Venice Floods to Cost St. Mark’s Cathedral at Least $5.5 Million in Damage December 30, 2019 By Colleen Barry “Every stone is a treasure,” says the technical director of St. Mark’s Basilica’s vestry board, indicating the prized gold-leaf mosaics...
Venice Hotels Suffer Nearly $34M in Damages from November’s Floods December 23, 2019 Venice’s hoteliers association estimates that the city’s hotels suffered about 30 million euros ($34 million) worth of structural damage during...
Venice Suffers 2nd High Tide in a Week as Italy Declares State of Emergency November 15, 2019 By Alessandro Speciale Venice suffered its second exceptionally high tide in a week, with waters rising 154 centimeters (61 inches) above their benchmark...
Venice Floods, Australia Wildfires Blamed on Climate Change November 14, 2019 By Robert Birsel Extreme floods in Venice, fires in Australia and even an outbreak of plague in China have been attributed to climate...
Property Loss Estimate for Australia’s Townsville Floods Rises to A$1.22B: PERILS August 12, 2019 The property insurance market loss from the Australia’s Townsville floods, which affected northern Queensland, Australia, between Jan. 26 and Feb....
Major Flooding on Rivers Increases 63% Over Last Five Days May 29, 2019 The United States Geological Service and NOAA are reporting that 415 river gauges in the U.S. show flood conditions as...