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Earthquake
 
Canadian Underwriter - April 29, 2026
 
 
Wildfire
 
CBC New Brunswick - April 30, 2026
 
Eos - April 30, 2026
A new approach to analyzing watersheds shows how storms occurring after a wildfire can have higher flooding risk than similar storms that ...
 
CBC North - April 28, 2026
in 2025. The community's residents were forced to leave their homes last year over wildfire risk. (Shaun Moosenose) Fire officials in the
 
PNI Atlantic News - April 28, 2026
cost of $2.26 million — and how they can make sure their home is wildfire safe. They’ve also announced money for training, radios, wildfire
 
CTV News - April 26, 2026
The charred remains of destroyed homes after a wildfire ravaged Lirquén, a town near the city of Concepción, Chile, on January 20, 2026. (
 
The Vancouver Sun - April 24, 2026
 
 
Flood & sewer backup
 
CTV News - April 30, 2026
parts of some streets, lawns and parks are beginning to flood, with no or few houses/buildings being affected. The major flood level is
 
Global News - April 29, 2026
 
Phys.org - April 29, 2026
Engineers at the University of Houston have unlocked decades of hidden flood risk data, using artificial intelligence to transform paper ...
 
CTV News - April 28, 2026
Flood-weary French River home and businesses face more rain, upstream dam concerns and reckless boaters tearing down sandbags as the
 
 
Windstorm
 
St. Albert Gazette - April 24, 2026
said Justin Hunt of Enid, who headed to his parents' house amid news reports that the tornado was close and took shelter in their cellar.
 
 
ICLR in the news
 
NOW Toronto - April 24, 2026
to have to deal with more flooding. On Thursday, the Canadian Climate Institute (CCI) updated its fact-sheet on flooding and climate change
 
 
Public Policy
 
Governing - April 27, 2026
Updated rules permit some plants within a five-foot buffer of homes in fire-prone areas. Residents have accepted the rules after months of ...
” Laura Blaul, a senior wildfire fellow for the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, told the board. Blaul pointed to fire
 
 
Climate Change
 
NewsBreak - April 25, 2026
Understanding the Mechanics of Downbursts (Image Credits: Unsplash) A superyacht capsized off Sicily in 2024, claiming seven lives as ...
building codes, such as those from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, emphasizing anchored roofs and impact-resistant
 
 
Other
 
swissinfo - April 30, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the face of meteorology, promising faster and more efficient forecasts. But a new study from the ...
seen before. The discovery comes at a crucial time. With climate change, extreme weather events are on the rise and with them comes the
 
 
(Re)insurance
 
Insurance Business Canada - April 30, 2026
reduced insured losses. Programs built around the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s Fortified standards in Alabama and
 
 
Mitigation & Prevention
 
National Observer - April 30, 2026
years, but it hasn’t always had high uptake. In 2017, Toronto’s Auditor General found that 80 per cent of city homeowners who experienced
 
Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal - April 29, 2026
“Within our community, what we do is try to make homes more wildfire resilient. Cleaning up different zones around the home, especially
 
Insurance Business America - April 27, 2026
Gov. Polis's $800 premium-reduction roadmap takes a risk-reduction approach, a sharp departure from California’s plan
if it's science-based, based on the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, which is the research arm of the insurance industry,
 
 

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