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Calif. Energy Company CEO Blames Climate Change on $17B in Fire Damages
It was California's biggest fire yet. In late July and August, wildfires devastated an area north of San Francisco far bigger than New York City, destroying more than 100 homes and injuring 2 fire ...
July’s Droughts, Fires Caused Billions of Dollars in Economic Damage: Impact Forecasting
For many of July's global natural disasters, it was all about drought and wildfires, according to the latest update from Aon's Impact Forecasting. What the report found: Many countries dealt with ...
Even With Few May Tornadoes, U.S. Storms Still Packed a Punch: Impact Forecasting
Fewer than 450 tornadoes were reported in the U.S. this year as of June 1 — an historic low going back to 1950 — but a handful of severe weather outbreaks still caused problems in May, according ...
Alberto Wasn’t Necessarily the Harbinger of a Rough Hurricane Season
Subtropical Storm Alberto kicked off the Atlantic hurricane season a week early, but don't take that as a harbinger of terrible weather. In fact, cooler ocean temperatures are already spurring ...
Thunderstorms Slammed the U.S. in April, While Africa Floods Claimed 78 Lives
Five separate weather systems caused severe thunderstorms across the United States in April, the strongest of which affected the Plains, Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, with ...
March U.S. Storms Produced $3B in Economic Losses, Plenty of Business Interruption Problems
The U.S. dealt with $3 billion in economic losses during March, thanks to a number of winter storms that caused multistate damage, travel delays and business interruption problems, according to Aon ...
Natural Catastrophe Economic Losses Hit a Record $353B in 2017: Aon Benfield
Insured losses for last year's 330 natural catastrophes reached $134 billion, or 38 percent of their economic price tag of $353 billion, according to a report published by Impact Forecasting, Aon ...
The 2017 U.S. Hurricane Season Ranks as Priciest Ever
This year's U.S. Atlantic hurricane season is officially the most expensive ever, racking up $202.6 billion in damages since the formal start on June 1. The costs tallied by disaster modelers Chuck ...