Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Officials Raise the Number of Homes Destroyed in Kansas Wildfire
Mar 30 2016 // The biggest wildfire in Kansas history has been largely contained, but authorities said more homes were damaged than originally thought. The Kansas Adjutant General’s Office said that nine Barber County homes were...
New Mexico Weather Creating Dangerous Wildfires Conditions
Mar 30 2016 // Authorities are warning that weather conditions across much of New Mexico are creating conditions ripe for dangerous wildfires. A red flag warning has been issued for portions of southern, central and eastern New Mexico...
USGS Report: North Texas Earthquake Risk ‘Elevated’
Mar 29 2016 // A U.S. Geological Survey report concludes the risk of earthquakes for the Dallas-Fort Worth area is higher than it’s ever been. The USGS review incorporates “induced” earthquakes into federal seismic...
Kansas Forest Service: Giant Wildfire Mostly Contained
Mar 29 2016 // The biggest wildfire in Kansas history is largely contained, although firefighting efforts could be hindered by more gusty winds. The Kansas Forest Service says crews were patrolling areas hit by the wildfire that has...
Ash from Southwest Alaska Volcano Rises 20,000 Feet
Mar 29 2016 // A remote and active volcano on Alaska’s Aleutian Islands erupted, sending ash 20,000 feet into the air, scientists said. The U.S. Geological Survey says the Pavlof Volcano, which is about 600 miles southwest of...
U.S. Seismic Risk Maps Now Include Earthquakes Caused by Humans
Mar 28 2016 // Earthquakes caused by human activity will now be included in the U.S. Geological Survey’s seismic risk maps, the agency said on Monday after a sharp rise in temblors linked to wastewater disposal wells used by the...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner: Man Scammed Moore Tornado Victims
Mar 28 2016 // An Oklahoma City man is facing felony charges for scamming a Moore couple out of $3,577.53. The money was part of the insurance settlement the couple received after their home was damaged in the March 25, 2015...
ISO to Collect Terrorism Insurance Data for Treasury
Mar 28 2016 // The property/casualty insurance data and rating organization ISO will collect and help analyze terrorism data this year for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the federal agency charged with gauging the effectiveness of...
Re/Insurers Must Respond to Evolving Terrorist Risk with Relevant Products: JLT
Mar 25 2016 // The re/insurance industry is failing to respond to the growing global terrorist threat with products that meet the needs of their clients, according to a report published by JLT Re and JLT Specialty Ltd. Indeed, evidence...
Hailstorms Pummel North Texas, Again
Mar 24 2016 // Large hail and strong winds caused considerable damage in heavily populated areas of north Texas overnight on March 23. It was the second time just over a week that the area has been pummeled by hail. Car windows and sky...
Officials: Mississippi Flood Damage Most Widespread Since Hurricane Katrina
Mar 24 2016 // Mississippi officials say the damage from floods this month is the most widespread the state has had since Hurricane Katrina. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson tells The Clarion-Ledger federal...
Farmers CEO Remembers Joplin Tornado at California Gala
Mar 21 2016 // Jeff Dailey, CEO of Farmers Insurance, turned what could have been a mere acceptance speech into a lesson-filled personal account of his first time seeing the devastation wreaked by the May 2011 tornado in Joplin,...
Dry, Windy Weather in North Carolina Increasing Mountain Wildfires
Mar 21 2016 // Windy and dry conditions are causing an increase in the number of wildfires in the North Carolina mountains. Media outlets report that a 60-acre fire near Bearwallow Mountain southeast of Asheville that firefighters have...
Alabama to Host Scientific Research Study of Southern Tornadoes
Mar 21 2016 // Weather researchers say they expect about 40 scientists from around the nation to participate in “VORTEX Southeast,” an upcoming study of the unique characteristics of tornadoes that develop in the South. Like...
Meteorologists Pioneer Method of Predicting Tornadoes Weeks in Advance
Mar 21 2016 // Researchers say they’ve come up with a way to predict the likelihood of tornadoes two or three weeks in advance – a step toward better warnings of storms that kill an average of 80 Americans each year. Victor...
Midwest Pounded by Tornado-Packing Storms
Mar 18 2016 // The National Weather Service confirmed that on tornadoes touched down this week in parts of eastern Iowa that also endured heavy rain and hail as large as golf balls. Tornadoes also touched down at least five times in...
North Texas Commuters Hit with Damaging Hailstorms
Mar 17 2016 // Severe thunderstorms moved in and around the Dallas/Fort Worth area this morning producing heavy rain, strong winds and hail as large as baseballs, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) reported. Several businesses...
NWS Confirms F-1 Tornado Caused Damage in Southwest Ohio
Mar 17 2016 // The National Weather Service confirms a tornado caused damage in a southwest Ohio village near Dayton. There were no immediate reports of injuries from the March 14 tornado. The National Weather Service says the EF-1...
Weather Service Assessing Possible Tornado Damage in Arkansas
Mar 15 2016 // The National Weather Service is sending investigators to assess damage and determine if tornadoes touched down in Arkansas as a fast-moving storm system brought rain and hail across the state. Meteorologist Michael Brown...
Earthquakes Hit South Central Alaska, Aleutians
Mar 15 2016 // A magnitude 4.5 earthquake that hit south-central Alaskawas felt in the state’s largest city, Anchorage, and was one of several recent quakes in the area. The National Tsunami Warning Center says the quake hit at...
