Update: Greece Fights Almost 200 Wildfires as Wind Raises Risk in Mediterranean July 27, 2023 By Eamon Akil Farhat and Paul Tugwell Greece is fighting almost 200 wildfires as strengthening winds put a sting in the tail of the Mediterranean’s fading heat...
Greece Wildfires Raise Questions for Tourists About Their Travel Insurance Cover July 25, 2023 By Carolyn Cohn, Sinead Cruise and Tom Sims Wildfires and evacuations on the Greek island of Rhodes, and a heat wave blasting much of southern Europe, have raised...
Wildfires Rage Across Greece With Record Heat Forecast for Italy July 24, 2023 By Eamon Akil Farhat and Paul Tugwell Wildfires are raging across Greece after about 19,000 people were evacuated from the island of Rhodes over the weekend, while...
European Heat Wave Sees Temperatures Reaching 115F in Sardinia as Greece Burns July 19, 2023 By Eamon Akil Farhat and Sotiris Nikas Europe baked in intense heat, with temperatures reaching almost 46C (115F) on the Italian island of Sardinia on Wednesday, as...
Utility Investors Wary of Exposures After Buffet’s PacifiCorp Held Liable for Wildfires July 19, 2023 By Joel Rosenblatt Destructive wildfires are now an almost routine part of summer in the American West, and electrical utilities have likewise become...
Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp Sued by Oregon Wineries Over Fire Damage July 17, 2023 By Joel Rosenblatt Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp was sued by Oregon wineries claiming that smoke from wildfires ignited by the utility’s equipment in...
Canada’s Wildfires Burn Record 25 Million Acres With No End in Sight July 17, 2023 By Mathieu Dion Canadian wildfires have scorched more than 10 million hectares (25 million acres) this summer, an area about the size of...
Delos to Insurers Shedding Wildfire Risk: Send the Homes to Us July 12, 2023 By Chad Hemenway About 6 million homes in the U.S. are considered uninsurable due to wildfire risk. The models at Delos Insurance say...
Canada’s Record Wildfire Season Set to Worsen as Heat Builds July 7, 2023 By Danielle Bochove Canada is bracing for higher-than-normal wildfire activity to continue into August, as soaring temperatures and drought turn much of the...
World Sees Hottest June on Record as North Atlantic Temperatures Rise July 7, 2023 By Laura Millan Last month was the warmest June of the past three decades globally, with several places in western Europe hitting all-time...