Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
‘Captain America’ Swoops In to Fix Hurricane-Hit Roofs in New Orleans
Sep 23 2022 // Actor Anthony Mackie was not carrying his Captain America shield when he returned to his hometown of New Orleans to help repair hurricane-damaged roofs. But for people in his old neighborhood, knowing their tarp-covered...
Update: Hurricane Fiona Roars Toward Atlantic Canada as New Storm Threatens Florida
Sep 23 2022 // After lashing Bermuda, Hurricane Fiona is racing north toward Eastern Canada, threatening to become the most powerful storm ever to hit the region. A second system, meanwhile, is developing in the Caribbean and may strike...
California Commissioner Orders Another Insurance Cancellation Moratorium for Wildfire
Sep 22 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest wildfire emergency declarations. Lara’s...
Louisiana Dept. of Insurance to Hold Hurricane Prep Event
Sep 22 2022 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) and Habitat for Humanity will hold a hurricane preparation session at Mandeville Community Center on September 26, 5:30 p.m. The session, Insurance Information on Preparing for...
Hurricane Fiona Losses Depend on Business Interruption, Cause
Sep 22 2022 // AM Best said it expects insured losses from Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico to be influenced by business interruption caused by widespread power outages but losses should be manageable for the industry. “It could take...
Barbados Issues 1st Pandemic-Protected Bond, Which Also Covers Natural Disasters
Sep 22 2022 // Barbados has issued the world’s first government bond with a clause allowing payments to be suspended in the event of another global pandemic, a move expected to attract interest from dozens of other countries...
Update: Fiona Becomes Strongest 2022 Atlantic Hurricane, Threatening Bermuda, Canada
Sep 21 2022 // Hurricane Fiona has intensified to become this year’s strongest Atlantic storm as it moves north to threaten Bermuda and eastern Canada later this week. Fiona’s top winds remain at 130 miles (209 kilometers)...
Hurricane Fiona Moves North With Up to $4B Economic Damages Estimated Already
Sep 20 2022 // Hurricane Fiona strengthened as it moved away from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic where it knocked out power and spawned flash floods and landslides from torrential rains. (Editor’s Note: This article...
Mexico Struck by Powerful 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake on Fateful Anniversary
Sep 20 2022 // MEXICO CITY – A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday on the anniversary of two devastating temblors, killing at least two people, damaging buildings, knocking out power and sending residents of Mexico...
Fiona, Now a Hurricane, Hammers Puerto Rico and DR, But Will Miss U.S.
Sep 19 2022 // Hurricane Katrina will miss Florida and the East Coast, but has left catastrophic flooding and widespread power outages in Puerto Rico and battered the Dominican Republic with 90 mph winds, according to news reports. The...
Powerful Typhoon Unleashes Torrential Rain, Floods, Winds in Japan
Sep 19 2022 // A powerful typhoon barreled through southwest Japan on Monday, unleashing torrential rains and lashing winds that killed at least two people, triggered floods and caused thousands to evacuate to safety. Typhoon Nanmadol is...
Are you accurately assessing wildfire risk? Why granular data and foundational science matter
Sep 19 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Climate change is having an impact on natural hazards all around the world — wildfires are more frequent, larger, and more intense than they have been in the past....
California Funding Research to Develop New Wildfire Defense Tools
Sep 19 2022 // The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is funding research to better predict who wildfires spread from burning wildlands to communities. CalFire awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers Albert...
California Commissioner Orders Insurance Cancellation Moratorium for new Wildfire
Sep 16 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday ordered insurers to preserve residential insurance coverage following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest emergency declaration over as another major wildfire threatens...
Tropical Storm to Brush Puerto Rico Before Turning North, East of Florida
Sep 16 2022 // Tropical Storm Fiona, the season’s sixth named storm, was expected to graze Puerto Rico before turning north and staying east of Florida, and forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm...
Pandemic, Labor Shortage Keep Hurricane Victims in Limbo
Sep 15 2022 // Nearly six years after flood damage from Hurricane Matthew displaced Thad Artis from his home in Goldsboro, North Carolina, he has still not been placed in permanent housing. Living alone in a motel for the last two years,...
Fitch Rates California Earthquake Authority’s New Revenue Bonds ‘A-‘
Sep 15 2022 // Fitch Ratings assigned an ‘A-‘ rating to the $500 million revenue bond issuance by The California Earthquake Authority. According to the rating agency, the CEA’s ratings reflect a risk transfer strategy...
Typhoon Muifa Pounds Eastern China With Strong Gales, Rain
Sep 14 2022 // Powerful gales and torrential rains battered Zhoushan in eastern China on Wednesday as Typhoon Muifa made landfall at the port city in what local media called the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the populous Yangtze...
Ports in Eastern China at Standstill as Typhoon Muifa Closes In
Sep 13 2022 // Authorities in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang ordered ships to return to port, told schools to close and evacuated tourists from nearby islands, as one of this year’s strongest typhoons is set to make...
Threat from Western Wildfires Persists Despite Help of Weather
Sep 12 2022 // Firefighters made progress against a huge Northern California wildfire that was still growing and threatening thousands of mountain homes on Sunday, while crews also battled major blazes that blanketed large swaths of...
