Latest Catastrophe Headlines
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Wildfire Burns 20 Homes in Southern California Desert Town
Jul 1 2020 // A wind-driven wildfire destroyed homes and forced evacuations as it tore through a rural Southern California desert town near the Salton Sea, authorities said. The fire erupted Sunday evening in Niland, a small and poor...
3 Quick Hurricane Season Tips (Just a Little Late)
Jul 1 2020 // So far hurricane season has been uneventful unless you consider the giant Saharan dust cloud that traveled across the Atlantic. That just means that now is a great time for a few important hurricane season...
Fireworks Spark Utah Wildfire, Evacuations, Officials Say
Jun 29 2020 // Fireworks caused a wildfire in Utah that forced out residents of houses and an apartment building early on June 28 as the flames encroached on a residential area, officials said. A suspect was cooperating with law...
Insurtech MGA Delos, Canopius to Offer Wildfire Protection Coverage in California
Jun 29 2020 // Delos Insurance Solutions, a property insurtech managing general agent (MGA), has created a new insurance product with Canopius US Insurance designed to improve the homeowners insurance options for those living in wildfire...
Week Before Trump’s Visit, Wildfire Burns Near Mount Rushmore
Jun 26 2020 // South Dakota brought in more resources on June 25 to fight a wildfire burning near Mount Rushmore ahead of next week’s visit to the monument by President Donald Trump for Independence Day celebrations. The fire that...
Washington Firefighters Prep for Wildfire Season Amid Pandemic
Jun 26 2020 // Washington state firefighters are preparing for a season of potential summer wildfires while adopting new health safety measures amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has added a new layer of...
No Damage, Injuries from M4.6 Earthquake in Central California
Jun 24 2020 // An earthquake rattled Central California Monday evening but no damage or injuries were immediately reported, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. A magnitude-4.6 temblor struck at 5:25 p.m. southeast of the community of...
U.S. Economic Losses from Severe Weather During May Topped $4 Billion: Aon
Jun 24 2020 // Severe weather outbreaks across the United States, with a lot of hailstorm damage, resulted in another costly month for insurers as a significant proportion of the US$4 billion economic cost was covered by insurance,...
Tropical Storm Dolly Becomes 4th Named Storm with Early Start to Hurricane Season
Jun 24 2020 // Tropical Storm Dolly spun up southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, becoming the Atlantic’s fourth named storm of 2020, marking the third-fastest start to a storm season in more than a century. The system’s winds...
4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Northern Oklahoma
Jun 23 2020 // A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook northern Oklahoma on June 20 and was felt in parts of Tulsa as protesters filled the city’s downtown streets after President Donald Trump’s campaign rally. The U.S. Geological...
Parametric Catastrophe Facility CCRIF Pays US$3.6M to Guatemala for Excess Rainfall
Jun 23 2020 // Parametric catastrophe facility CCRIF paid the government of Guatemala approximately US$3.6 million under its excess rainfall (XSR) parametric insurance policy for nine days of rain that occurred during Tropical Storms...
Crews Battling 4 Wildfires in Arizona
Jun 22 2020 // Hundreds of firefighters continued to battle three major wildfires burning in forested mountains and desert hills across Arizona. Crews were fighting fires in the Santa Catalina Mountains in the Coronado National Forest...
Second Lawsuit Filed Against Oregon Ranch Over Wildfire
Jun 22 2020 // A second lawsuit has been filed against an Oregon ranch accused of causing millions of dollars in damages by negligently igniting a 2018 wildfire. The federal government filed a complaint claiming that J-Spear Ranch of...
Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Confirmed in Central Nevada
Jun 22 2020 // A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck central Nevada Friday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The temblor struck at 1:42 p.m. about 21 miles southeast of Mina, Nevada, in Esmeralda County’s Monte Cristo...
Bankruptcy Court Approves PG&E’s Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan
Jun 22 2020 // PG&E Corp. said its Chapter 11 reorganization plan has been confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, bringing the power provider one step closer to emerging from...
Allstate: May 2020 Catastrophe Losses Mostly in Midwest, Texas
Jun 22 2020 // Allstate says severe weather events in Texas and the Midwest account for the majority of its $350 million in catastrophe losses in May 2020. Northbrook, Illinois-based Allstate Corp. has estimated catastrophe losses for...
Florida Congresswoman Requests Longer Hurricane Season
Jun 22 2020 // Even though the six-month Atlantic hurricane season lasts as long as a typical Major League Baseball season, a Florida congresswoman thinks it needs to be longer. Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy sent a letter to the...
Backers of Controversial California Homeowners Insurance Bill Like Its Momentum, Timing
Jun 17 2020 // Backers of a controversial bill in California, which they say is designed to increase insurance coverage in high-risk wildfire areas by amending Proposition 103, believe it has the right timing and plenty of momentum to go...
Colorado Wildfire Grows to 4.2 Square Miles
Jun 17 2020 // A lightning-caused wildfire in southwestern Colorado that has led to the evacuation of more than two dozen homes has grown to about 4.2 square miles. The fire started Saturday and was burning on private and U.S. Bureau of...
PG&E Will Plead Guilty to Deaths From California Wildfire
Jun 17 2020 // Pacific Gas & Electric is expected to plead guilty to 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter during a court hearing in which the nation’s largest utility will be confronted with its history of neglect and...
