Online Rumors Partly to Blame for Water Pressure Drop in Jackson, Manager Says January 22, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies are investigating whether social media rumors about a potential water outage prompted people...
Hurricane-Force Winds Cause Chaos, Blackouts Across Europe January 22, 2024 By Priscila Azevedo Rocha, Lars Paulsson and Elena Mazneva Storm Isha is causing travel disruption and power blackouts across northern Europe, as it brought hurricane-force winds to the UK...
Looming Waste-Landslide Disaster Prompts Review of Environmental Laws in Denmark January 22, 2024 By Sanne Wass A landslide of contaminated soil that threatens to pollute a water stream in Denmark has prompted the nation’s government to...
Trudeau to Hold National Summit in Response to Canada’s Massive Spike in Auto Thefts January 22, 2024 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is holding a summit next month to coordinate a national response to a massive spike...
Two Australian Resource-Rich Regions Brace for Potentially Destructive Storms January 22, 2024 By Keira Wright Two Australian resource-rich regions are bracing for potentially damaging storms that could lead to flooding, the latest threats after months...
USGS: Nearly 75% of US Could Experience A Damaging Earthquake January 22, 2024 Nearly 75% of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, a recent U.S. Geological Survey report shows. A USGS-led team...
New FEMA Rules Aim to Cut the Red Tape of Disaster Recovery January 22, 2024 By Rebecca Santana Anyone who has lived through a natural disaster and then applied to the federal government for assistance knows that it...
Hedge Funds Rake in Huge Profits Betting on Catastrophe Risk January 22, 2024 By Gautam Naik and Sheryl Tian Tong Lee For hedge funds, the science of catastrophes helped generate the best returns of any alternative investment strategy last year. The...
Class Actions Filed Over Builders Mutual, Progressive’s Own Data Breaches January 22, 2024 By William Rabb Progressive Casualty Insurance and North Carolina-based Builders Mutual Insurance Co. have been served with class-action lawsuits over data breaches on...
37 Massachusetts Communities Qualify for State Disaster Aid for December Flooding January 22, 2024 Thirty-seven Massachusetts communities damaged by flooding last year will be getting a share of $10 million in disaster relief funding,...