Massive 2016 Flood Still Defines South Louisiana Parish August 24, 2021 Jennifer Carnevale’s yard can hold 23 inches of water before her house floods. She knows because her family has seen...
Mulch Eyed as Erosion Control Following Colorado Wildfires August 24, 2021 An aerial landscaping team has taken flight in the mountains west of Fort Collins, Colo. Its landing site sits in...
State Fund Offering Credit Extension to Policyholders Impacted by California Wildfires August 20, 2021 California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is offering a 30-day credit extension to policyholders affected by wildfires currently burning in Northern...
California Wildfire Season Setting a Record, More Damage Expected August 20, 2021 By Brian Melley Smoke from California’s wildfires choked people on the East Coast. Flames wiped out a Gold Rush-era town. The acreage burned...
Nevada Senator Wants Ideas to Address Wildfire Smoke August 20, 2021 By Scott Sonner Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is urging firefighters, scientists, teachers and moms to help form new strategies to deal with increasingly...
California Drought Hurting World’s Top Almond Producer August 19, 2021 By Terence Chea As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California’s agriculture-rich...
Colorado Freeway Buried by Mudslides to Open Saturday August 13, 2021 Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says the state should be able to reopen a vital interstate highway corridor that was blocked...
Drought Devastates Washington State’s Wheat Crop August 13, 2021 The wheat harvest on Marci Green’s farm doesn’t usually begin until late August, but a severe drought stunted this year’s...
U.S. West Consumer Survey: 4-in-10 Policyholders Don’t Talk to Insurer About Wildfire Risks August 5, 2021 Most residents of the wildfire-plagued Western U.S. believe in mitigation efforts, but fewer are actually taking such steps – while...
Colorado Governor Planning Disaster Declaration After Mudslides August 4, 2021 By Thomas Peipert Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said this week he was planning to issue a state disaster declaration and it could be...