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Climate Change Fallout: Floods Pushing Homes Higher, Restricting Access for Disabled
When Superstorm Sandy flooded Liz Treston's home on the South Shore of Long Island, she worried her wheelchair would prevent first responders from rescuing her. So Treston, a quadriplegic, wrote her ...
Insurers Can Handle Hurricane Lane’s Hawaii Damage: A.M. Best
Hurricane Lane may have caused widespread floods and landslides in Hawaii, but insurers should be equipped to handle any losses, A.M. Best said in a new briefing. The ratings agency said that most ...
Tokyo, New York, Top Lloyd’s List of Cities Facing the Most Risks
Tokyo is the global city facing most risks to its annual economic output, due to its proximity to North Korea, according to an index compiled by the Lloyd's of London insurance market. New York ranks ...
Nor’easter’s Impact Diminishes, Thousands of Homes, Businesses Still Lack Power
The impact of a powerful nor'easter diminished on Saturday after the storm caused chaos along the U.S. East Coast, halting trains and forcing airports to ground flights as high winds and heavy rain ...
Weakening Typhoon Lan Kills at Least Four in Japan, Causes Landslides and Flooding
A rapidly weakening typhoon Lan made landfall in Japan on Monday, setting off landslides and flooding that prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people, but then headed out to sea after ...
Round 2 of Hurricane Harvey Poised to Drive Up Economic Damage in Texas
As Harvey's winds die down, trouble for Texas may have just begun with forecasts for unprecedented flooding across the heart of U.S. energy production and in Houston, the nation's fourth-largest ...
Climate Shift Leaves UK Bracing for Record Wet Winters, Flooding
Britain faces a future of record-breaking wet winters, potentially leading to more of the widespread flooding seen in recent years, according to new modeling that incorporates changing climate ...
‘Hydrological Extremes’ Become ‘New Normal’
Texas struggled through its driest year in history in 2011. Four years later was its wettest ever. The Mississippi River rose to all-time-high flood levels in 2011. In 2012, it hit its second-lowest. ...