Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ahead of Biden Visit, Louisiana Seeks More Hurricane Disaster Aid
May 6 2021 // U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy has asked President Joe Biden, ahead of his May 6 visit to Louisiana, to back disaster aid to help the state with recovery from the 2020 hurricanes. Louisiana’s Republican senior senator and...
3 Killed by Tornadoes from Southeast Storms; 12 Twisters Confirmed in Mississippi
May 5 2021 // Much of the South faced more severe weather Tuesday that has killed at least three people, spawned tornadoes Sunday night and Monday and damaged homes and uprooted trees from Mississippi to West Virginia. Parts of Texas,...
North, Central Texas Pummeled by Tornadoes, Hail
May 4 2021 // The National Weather Service in Fort Worth reported that its preliminary storm results survey from the severe weather that swept north and central Texas on May 3 showed two EF-2 tornadoes and three EF-0 tornadoes. The...
Storms Spawn Tornadoes Across Southeast, Damage Reported in Mississippi
May 4 2021 // Multiple tornadoes were reported across Mississippi on Sunday, destroying homes and uprooting trees before the storm system moved into Atlanta, prompting residents Monday to seek shelter in Georgia’s largest city....
Louisiana State Roadways Finally Cleared of 2020 Hurricane Debris
May 4 2021 // Eight months after Hurricane Laura devastated southwest Louisiana, the state transportation department has finished removing storm debris from state roadways. The Department of Transportation and Development said it...
ShakeAlert Earthquake Warning System Goes Live in Washington
May 4 2021 // Washington residents will have new tool to help keep them safe when an earthquake strikes on Tuesday when the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System goes live. Once launched, ShakeAlert will be able to send residents...
Storm That Damaged 32 Homes in Tennessee Was Tornado
May 4 2021 // The National Weather Services said a violent storm that damaged more than 30 homes in Tennessee last week was an EF-1 tornado, The Paris Post-Intelligencer reported. No deaths and only one minor injury were reported from...
Tornado Confirmed in Metro Atlanta As Severe Storms Strike Region
May 3 2021 // The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado in the Atlanta metro area Monday as a disturbance brought scattered yet severe storms. On Twitter, NWS Atlanta followed up a tornado warning from early Monday morning with a...
Tornado Rips Through Mississippi, Damages Buildings, Power Lines
May 3 2021 // A tornado tore through the southern U.S. city of Tupelo on Sunday, blowing the roofs off homes and tearing down trees and power lines, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. “Emergency crews are currently...
Texas, Oklahoma Hailstorms Likely Caused $3.5B in Damage: Accuweather
Apr 30 2021 // Violent spring storms packing high winds and large hailstones in Texas and Oklahoma on April 28 likely caused $3.5 billion in damage, according to Accuweather.com. Additionally, the National Weather Service confirmed an...
Louisiana 2020 Hurricane Insured Claim Costs Still Rising
Apr 30 2021 // Insurers have increased by 25% since the end of last year estimates of the claims costs for three hurricanes that struck Louisiana in 2020, according to the state insurance department. The Louisiana Department of Insurance...
Pain, Loss Linger A Decade After Tornadoes Hammered 6 States Across South
Apr 28 2021 // For Tom Sanders, it’s the void left by the death of a cousin and the man’s wife, killed when a tornado mowed through a placid Alabama valley. To Markedia Wells, it’s the stolen innocence of her sons, who...
Delos Announces New Capacity for California Wildfire Areas
Apr 27 2021 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Delos Insurance Solutions announced an agreement with reinsurance companies that the firm said will result in a five-fold increase in insurance capacity for California homeowners in areas prone...
Are Brokers in for a Tsunami of Pandemic- Related E&O Claims in 2021?
Apr 27 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Worldwide Facilities, an Amwins Company. In November 2020, attendees of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s first-ever virtual conference warned insurance...
S.D. Firefighter Landowner Suspects Arson as Large Wildfire Cause
Apr 26 2021 // A former wildland firefighter who owns the land where a burn pile ignited a large wildfire near Rapid City says he believe the blaze was intentionally set. In a 60-page report, the landowner told investigators he was...
North-Central Kansas Rattled by Small Earthquakes
Apr 26 2021 // Several small earthquakes have rattled north-central Kansas. The largest had a magnitude of 3.5 and was reported Friday in Jewell County. Two other quakes measuring 2.3 and 2.5 on the Richter scale were recorded Saturday...
Coalition is Letting Californians Know May is Wildfire Awareness Month
Apr 22 2021 // Now is the time for Californians to prepare homes and communities for the coming wildfire season, the StrongerCA Coalition is warning. Last year saw a record-breaking wildfire season, with five of the 10 largest wildfires...
Cape Town Wildfire Largely Contained; Damage Assessment Begins
Apr 21 2021 // CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Fire crews had largely contained a big wildfire on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain on Tuesday as the city started to come to terms with the damage caused by what officials...
70 Homes Across Mississippi Damaged by 4 Tornadoes
Apr 20 2021 // Four tornadoes that moved across Mississippi earlier this month caused damage to around 70 homes, emergency officials said Thursday. Four businesses and three farms were also damaged. There have been no reports of injuries...
Another Earthquake Reported Near Louisiana-Texas Border
Apr 19 2021 // A second earthquake has sent some shock waves to parts of north Louisiana near the Texas border. A 3.1 magnitude earthquake was registered about 7:43 p.m. on April 15, about 6 miles west of Blanchard, Louisiana and near...
