FEMA Pushing for Stronger Building Codes Nationwide June 2, 2022 On the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials announced a new initiative to modernize building codes across...
Colorado Wildfire Victims Hitting ‘Green’ Building Code Hurdle March 3, 2022 By Thomas Peipert Some homeowners recovering from Colorado’s most destructive wildfire in history, which decimated entire neighborhoods near Denver late last year, say...
Louisiana ‘Good,’ but Texas Lags in IBHS Building Code Rankings July 23, 2021 Texas has a long way to go but despite getting hit by four hurricanes and one tropical storm in 2020,...
California Attorney General Challenges Housing Plans in Wildfire Areas March 19, 2021 By Don Thompson California’s attorney general is challenging some of the state’s largest suburban development projects as local officials weigh the risk of...
Using Building Codes and Property Characteristics to Keep up With 2020 Hurricane Season September 18, 2020 By Saumi Shokraee, Tom Jeffery, Senior Hazard Scientist, Tom Larsen, Daniel Betten, Principal Research Scientist, Curtis McDonald and David Smith, Senior Leader, Science and Analytics Group This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Though the COVID-19 pandemic is occupying most of our attention...
Texas Insurance Department: New Building Codes to Strengthen Coastal Properties March 13, 2020 Texas insurance regulators have adopted stronger building codes for homes and buildings in counties along Gulf Coast. The Texas Department...
FEMA Chief Urges New Culture of More Individual Responsibility for Disaster Mitigation April 29, 2019 By Christopher Flavelle Americans must assume more responsibility for protecting themselves from the rising toll of natural disasters, the head of the Federal...
Solutions to Wildfires in Time of Climate Change Are Costly, Unpopular November 14, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle California’s deadly wildfires have a straightforward solution, experts say: stop building homes in places that are likely to burn —...
Latest Storms May Finally Shift Focus to Disaster Mitigation by Local Communities October 17, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle Hurricane Michael’s devastation could spur policymakers to better prepare vulnerable communities for the effects of climate change. The images of...
Deadly London Tower Fire Sparks Development in U.S. of Safety Evaluation Tool December 15, 2017 By Jeff Martin Six months after flames engulfed a London high-rise and sparked concerns about similarly-clad buildings around the world, a U.S.-based fire...