The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season has been very active in the number of storms but is likely to go down as a non-event for most people in the United States, which has so far dodged a major landfall, the top …
Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has released “detailed risk estimates and large event scenarios for key cities including São Paulo, Santiago and Bogotá.” Willis said the models, developed by its Willis Research Network …
Hungary declared a state of emergency in three counties Tuesday after a flood of toxic red sludge from an alumina plant engulfed several towns and burned people through their clothes. One official called it “an ecological disaster” that may threaten …
Greenhouse gas cuts vowed by rich nations remain far from enough to escape dangerous global warming, a top Chinese climate official said on Tuesday, urging talks over a new climate change pact to confront the shortfall. China is the world’s …
The good news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. The bad news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. It’s good news because …
The good news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. The bad news is that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been extended until Sept. 30, 2011. It’s good news because …
The U.N. climate change chief urged governments on Monday to make real steps towards a new treaty to fight global warming or risk throwing negotiations into doubt. Negotiators are meeting in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin to try …
Get Rid of the Trailers “People are frustrated. People do not like the idea of having these trailers right next to them five years after Katrina.” —Councilman Jon Johnson, whose district includes hard-hit eastern New Orleans and the Lower Ninth …
Since 2008, many homes and businesses in the United States have been re-zoned on Federal Emergency Management Administration flood hazard maps from low-to-moderate flood risk areas into higher risk areas, and vice versa. Because of their reassignment into a zone …
