All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 16 2023 // Catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Co. (KCC) said on Thursday it expects insured losses of $2.4 billion from the devastating dual Kahramanmaras earthquakes that hit Turkey earlier this month.The number of people...
Feb 16 2023 // Turkey would need to construct about a million new homes in the 10 provinces hit by the February 6 earthquakes, according to a property developer, signaling the massive rebuilding effort that needs to be...
Feb 16 2023 // In a Selma neighborhood — a few blocks from the starting point of the 1965 voting rights marches — the path of a January tornado remains clear.Homes sit collapsed or missing walls and roofs. Some building are...
Feb 14 2023 // Economic losses for the Feb. 6, 2023 earthquakes in Turkey will likely exceed US$20 billion, while insured losses will likely be more than US$1 billion, according to Extreme Event Solutions at Verisk (formerly AIR...
Feb 13 2023 // A city claims in a lawsuit that Southern California Edison equipment ignited a damaging wildfire last fall.The lawsuit filed on behalf of the city of Hemet claims that the utility did not manage its electrical power lines...
Feb 10 2023 // Humboldt County authorities have released the latest statistics on recovery from the December earthquake and aftershocks that struck the Northern California coast.Roughly 91 structures have been red-tagged as unsafe to...
Feb 9 2023 // Most insurance payouts due to the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria ultimately will be borne by global reinsurers, according to Fitch Ratings.“The vast majority of insured losses will be covered by reinsurance,...
Feb 9 2023 // Thousands of foreign aid workers have arrived in Turkey and the first UN aid convoy has entered Syria after this week’s twin earthquakes. The World Bank announced a $1.78 billion relief package as well.The death toll...
Feb 8 2023 // Houston, Texas-based McClenny Moseley & Associates hired a criminal defense lawyer after being sanctioned last week by a federal judge in New Orleans for filing lawsuits on behalf of a homeowner it did not represent.On...
Feb 8 2023 // A Florida nursing home administrator charged with causing the overheating deaths of nine patients after Hurricane Irma in 2017 went on trial Monday, with a prosecutor calling him a “captain who abandoned ship”...
Feb 8 2023 // Two powerful earthquakes, which hit southeastern Turkey on Feb. 6, 2023, deliver another blow to the local re/insurance industry, according to commentaries from AM Best and GlobalData.While it is likely that international...
Feb 8 2023 // A Maryland woman spent months conspiring with a neo-Nazi leader based in Florida to plan an attack on Baltimore’s power grid, hoping to further their racist mission, law enforcement officials said Monday.The plan was...
Feb 7 2023 // A small earthquake rumbled through western New York early Monday, alarming people in a region unaccustomed to such shaking but apparently causing no significant damage.The U.S. Geological Survey preliminarily reported a...
Feb 6 2023 // Rescue teams from overseas began deploying in Turkey on Tuesday after a pair of powerful earthquakes a day earlier killed at least 4,000 people in the country and neighboring Syria, leaving millions to suffer without power...
Feb 6 2023 // The U.S. is directing $930 million toward reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states by clearing trees and underbrush from national forests, the Biden administration announced in late January, as officials struggle to...
Feb 3 2023 // Some people unaffected by tornadoes that ravaged Kentucky in late 2021 were mistakenly sent payments from a relief fund funneling private donations into the region, the state treasurer’s office said Wednesday.State...
Jan 31 2023 // An earthquake false alarm nearly four years ago can teach disaster and emergency planners – and any crisis communicators, including insurers – a thing or two about communicating to the public during and after a...
Jan 30 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – As Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana Gulf Coast in August 2021, Renato Decena and Rosel Hernandez watched the storm punch a hole in the roof of the bunkhouse where they were sheltered _ abandoned,...
Jan 26 2023 // A light earthquake centered offshore gave Southern California an early morning wake-up call Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.There were no reports of damage. The 2 a.m. quake occurred beneath the ocean 10.6...
Jan 26 2023 // Economic losses from natural disasters in 2022 were estimated at $313 billion, with an insurance price tag of approximately $132 billion, according to Aon.Roughly 42% of economic losses were covered by public and private...