Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Early CSU Hurricane Season Forecast Calls for ‘Above-Average’ Activity
Apr 3 2025 // The team of hurricane researchers at Colorado State University has predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season for 2025. CSU’s initial forecast of the hurricane season issued April 3 calls for 17 named...
Severe Storm Threatens Central US With Heavy Rains, Tornadoes
Apr 2 2025 // Heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and the risk of tornadoes are threatening more than 40 million people from Michigan to Texas as a slow-moving cold front hovers over the region. There’s a rare high risk for damaging...
Viewpoint: Smoke Damage from LA Wildfires Leaves Questions to Be Answered
Apr 2 2025 // The question has come up wondering if smoke damage is covered for those homes that were impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires but were not damaged by the actual fires. A cloud of smoke from a fire is larger than the actual...
As Wildfire Season Arrives, Budget Woes and Federal Uncertainty Put States at Risk
Mar 31 2025 // Budget woes, combined with cuts to the federal wildfire-fighting workforce and President Donald Trump’s tariff and sovereignty threats against Canada, have made it more difficult for state officials to plan for the...
Department of Labor Award Continues Disaster-Relief Jobs for Maui Wildfires
Mar 31 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding $2.5 million to Hawaii to continue employment and training services and support disaster-relief jobs for people in communities affected by the wildfires that swept across the island...
State Farm Has Paid Out $2.5 Billion for LA Wildfires
Mar 28 2025 // State Farm has reported paying out $2.5 billion for the Los Angeles wildfires in January, more than double what the carrier reported paying out weeks earlier. “As of March 28, we’ve received more than 12,300...
California Agency Issues Guidelines for Healthcare Providers Affected by LA Wildfires
Mar 27 2025 // The California Department of Managed Health Care issued an all-plan letter designed to provide flexibility for health plans to assist healthcare providers impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. Related: LA Municipal...
Unusually Active Hurricane Season in Store for the Atlantic: AccuWeather
Mar 27 2025 // Another above-average hurricane season will threaten the Atlantic this year, with as many as six storms affecting the US, AccuWeather Inc. said. Between 13 and 18 storms will at least reach tropical storm strength, and...
Crews Battled Helene-Fueled Wildfires for Another Day in the Carolinas
Mar 26 2025 // Firefighters in North and South Carolina were battling multiple wind-driven wildfires Monday in rugged terrain that complicated containment efforts, officials said. Millions of trees knocked down by Hurricane Helene last...
South Korea Battles Wildfires as Death Toll Rises to 18
Mar 26 2025 // Wildfires ravaging South Korea over the past week have killed at least 24 people, making it the country’s worst forest fire disaster in about three decades, as firefighters struggled to contain multiple blazes that...
Wildfires in Western Japan Damage Homes, Forcing Evacuations
Mar 25 2025 // Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging a number of homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blazes in the...
Wildfires in Carolinas Prompt Evacuations
Mar 25 2025 // Wildfires forced a mandatory evacuation Sunday in a North Carolina county still recovering from Hurricane Helene, and South Carolina’s governor declared an emergency in response to a growing wildfire in that state....
North Carolina Lawmakers OK Another $524M for Hurricane Helene Recovery
Mar 24 2025 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers agreed Wednesday to spend another $524 million on still-pressing needs from Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding nearly six months ago, with an emphasis on home and...
ZestyAI: More Than $2 Trillion in US Homes at High Risk of Wildfires
Mar 24 2025 // While Western wildfires have dominated disaster news for decades, new analysis using artificial intelligence shows millions of homes across the country—even in the swampy Southeast—are at risk for wildfires. ZestyAI...
Wildfires and Government Action Exclusions
Mar 24 2025 // One of my first visuals of the conflagration in Los Angeles was a video of vehicles on the streets in the Pacific Palisades community being bulldozed to clear room for emergency vehicles. With traffic snarled as residents...
Texas Bills Seek to Improve State’s Response to Wildfires
Mar 19 2025 // A Texas lawmaker is laying the groundwork to create a statewide system that connects all first responders and government agencies to the same network. The proposal comes as a possible solution to fix communication issues...
Devastating Wildfires Destroy Hundreds of Homes Across Oklahoma and Texas
Mar 18 2025 // As Oklahomans assessed the devastation from wildfires that whipped across the state, damaging or destroying hundreds of homes, officials in both Oklahoma and Texas warned of an increased risk of fire danger in the coming...
Vortex Hurricane Insurance Now Available in Hawaii
Mar 18 2025 // Parametric hurricane coverage provider Vortex Weather has expanded its supplemental hurricane insurance solutions to Hawaii. Vortex’s parametric hurricane coverage provides automatic payouts based on National...
Death Toll Rises From Tornadoes, Wildfires and Storms in Multiple States
Mar 18 2025 // Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires over the weekend, leaving at least 39 people dead. In the latest tally of the...
Multiple Deaths, Damage in South, Midwest From Winds, Tornadoes
Mar 17 2025 // Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states, part of a monster storm Friday and Saturday that has killed at least 32 people. The number of...
