Georgia Regulators Approve Huge Electric Generation Increase for Data Centers December 24, 2025 By Jeff Amy Georgia’s only private electric utility plans to increase power capacity by 50% after state regulators on Friday agreed 5-0 that...
High Winds Battered Water-Logged Northwest, Cutting Power to Half-A-Million December 19, 2025 By Gene Johnson High winds toppled trees and power lines across parts of Washington state and Idaho this week, killing one adult and...
Poorer Americans Dropped Federal Flood Insurance When Rates Rose December 17, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP),...
Pacific Northwest Braces for Even More Flooding Rain This Week December 15, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Washington and the Pacific Northwest are facing multiple rounds of torrential downpours this week, raising flood risks in the region...
Washington Faces Historic Floods That Have Washed Away Homes, Stranded Families December 12, 2025 By Cedar Attanasio and Claire Rush Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and...
Magnitude-7.0 Earthquake Hit Remote Area Along Alaska-Canada Border December 8, 2025 A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon...
Atmospheric River to Flood Pacific Northwest Through Week December 8, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan A massive Pacific storm called an atmospheric river will sweep off the ocean into the Pacific Northwest starting Monday, bringing...
Arizona Study Group Issues Report on Homeowners Insurance and Wildfire Risk December 5, 2025 A report from a regulator-created group found that a multifaceted approach to addressing wildfires and lack of insurance affordability in...
Hong Kong Fire to Hurt Taiping Insurance Earnings, Fitch Says December 4, 2025 By Selena Li The deadly fire that ripped through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong is expected to result in a surge in...
Hong Kong’s Deadliest Fire in Decades Followed a Year of Safety Complaints December 1, 2025 By Clare Jim, James Pomfret, Donny Kwok, Antoni Slodkowski and Claire Fu Residents of the housing complex that was engulfed in Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in seven decades were told by authorities...