It is fair to say 2016 was the year of the catastrophe in the Southeast. Tornadoes, drought, floods, hurricanes, and wildfires impacted virtually every state in the region. For the insurance industry, these events made for a very busy year …
The National Flood Insurance Program has paid out more than $162 million to victims in the five-state area hit by Hurricane Matthew—Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said in a news release …
At least three people were killed and four children in a daycare center were injured as tornadoes tore through the U.S. south overnight and into Wednesday morning, forecasters said. Three people were killed in Rosalie in northeast Alabama where at …
The governors of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina have ordered a State of Emergency for each of their respective states as Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the Southeast coast after battering Haiti and Cuba. The Florida Division of Emergency …
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency says severe storms overnight July 8 are to blame for three deaths in the eastern part of the state. The agency says a 60-year-old man and 40-year-old woman were killed in Carter County when a …
Officials have declared a state of emergency in Tennessee after heavy rains caused flooding in several areas overnight and more rain is forecast. Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Dean Flener said on Thursday that crews were performing swift-water rescues in …
A week into June and two tropical storms have drenched the U.S. South. Perhaps it would be a good time to stock up on duct tape, plywood and sandbags. Unfortunately, using the first few weeks to predict the rest of …
Heavy rains from Tropical Depression Bonnie dissipated over South Carolina on Monday, as a wet Memorial Day holiday weekend came to an end in the area. The depression fell apart early in the day about 45 miles north of Charleston, …
The mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi, has declared a state of emergency because of heavy rain and widespread flooding in the largest city on the state’s Gulf Coast. Gulfport emergency managers say 5 to 12 inches of rain fell in the …
The first three months of 2016 were more active than usual in terms of severe weather in Mississippi. Ed Tarver, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson, tells The Hattiesburg American the cause is due, in part, to …
