After devastating floods in 2008, Cedar Falls, Iowa, enacted a new flood plain ordinance. And state officials are paying attention....
Disaster (Flood,Coastal,EQ,W-Fire,etc.) News
Wildfires roared across a swath of Western Australia on Wednesday, razing almost 40 homes and sending hundreds of people fleeing...
A report from Munich Re confirms that losses from natural catastrophes “were far lower in 2009 than in 2008 due...
Swiss Re has concluded that, despite the unusually quiet 2009 hurricane season, “overall natural catastrophe losses have increased significantly over...
Property owners insured in the Mississippi wind pool may soon find some relief from rising premium costs with the transfer...
More Cedar Rapids homeowners are accepting buyout offers for their flood-damaged properties. Officials say 17 more homeowners have signed offers...
Five years after a Sumatra Indonesia tsunami killed 230,000 people, officials say that more communities are taking the threat seriously,...
A massive undersea earthquake is long overdue beneath the Mentawai islands in Indonesia and could trigger another deadly tsunami, say...
The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) has initiated a countrywide filing of a new earthquake rating plan under its...
During a typical year, Jones residents will feel one or two earthquakes. This year there have been 25 since March,...