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#1 California Wildfire Destroys 243 Structures, Cancellation Moratorium Issued

Nov 18 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 200,000 policyholders affected by the Mountain Fire,...

#2 Washington Commissioner: Most Homes in 2023 Wildfire Were Underinsured

Oct 29 2024 // An analysis of the claims paid out after the Gray and Oregon Road fires in Washington last year found that most of the homes destroyed were underinsured.The fires destroyed 366 homes, burning more than 20,000 acres outside...

#3 15 Homes Evacuated as Crews Battle Another Wildfire in New Jersey

Nov 8 2024 // The latest forest fire to break out in New Jersey spurred authorities to evacuate more than a dozen homes Wednesday as crews worked to contain the blaze, but no injuries or property damage has been reported.The New Jersey...

#4 Malibu Retrofit at $300,000 Shows Limits of Wildfire-Prepping

Nov 5 2024 // Evelin Weber and her neighbors fled their Malibu homes as the deadly Woolsey Fire tore across the California coast in 2018. Ever since, haunted by fears of another blaze, she’s spent $300,000 on fireproofing her...

#5 California Commissioner: 1-Year Moratorium on Cancellations for Wildfire Victims

Nov 12 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 11,000 policyholders affected by the Shelly Fire located...

#6 Voluntary Evacuations Help Firefighters Contain New York State Forest Wildfire

Nov 18 2024 // A voluntary evacuation of homes over the weekend helped New York firefighters continue their progress in containing a state park wildfire near the New Jersey border.The state requested that residents in about 165 homes in...

#7 Fire Crews on Both US Coasts Battle Wildfires; 1 Death in New York-New Jersey Fire

Nov 12 2024 // Fire crews on both coasts of the United States continued battling wildfires on Sunday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee and another in Southern California that destroyed more than...

#8 More Logging Proposed to Help Curb Wildfires in Pacific Northwest

Nov 20 2024 // U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan...

#9 Containment Increases on California Fire That Has Destroyed 168 Structures

Nov 12 2024 // Firefighters battled strong winds driving a fast-moving Southern California wildfire that forced the evacuations of thousands of people and destroyed at least 168 structures.Containment of the Mountain Fire in Ventura...

#10 Aerospace Startup Partners With NASA, USGS to Monitor Wildfires, Storms From Space

Oct 31 2024 // Aerospace startup Sceye has partnered with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to deploy climate management tools to monitor wildfires and storms from the edge of space, the company and the government agencies exclusively...

#11 Hawaii Attorney General Probe into Deadly Wildfire Won’t Lead to Criminal Charges

Nov 4 2024 // An investigation by the Hawaii attorney general’s office into the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, which destroyed most of the historic town of Lahaina, won’t lead to any criminal charges.Hawaii...

#12 Washington Commissioner: Most Homes in 2023 Wildfire Were Underinsured

Nov 18 2024 // An analysis of the claims paid out after the Gray and Oregon Road fires in Washington last year found that most of the homes destroyed were underinsured.The fires destroyed 366 homes, burning more than 20,000 acres outside...