Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can prepare for rising risks. The same region of …
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Florida Meteorologist Predicts Where the Next Hurricane Will Hit, For a Price
Colorado State University’s hurricane research team, perhaps the best-known and most-often quoted forecasting service, last week revised its prediction for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season downward slightly – to eight hurricanes, three of them major. That’s almost in line with …
Report Shows Excessive Heat Pushes Worker Injury Risk Sky High
It may come as no surprise that heat-related worker injury claims rise on hot days, but the magnitude of the increase is an eye-opener. As temperatures skyrocketed during early summer heat waves across the United States, the Workers Compensation Research …
Flash Floods Once Again Hit Vermont, Damaging Homes and Roads
Communities in rural parts of Vermont on Friday woke up once again to damaged homes and washed-out roads due to heavy rainfall and flash flooding, making it the third consecutive summer that severe floods have inundated parts of the state. …
People Moves: Victor Names Damico President of Torrent; Alliant Hires Blake as Employee Benefits SVP
Victor appoints Damico President of Torrent Victor Insurance named Mark Damico president and chief operating officer of Torrent Technologies, Victor’s flood insurance technology and services business in the U.S. The appointment is effective July 31. Torrent Technologies is based in …
Trump Administration Targets George Mason University in Anti-DEI Campaign
The Trump administration last Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university. The Education Department said it is responding to a complaint …
California Schools Facing Billion-Dollar Sex Abuse Payouts ‘Untenable’
When Samantha Muñoz was a second grader at Fancher Creek Elementary in Clovis, her teacher told her she “wasn’t that bright” and needed extra help with schoolwork. He’d make her stay in the classroom at recess, or tell her to …
DuPont Agrees to $27M Settlement in Polluted Water Lawsuit in Upstate New York
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Chemical maker DuPont has agreed to a $27 million settlement to resolve a nearly decade-long lawsuit over the contamination of an upstate New York village’s water supply. The deal was announced Wednesday by lawyers representing …
Texas: A Microcosmof U.S. Climate Perils
Devastating flooding in central Texas over the July 4, 2025, weekend highlighted several aspects of the state’s risk profile that also are relevant to the rest of the country, according to the latest Triple-I Issues Brief. One is the rising incidence of severe inland flooding related to tropical storms. Tropical Storm Barry made landfall in…
Houthi Rebels Sink Ship in Red Sea, Killing at Least 4 With 11 Missing: EU Naval Mission
Four people are presumed dead and 11 others are still missing after a Liberian-flagged cargo ship sank in the Red Sea following an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a European Union naval mission said Friday. The update from the EU’s …





