NC Town That Produces Quartz for Tech Products is Devastated by Helene October 4, 2024 SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels...
Governor Calls on Flood-Weary Vermonters to ‘Stick Together’ August 2, 2024 By Lisa Rathke, Kathy McCormack and Nick Perry Vermont’s governor said Wednesday that the latest storms to hit the state have undone much of the cleanup and recovery...
Hurricanes Get the Headlines But Inland Flooding Tops the Disaster List July 25, 2024 By Seth Borenstein Floyd County keeps flooding and the federal government keeps coming to the rescue. In July 2022, at least 40 people...
Northeast Warned to Expect More Floods Like This Winter’s February 20, 2024 By Patrick Whittle After back-to-back storms lashed the Northeast in January, rental properties Haim Levy owns in coastal Hampton, New Hampshire, were hammered...
New York Could Require Flood Disclosures in Home Sales September 18, 2023 By Anthony Izaguirreirre and Mary Conlon Alan Oligario`s home is prone to flooding — and he wishes someone had told him before he bought it. His...
Rates to Rise for Millions of Homeowners Under National Flood Insurance Program October 4, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman and Polly Mosendz The federal government Friday rolled out a flood-insurance program revamped to reflect worsening climate change, a program that will raise...
Top 15 Metro Areas at Risk this Hurricane Season June 26, 2019 By Tom Jeffery, Senior Hazard Scientist This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Hurricanes are often some of the most destructive and costly...
AIR Worldwide Introduces Inland Flood Model for Japan October 23, 2017 Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has introduced a new inland flood model for Japan along with enhancements to its Japan...
RMS Releases Suite of Europe Inland Flood Risk Data to Open U/W Opportunities August 22, 2016 RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe risk management firm, has released a suite of Europe inland flood hazard data products. Describing...
Report: Southeast States Unprepared for Future Risks from Climate Change December 11, 2015 Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought,...