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Earthquake
 
CBS News - July 30, 2025
Hawaiian officials are now allowing residents to return to their homes after a massive earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka peninsula spurred ...
Hawaiian officials are now allowing residents to return to their homes after a massive earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka peninsula spurred ...
 
Yahoo! News - July 30, 2025
Videos of the Kamchatka, Russia, earthquake shaking buildings, the ground, homes, and even a hospital surgery room have gone viral. The 8.
... injuries or deaths occurred. One viral video of the inside of a home shaking was from a different earthquake and erroneously attributed ...
 
 
Wildfire
 
The Mercury News - July 31, 2025
Nearly 100 homes affected by the blaze were worth more than $20 million each, Redfin reported.
... by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Pacific Palisades homes impacted by the January wildfire had a total value of $51.7 ...
 
UltraSurfing - July 29, 2025
A firefighter is seen battling a wildfire burning in Gondomar, northern Portugal on July 29, 2025
... officials said. Residents spray water as they try to protect their house from a wildfire in Gondomar, northern Portugal Some 20 people, ...
 
Canadian Underwriter - July 29, 2025
... cleanup efforts began last week in Denare Beach, which lost 218 homes to wildfire in June. It also says crews have removed 230 ...
 
City News - July 29, 2025
Residents of northern Manitoba Cree Nation start to return home after lengthy wildfire evacuation
 
NewsBreak - July 28, 2025
Hundreds of goats will mow down dead vegetation across hilly terrain in Reno over the next month in an effort to reduce wildfires in an ...
... of dead vegetation in Evens Creek, a wetland area bordered by homes, has created a wildfire hazard the Reno Fire Department hopes to ...
 
CBC News Edmonton - July 28, 2025
 
MSN Canada - July 26, 2025
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a house during a wildfire, in the northwestern suburb of Kryoneri, in Athens, Greece, Saturday, ...
 
Castanet - July 25, 2025
... and attending events to help people learn more about mitigating wildfire risks around homes. All residents are eligible for a free ...
 
CBC News Edmonton - July 25, 2025
... July 2024. In a news release on Friday, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) reported that insured losses from the Jasper wildfire have ...
 
 
Storm
 
Sentinel Colorado - July 28, 2025
“In hailstones we have layers. So we start off with an embryo, and then you’ve got different growth layers.”
... , a meteorologist at the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, squeezes a hand grip about a foot above it and another white ...
 
USA Today - July 28, 2025
A so-far unremarkable Atlantic hurricane season is heading for a 'pivot point,' forecasters warn. Here's what to expect.
... forecast. The ultimate preparedness checklist: How to prepare your house for a ...
 
 
Flood & sewer backup
 
Policy Options - July 29, 2025
Canada needs a national flood insurance framework that shares risk and improves resilience—before the next big disaster hits.
 
City News - July 28, 2025
 
CBC.ca - July 27, 2025
 
 
ICLR in the news
 
Portail de l'assurance - July 30, 2025
... de recherche, mieux connu par son nom anglais Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR), a tenu un webinaire pour présenter les ...
 
Insurance Portal - July 30, 2025
... across the industry. On July 11, the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) hosted a webinar presenting early findings from ...
 
InsideHalton.com - July 28, 2025
 
Canadian Underwriter - July 25, 2025
... ’s where updates to building code regulations come into play, Keith Porter, chief engineer at the Institute for Catastrophic Loss ...
 
 
Public Policy
 
The Allegheny Front - July 29, 2025
When Gary Cleveland purchased three cabins along the Brandywine Creek around the corner from his West Chester home, he didn’t buy flood ...
 
 
Climate Change
 
Fast Company - July 28, 2025
There have been five “1 in 1,000-year floods” this summer alone in the continental U.S. Heavy rains have poured over Texas, North ...
... , Illinois, and Florida over the past months causing streets to flood, homes to suffer irreparable damage, and people to lose their ...
 
 
(Re)insurance
 
Captive International - July 29, 2025
Worldwide, natural disasters caused overall losses of around $131 billion in the first half of 2025 (previous year, adjusted for inflation: ...
... to strike.” Munich Re has been supporting the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) in the USA for many years to research ...
 
 
Mitigation & Prevention
 
Spectrum News 1 - July 28, 2025
The City of Bowling Green is purchasing flood-prone homes. It hopes to raze the homes and implement solutions to help handle future ...
The City of Bowling Green is purchasing flood-prone homes. It hopes to raze the homes and implement solutions to help handle future ...
 
The Gainesville Sun - July 28, 2025
The My Safe Florida Home hardening project received $280 million in funding and will reopen to new applicants in August. The two-step ...
... must have applied for, been approved for and received a free home hurricane inspection through the program. They must provide proof ...
 
CBC.CA News - July 26, 2025