All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 24 2024 // Despite several early blazes and one of the state’s largest so far, experts worry California’s wildfire season could get worse when the seasonal winds responsible for fanning some of the biggest fires arrive.A...
Sep 24 2024 // Florida’s Big Bend region on the northern Gulf Coast is bracing for yet another hurricane, the third in the last 13 months.Wind speeds for what could soon be Hurricane Helene are forecast to reach up to 115 mph,...
Sep 24 2024 // Hurricane John hit Mexico’s southern Pacific coast late on Monday as a major category 3 storm, with authorities warning residents to protect themselves against potentially deadly storm surges and torrential rain.The...
Sep 24 2024 // The majority of Washington and Oregon residents (82%) have some level of concern about growing wildfire dangers, but only about one-in-four are taking precautions to combat the impacts of smoky air or fire before it...
Sep 23 2024 // The US Gulf Coast from Mississippi to the Florida Panhandle is at risk of a hurricane strike by the end of the week as a patch of turbulent weather in the Atlantic becomes more organized.Currently a swirl of thunderstorms...
Sep 20 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for 750,000 policyholders affected by the Airport, Bridge, and Line...
Sep 19 2024 // Mosaic Insurance, the Bermuda-based specialty insurer, has launched customized global terrorism and sabotage coverage for fine art and specie insureds, with syndicated capacity extending up to $215 million per risk.The new...
Sep 18 2024 // Hannah Whyte is one of thousands of Californians who have struggled to insure their property in the event of wildfire.Her 77-acre farm nestled deep in a wildfire-vulnerable forest lost its coverage from State Farm after...
Sep 17 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Cal Poly Humboldt plan to form a strategy group to undertake what Lara says will be the nation’s first public wildfire catastrophe model.The plan is for the group to...
Sep 16 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.August 8, 2024, marked one year since the Lahaina Fires in Maui, which scorched approximately 6,500 acres and destroyed over 2,200 structures, leaving the Lahaina...
Sep 16 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has identified areas in the vicinity of the several ongoing large wildfires in the state that will be protected by a one-year moratorium on homeowners insurance non-renewal or...
Sep 16 2024 // Losses from Hurricane Francine are expected to be manageable for property/casualty insurers, with major population centers sparred from the worst of the storm’s damage.Privately insured loss from Hurricane Francine...
Sep 16 2024 // No single factor led a fire in the seaside Hawaiian town of Lahaina last year to rage out of control and kill 102 people, according to a state report that assesses the government’s response to the disaster but not...
Sep 16 2024 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple is warning residents to be aware of contractor fraud following Hurricane Francine.Large storms events such as hurricanes provide an opening for dishonest services providers to...
Sep 16 2024 // Cooler weather enabled firefighters to make progress over the weekend against three Southern California wildfires.Authorities have started scaling back evacuations at the largest blaze. The Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles...
Sep 16 2024 // The strongest typhoon in more than seven decades has struck China’s financial hub, leading to widespread flight cancellations and disrupting holidaymakers at the start of a days-long national festival.Typhoon Bebinca...
Sep 16 2024 // A Colorado man was charged with arson after an investigation into a wildfire this summer that destroyed 29 homes and caused more than $30 million in property damage, authorities said.Jason Alexander Hobby, 49, was arrested...
Sep 16 2024 // The country is facing heightened threats from many corners at a time when law enforcement agencies are struggling, FBI Director Christopher Wray said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, adding that he is...
Sep 13 2024 // Cooler weather is aiding the fight against a large Southern California wildfire, one of three large fires in the region.The Bridge Fire exploded in size on Tuesday, forcing evacuations in the communities of Wrightwood and...
Sep 13 2024 // As tropical storm Bebinca barrels towards waters off northern Taiwan gathering strength into a possible typhoon, weather forecasters in Taipei are using a new and so far successful method to help track its path –...