Repairs Planned for Iowa Train Depot Damaged in Derecho January 8, 2021 Officials in Marion, Iowa are set to approve a plan to repair the city’s historic train depot that was heavily...
California Releases Final ZIPs for Non-Renewal Protection for 2020 Wildfires January 4, 2021 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that nearly 500 policyholders in six ZIP codes affected by the Mountain View Fire...
5.7 Earthquake Confirmed 127 Miles Off Oregon Coast December 30, 2020 A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck about 127 miles off the Oregon coast early Tuesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed....
Earthquake Confirmed in Northern California December 29, 2020 A magnitude 3.9 earthquake rattled parts of Northern California on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake was...
Seattle Scaling Back Bridge Earthquake Retrofit Work December 23, 2020 The Seattle Department of Transportation now says reinforcing 16 bridges to better withstand eartquakes would cost hundreds of millions of...
Kilauea Volcano Erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island December 22, 2020 The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has erupted, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The eruption began late Sunday within...
Small Earthquake Confirmed Near Colorado-Utah Border December 21, 2020 A small earthquake hit a rural area Saturday near the Colorado-Utah border, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations confirmed. The...
RMS Says Insured Losses from 2020 Western U.S. Wildfires $7-$13B December 15, 2020 RMS estimates insured losses from the record-breaking western U.S. wildfires this season will be between $7 and $13 billion. These...
California Wildfire Survivors Urged to Call FEMA Helpline by Dec. 16 December 11, 2020 People with losses due to the California wildfires in Fresno, Los Angeles, Madera, Mendocino, Napa, San Bernardino, San Diego, Shasta,...
Analysts Say Cat Models Would Encourage Wildfire Mitigation Measures December 11, 2020 By Jim Sams Predictive modelers told California regulators on Thursday that the state’s antiquated rules for calculating wildfire risk when setting property insurance...