Congress in recovery aid for Hurricane Helene almost a year after the historic storm, saying additional help is needed from Washington to address...
Sep 17 2025 // Marsh McLennan lost 358 employees in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and in Washington today Michelle Sartain, who has worked at Marsh for more than 28 years, encouraged lawmakers to...
Sep 16 2025 // Tornadoes destroyed several homes in southeastern Utah over the weekend, but authorities said there were no reports of people injured.A storm produced two tornadoes in San Juan County in southeastern Utah over the span of...
Sep 15 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign several wildfire and health-related bills that have passed the Legislature and are now awaiting the governor’s approval.“They...
Sep 15 2025 // Asset managers with sizable holdings of catastrophe bonds are watching to see how a recent recommendation by Europe’s markets watchdog will disrupt the status quo, with some already warning of a potential selloff.At...
Sep 12 2025 // It’s the statistical peak of Atlantic hurricane season, and there isn’t a storm in sight — for now.September’s second week is usually when the season gets into full swing, as warm ocean waters fuel...
Sep 12 2025 // Nearly seven years after Paradise was ravaged by wildfire, the foothill town smells like pine trees again. New homes are sprouting up on once-scorched lots. Construction trucks rumble through neighborhoods. An ice cream...
Sep 12 2025 // Patricia Lamela was driving back to the Galician town of Larouco in northwest Spain when she got the call. It was Aug. 13, just before 7 p.m., and a neighbor told her there was a fire in the forest.Lamela, the mayor of...
Sep 11 2025 // At a church parking lot near Los Angeles, two hazmat-suit-clad workers vacuumed and wiped most of the contents of Elle Schneider’s house. Surrounded by stacked plastic bins of books and clothes, they opened up the...
Sep 10 2025 // California lawmakers have reached an initial agreement to shore up the state’s wildfire utility fund.The agreement is expected be filed into legislative text on Wednesday after lawmakers suspended a Tuesday deadline,...
Sep 9 2025 // When a hurricane tears through a community, the damage left behind can feel overwhelming. For property owners, the priority is to get repairs done quickly so that life and business can return to normal. But too often,...
Sep 8 2025 // Most California homes were built long before the state required that they be constructed to withstand wildfires. Now, sellers of older homes in high-risk areas must disclose to potential buyers not only a dwelling’s...
Sep 8 2025 // As natural catastrophes become more frequent and destructive, a key backstop intended to help cover losses has gotten harder to access.The reinsurance industry, which exists to help primary insurers cope with losses when...
Sep 5 2025 // Firefighters are slowly gaining on several wildfires burning in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada area, forcing evacuations and destroying buildings in a historic mining town.The TCU September Lightning Complex fires,...
Sep 3 2025 // A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners, forcing evacuations and destroying properties.The fire rapidly expanded to 6,473 acres, forcing the evacuation...
Sep 2 2025 // Hurricane Katrina claimed hundreds of lives, destroyed homes and changed how emergency response is dealt with forever.In this episode of “The Story Behind the AP Story,” retired Associated Press journalist...
Sep 2 2025 // Eight months after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles, commercial and residential policyholders continue to report unreasonably long delays, dubious denials, and conspicuously low settlements. Most...
Aug 29 2025 // Scientists at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Global Systems Laboratory said it has developed an hourly assessment of wildfire potential across the U.S.The Boulder, Colorado-based lab’s...
Aug 29 2025 // When Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans in August 2005, causing greater insurance losses than any other natural disaster in history, it became clear that a lot of the city’s flood protection engineering —...
Aug 29 2025 // Canada’s record-breaking 2023 wildfire season led to a spike in air pollution in the country and in the US, erasing recent progress in cleaning up the air, according to new analysis.The wildfires, which burned 42...