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August 30, 2021

Will the Levees Hold? 3 Things to Watch for in Hurricane Ida

Late Saturday into Sunday, August 29, Hurricane Ida rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane before making landfall near Port Fourchon shortly before 12pm CT.  

August 27, 2021

941,392 Homes at Risk from Hurricane Ida Storm Surge

CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released data analysis for single-family and multifamily homes at risk of storm surge damage from Hurricane Ida

August 24, 2021

Update : Three Things to Know About the Weather Events This Weekend...

Tropical Storm Henri made landfall over the weekend and caused limited inland flooding and power outages

August 21, 2021

Three Things to Know About Tropical Storm Henri

Tropical storm Henri continues to gradually strengthen and is currently located in the SW Atlantic or approximately 320 miles SSE of Cape Hatteras North Carolina.

August 16, 2021

Three Things to Know About the Haiti Earthquake

A M7.2 earthquake struck Haiti over the weekend: On August 14th at 12.29 UTC, a M7.2 earthquake struck Haiti at 10km depth, about 75 miles west of the capital Port-au-Prince.

August 10, 2021

Update: Three Things to Know About the Dixie Fire

Updated: August 9, 2021 | 3:14 pm PT The Dixie Fire has become the 2nd largest wildfire recorded in California history The Dixie fire continues to grow. Approaching 500,000 acres in size, the Dixie Fire has now become the 2nd largest wildfire in recorded California History. Five of the 7 largest ...

July 19, 2021

Three Things to Know About the Germany Flooding

July 19, 2021 | 11:41am CT | 4:41pm GMT The flooding has been severe and is likely to continue over the next few days Severe flooding from July 12-15 resulted in the loss of 188 lives as of July 19 and catastrophic damage in western German states (North Rhine-Westphalia and Rh...

July 7, 2021

Three Things to Know About Tropical Storm Elsa

July 7, 2021 | 11:57 AM CT What’s happening? Elsa made landfall as a Tropical Storm along the western Florida coast roughly 50 miles southeast of Tallahassee with sustained winds of up to 65 mph, 10 mph below Category 1 hurricane intensity. The remnants of Elsa will track along the eastern US coa...

May 18, 2021

Flooding in Lake Charles, LA

After being impacted by Hurricanes Delta and Laura in 2020 – and just weeks ahead of the official start to the 2021 hurricane season – Lake Charles, Louisiana residents are now being impacted by heavy rainfall of 6 – 15 inches this week resulting in bayous and creeks flooding streets. The o...

May 3, 2021

Tornadoes in Mississippi and Georgia

In what has already been a very active tornado season for the Southeastern U.S., a series of strong tornadoes developed between the afternoon of May 2nd and the morning of May 3rd. The above normal activity can in part be attributed to the La Niña conditions observed this winter and spring (coole...

April 23, 2021

5 Reasons Why Damages in Texas Were So Drastic

As climate change continues to increase the severity of natural catastrophe events, housing infrastructure across the nation is being challenged on a routine basis. In February 2021, a severe winter storm brought frigid arctic air and dangerously cold winds into the Mississippi Valley region. Mor...

April 22, 2021

Climate Change Unpacked: What Caused the Texas Freeze?

As climate change continues to alter our atmosphere, extreme weather is becoming a more frequent occurrence across the world. From February 14 to 18, 2021, much of the U.S. experienced one of the coldest snaps on record. The National Weather Service reported frigid Arctic air and dangerously cold...