Insurers Deploy Drone Fleets to Speed Harvey Disaster Recovery August 30, 2017 By Karl Plume and Tim McLaughlin Fleets of commercial drones are primed to hover over the destruction from Tropical Storm Harvey in an unprecedented test of...
Neighbors Evacuated as Texas Chemical Plant Poses Explosion Risk August 30, 2017 By David Shepardson All residents within 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of a chemical plant in southeast Texas were evacuated on Tuesday as a...
Hobbyist Drones Banned from Harvey Rescue Area August 30, 2017 By Alan Levin Aviation regulators imposed a prohibition on hobbyist drones and other civilian aircraft flying in the area affected by Tropical Storm...
Harvey Update: Trump Vows Model Recovery; Thousands Rescued; Deaths, Costs Increasing August 29, 2017 By Jennifer Epstein and Toluse Olorunnipa With Texas still being lashed by rain and rescues still underway, President Donald Trump vowed that the government’s response to...
Texas Regulators Offer Guidance to Insurers on Harvey Response August 29, 2017 The Texas Department of Insurance has issued several bulletins offering guidance to insurers related to Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall...
No Evacuation for Louisiana Parish in Harvey’s Path August 29, 2017 By Kathy Finn Dick Gremillion has watched Houston officials come under fire for deciding not to order an evacuation ahead of the epic...
Harvey Inflicts Even More Death and Destruction as Flood Waters Keep Rising August 29, 2017 By Marianna Parraga and Ernest Scheyder Flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey, which has already killed at least seven people in Texas and was expected to...
CoreLogic: 52% of Houston Moderate, High Risk Properties Not in Flood Zone August 28, 2017 Irvine, Calif.-based CoreLogic has conducted an analysis for the flooding occurring as a result of Hurricane Harvey. This analysis shows...
Harvey’s Flooding of Houston ‘Beyond Anything Experienced Before’ August 28, 2017 By Ruthy Munoz and Gary McWilliams Catastrophic flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Harvey inundated Houston on Sunday, forcing residents of the fourth most populous U.S. city...
Arkansas Task Force: State Should Bar Dicamba Herbicide Next Year August 27, 2017 By Tom Polansek An Arkansas task force has advised the state to bar sprayings after April 15 next year of agricultural herbicides containing...