A new law could save homeowners money when a hurricane off the Atlantic coast churns up weather strong enough to damage homes in Rhode Island but never reaches the state. Legislation signed last week by Gov. Don Carcieri prevents insurance …
With only a few days left before the official beginning of summer, strong spring storms have been pummeling the Midwest this week with tornadoes, strong winds, rain and hail, and leaving behind widespread damage. Golf-ball sized hail dropped in west …
French investigators said Wednesday more than 400 pieces of Flight 447 have been recovered in a painstaking search in the Atlantic but no conclusions have yet been reached in the probe. “If we had concluded or excluded something, we would …
More than 40 earthquake recording stations will be placed around the state and in Iowa as part of a federal initiative overseen by Missouri University of Science and Technology. The seismic monitors join another 400 stations already in place across …
For the past eight days Mother Nature has taken Coloradans on a wild weather ride — starting June 7 with a tornado and damaging hail in Aurora and the South Metro area, then pounding Northern Colorado with golf-ball and baseball-sized …
A global trend towards increasing weather-related disasters was confirmed in 2008, the second deadliest year in the past decade for natural catastrophes, an annual Red Cross report said Tuesday. The number of people reported killed by natural disasters last year …
Arkansas is putting its residents and economy at risk by failing to adopt a centralized system for flood-levee oversight, the state’s lawmakers have been told. Representatives from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission recently reported to members of the Legislative Joint …
There have always been lingering concerns over how New Jersey would be able to quickly evacuate large numbers of people during hurricanes or other natural disasters, especially among coastal residents. And with that in mind, the Assembly may consider legislation …
Storms with wind gusts nearing hurricane speed cut across Oklahoma and Arkansas on June 12, causing damage in at least 13 Arkansas counties. Tommy Jackson, a spokesman with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, says Conway and Johnson counties have …
Alabama has a message for its neighbors: Don’t count on us next time you need shelter from a storm. And it’s not because Louisiana evacuees made a mess last time they came. Gov. Bob Riley said that Alabama will take …
