October 2018

AIR conducted a flood damage survey in two heavily damaged cities, Lumberton and Trenton, North Carolina, both inundated with between 1 and 2 feet of water.

Fifteen years ago, on October 25, 2003, the Cedar Fire was accidentally ignited in San Diego County, California.

The catastrophic earthquake expected to strike the San Andreas Fault is not the only major earthquake California needs to prepare for.

Although extratropical cyclones can impact Europe at any time, a definite season runs from October to March. And 2018's season is off to a busy start.

Southeastern North Carolina is home to two major sources of pollution—hog waste lagoons and coal ash pits—that contaminated floodwaters following Hurricane Florence.

It's possible that tens of thousands of websites across the world could be labeled as unsafe this October, potentially leading to business interruptions losses.

Read AIR’s flood damage survey of the Lumber and Trent river basins following the severe flooding from Hurricane Florence’s record precipitation.

While the fate of the communities exposed to this monster will become apparent, here is what we can expect in terms of performance of the building stock in this part of Florida.

On Tuesday, hurricane experts were expecting Hurricane Michael to reach the coast of Florida as a Category 3 storm but overnight it intensified to a monster Category 4 hurricane.

Following Hurricane Florence I accompanied members of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) disaster assessment team to evaluate the wind performance of building stock.