The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season saw an intense start but gave way to an unusually quiet end yesterday. Overall, the season generated 21 named tropical storms and hurricanes — the third highest on record. A typical season sees 14 storms. Yet,…
Record-breaking rainfall led to major flooding and several mudslides in British Columbia, causing a province-wide state of emergency. Devastating floods washed away homes, left farms under water, and damaged highways. Hundreds of people in the Lower …
Northern California and the Pacific Northwest were hit Sunday with a convergence of storms that brought more than half a foot of rain to parts of the San Fransisco Bay Area, along with high winds, flash floods, mudslides and the potential for heavy s…
Monsoon rains leading to flash floods hit Melaka and Muar on the evening of October 20, 2021. We’re beginning to learn the breadth and depth of the losses to commercial and residential properties. To those impacted, we are with you and we are here t…
The Hong Kong Observatory issued a No 8 warning signal at 5:20 p.m. local time on Tuesday as Tropical Cyclone Kompasu, the second major storm to hit the city in four days, gathered strength. Recent forecasts call for Kompasu to be closest to Hong Kon…
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit near Mansfield in the State of Victoria on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 9:15 a.m. The earthquake is the largest Victoria has ever experienced. It affected the whole state, including the major city of Melbourne. Following the …
Justin White, vp specialty services, principal building consultant, discusses how construction leaders can prepare for wild weather events.
Typhoon Chanthu slammed into the northern Philippines on Saturday, bringing destructive winds and heavy rains. The storm displaced thousands of people and left several communities flooded and without power. Now the storm is approaching Shanghai, wher…
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit near the resort city of Acapulco in southwestern Guerrero state on September 7. It affected areas hundreds of miles away, including Mexico City. Following the quake, 92 aftershocks were reported, including one that meas…
Just days after making a Category 4 landfall in Louisiana, the remnants of Hurricane Ida ripped through the mid-Atlantic states into the Northeast — causing flooding rains and damaging tornados. The National Weather Service issued at least five…
Sedgwick's Steve Powell, executive vice president of specialty operations, discusses the intense challenges in recovering from Hurricane Ida
Ida has now become a Category 1 hurricane in the Caribbean Sea and is forecast to intensify into a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. Hurricane watches are in effect from southwestern Louisiana to the Mississippi-Alabama state line, …
The Atlantic hurricane season is in full force this week, with Henri moving north, Grace revisiting Mexico, and Fred still impacting North Carolina. Henri is expected to become a hurricane and could be the first significant one to hit New England in…
Tropical Storm Nepartak heads toward Japan and the Olympic Games Tokyo is bracing for Tropical Storm Nepartak, which has already begun to disrupt some Olympic events. The storm developed late Friday, local time and is heading toward the island nati…
Severe flooding overwhelmed Zhengzhou, the capital of China’s central Henan province, after the equivalent of a year's average rainfall fell in just three days. The event led to the evacuation of about 100,000 people, the rescue of more than 500 peop…