All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 8 2021 // Tropical Storm Elsa, which made landfall in Florida yesterday, is dousing the Carolinas and Georgia today and is on track to hit the northeast on Friday.The National Hurricane Center’s forecast calls for Elsa to move...
Jul 7 2021 // Tropical Storm Elsa was weakening as it traveled over northern Florida, the National Hurricane Center said.The storm was about 105 miles west of Jacksonville and moving toward the north near 14 mph, according to the...
Jul 7 2021 // The nation’s largest utility has long vowed to change its reckless ways, but year after year there’s more death and destruction from Northern California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric’s...
Jul 7 2021 // Record-high temperatures from Canada to Scandinavia and intense wildfires flaring up from California to Russia’s Far East are adding to extreme weather events recorded at the start of the summer in the Northern...
Jul 6 2021 // By all accounts the California wildfire season continues to shape up to be a bad one, and another catastrophe modeling firm has reported sales of their products picking up due in part to carriers and reinsurers looking for...
Jul 6 2021 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has posted its 2021 Rate Adequacy Analysis for public review.The analysis indicates that TWIA’s current rates are inadequate by 39% for residential coverage and 46% for...
Jul 6 2021 // Tropical Storm Elsa is moving northward along the west coast of Florida, bringing heavy rains and winds, the National Hurricane Center reports.At 5 a.m. Wednesday morning, Elsa was reported to be about 70 miles west...
Jul 6 2021 // A small earthquake struck a sparsely populated area of central Wyoming on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake about 29 miles south of Ten Sleep...
Jul 6 2021 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has ordered GeoVera Specialty Insurance Co. to stop non-renewing Louisiana homeowners policies in violation of state law.In a cease and desist order issued last week, Donelon...
Jul 6 2021 // Containment of three big wildfires in Northern California has increased but potential for a new round of winds this week was a concern, authorities said Monday.Containment of the 39-square-mile Lava Fire at the foot of...
Jul 6 2021 // The National Weather Service has confirmed a second tornado touched down in Delaware during storms earlier this week.The weather service’s office in Mount Holly, New Jersey, announced details from a survey of storm...
Jul 5 2021 // The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm and storm surge warnings for the west coast of Florida as Tropical Storm Elsa began moving northward from Cuba.As of 11 am Tuesday, July 6, the tropical storm warning was...
Jul 5 2021 // The number of noticeable earthquakes has been increasing year after year since 2017 in the key oil producing regions of the U.S., according to an analysis by an independent energy research firm.The analysis of seismic...
Jul 5 2021 // Severe drought and searing temperatures are not the only proof that Californians should be worried about wildfires this year.A glaring piece of evidence that there’s ample cause for concern is this: those who will be...
Jul 5 2021 // In previous legislative years, Texas lawmakers have attempted to tackle the problems of funding for and management of Texas’ insurer of last resort for wind and hail for seacoast properties. This year, numerous...
Jul 2 2021 // Pacific Gas & Electric asked regulators Wednesday to grant a $3.6 billion rate hike to help it pay for hardening its power systems to prevent deadly wildfires.The nation’s largest electric utility requested the...
Jul 2 2021 // Numerous measures relating to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association were filed in the Texas Legislature in 2021 and four made it to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.One, House Bill 769, has only two provisions. Authored...
Jul 1 2021 // Hundreds of firefighters labored this week in high heat on the lines of big wildfires in the forests of far northern California as many communities remained under lengthening evacuation orders.Mount Shasta, the volcano...
Jul 1 2021 // In a grassy meadow outside Missoula, Montana, Jennifer Fowler eyes two drones high in the sky with weather instruments — part of a program to see how drones can help to fight and monitor wildfires.Missoula is a major...
Jul 1 2021 // Like death and taxes, the annual hurricane season can be counted on as a sure thing. The number and intensity of named storms may vary each year, as well as where they occur and whether or not they make landfall. But...