Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Orleans’ Mayor During Hurricane Katrina Gets 10-Year Sentence for Fraud
Jul 11 2014 // Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin entered City Hall as a cool and confident self-styled reformer, won fame there as a passionate, if profane, critic of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina and exited under...
Washington Wildfire Grows, Evacuations Ordered
Jul 11 2014 // One central Washington wildfire has burned across 28 square miles in just two days while another has broken out in hot, dry conditions. The Mills Canyon fire near Entiat has burned across more than 18,000 acres since it...
Pinpointing Hurricane Risk Home by Home
Jul 10 2014 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Analysis Shows More Than 6.5 Million U.S. Homes Valued at Nearly $1.5 Trillion at Risk of Hurricane Storm Surge Damage This year, we’re ushering in the 2014...
State Farm Increases Hurricane Deductible in Louisiana to 5%
Jul 10 2014 // One month into the hurricane season, State Farm’s 308,000 Louisiana homeowner’s customers are confronting an unpleasant change: their policies now include a mandatory 5 percent hurricane deductible. State Farm...
Typhoon Neoguri Approaches Kyushu: AIR Analysis
Jul 10 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Neoguri, the strongest typhoon so far in the 2014 Western Pacific season, is slowly closing in on the west coast of Kyushu, the most southerly of Japan’s...
Typhoon Neoguri Lashes Okinawa; Heads for Kyushu: AIR Report
Jul 9 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Neoguri made its closest approach to Japan’s southern Okinawa islands last night, lashing the islands with torrential rain and strong winds. The storm...
Firefighters Gaining Upper Hand on California Wildfire
Jul 8 2014 // Nearly 2,000 firefighters are getting the upper hand on a wildfire in rugged and steep terrain in rural Northern California. Fire officials say the Monticello Fire near Lake Berryessa in Yolo County was 55 percent as of...
Typhoon Neoguri to Skirt Okinawa; Nears Kyushu Landfall: AIR Analysis
Jul 8 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, at about 6:30 am local time today, Typhoon Neoguri—the strongest typhoon to date in 2014—is “roaring toward Japan with sustained winds of 180 km/hr [112 mph]...
South Dakota Lawmakers Seek Federal Help for Flooding and Tornado
Jul 7 2014 // South Dakota’s three members of Congress have asked President Barack Obama to declare a major disaster for three counties hit last month by a tornado and flooding. In a letter to the president, Rep. Kristi Noem and...
Typhoon Neoguri Strengthens; Heads towards Okinawa, Japan
Jul 7 2014 // Typhoon Neoguri is currently roiling the waters of the Western Pacific, south of Okinawa. The latest weather reports indicate that it is an immense storm and is gaining strength with sustained winds of 140 mph [225...
Southeast Has Higher Tornado Fatality Risk Than Midwest
Jul 7 2014 // Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputations as tornado hot spots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new analysis shows. Florida leads the country in deaths calculated...
Florida Sends ‘Hurricane Tax’ to Early Retirement
Jul 7 2014 // A 1.3 percent surcharge on most property/casualty policies in Florida to help pay for past hurricane claims is coming to an end earlier than originally planned. The Florida Cabinet voted recently to end the assessment on...
10 Things to Know About Earthquakes
Jul 7 2014 // The earth’s surface consists of 25 interlocking plates. —National Aeronautics and Space Administration The earth’s plates move at a rate of roughly 2 centimeters per year. —National Aeronautics and Space...
Official: Massachusetts Life Returns to Normal After Hurricane Arthur
Jul 6 2014 // Massachusetts state emergency officials say life is returning to normal after Hurricane Arthur dumped surprising amounts of rain and unleashed strong winds in parts of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Emergency Management...
Wisconsin Tornado Caused $1M Damage To Colfax Schools
Jul 3 2014 // A weak tornado that struck Wisconsin last week caused more than $1 million in damage to Colfax schools and the district’s athletic complex. The Chippewa Herald reported the tornado touched down briefly twice Friday...
Five Tornadoes Struck Illinois, Weather Service Says
Jul 3 2014 // The National Weather Service is now reporting five tornadoes touched down in Illinois during a storm that dumped heavy rain as it swept across the state. A weather service damage survey has confirmed modest tornadoes...
Hurricane Arthur Prompts North Carolina Coast Evacuations, East Coast Flood Watches
Jul 3 2014 // Hurricane Arthur gained strength as it bore down on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where some residents and visitors were ordered to evacuate as the Atlantic’s first storm of the season moved north. Arthur was...
Forecast Update: North Carolina on Watch for Hurricane Arthur
Jul 2 2014 // Tropical Storm Arthur is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane within two days and threaten North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where tourists are visiting for the Fourth of July holiday, while also adding to heavy rain...
Reinsurers Starting to Drop their Terrorism Exclusions
Jul 1 2014 // As property insurers lock up their July 1 reinsurance renewals, many are finding a bonus surprise above and beyond the soft pricing environment – the terrorism exclusions that have been standard in reinsurance contracts...
Tropical Depression Could Grow Into North Carolina Hurricane Arthur
Jul 1 2014 // A tropical depression off the coast of Florida is forecast to grow into Hurricane Arthur and strike North Carolina’s Outer Banks during the Fourth of July holiday. The storm was stationary 95 miles (153 kilometers)...
