Virginia Insurers ‘Actively Preparing’ for Florence; State’s Top 10 Home Insurers September 13, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Virginia Bureau of Insurance says it is “confident that insurers are actively preparing for this storm” as the potential...
N.J. Governor Murphy Urges Safety as Hurricane Florence Approaches East Coast September 13, 2018 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and emergency officials urged caution Tuesday as Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast even though...
Low-Level Airports at Risk from Flooding by Rising Sea Levels: Opinion September 7, 2018 By David Fickling, Bloomberg View The sight of a flooded Kansai International Airport and 3,000 stranded people after Typhoon Jebi slammed into southern Japan this...
Vermont Electric Co-Op Gets $1.7M for Storm Damage Repair September 4, 2018 The Vermont Electric Co-Operative is getting a federal grant to help repair 54 transformers and nearly 2,900 miles of transmission...
Virginia Reminds Homeowners to Review Property Coverage Before a Hurricane August 30, 2018 Although hurricane activity in the Atlantic has been relatively quiet so far for 2018 with only five named storms to...
AIR Worldwide Estimates Insured Losses from Japan Floods Could Reach US$4B August 21, 2018 Industry insured losses from the flooding in western Japan caused by excessive rainfall from June 28 to July 8, 2018,...
Extreme Weather Risk Grows as Warming Earth Disrupts High-Altitude Winds: Study August 21, 2018 By Alister Doyle Scorching summer heatwaves and downpours are set to become more extreme in the northern hemisphere as global warming makes weather...
India Hit with Worst Floods in Century, Bringing Damages of $3B, 350-Plus Deaths August 20, 2018 By Aijaz Rahi Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern...
Philippine Flooding Kills at Least 6, Displaces Many Thousands August 13, 2018 By Cecilia Yap At least six people died and tens of thousands fled their homes as monsoon rain triggered flooding in the Philippine...
July’s Droughts, Wildfires, Floods Caused Billions in Global Economic Losses: Aon August 10, 2018 Many countries across the globe saw worsening in drought-related and wildfire conditions during July, which have led to hundreds of...