Emergency Readiness App harbor Launches Personalized Risk Tiers to Pinpoint What You Need to Prepare For Most

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:12:00 +0100finanzen-ch (en)

NEW YORK Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- harbor, a company reimagining emergency readiness, today announced a key update to the harbor app, giving users hyper-specific personal risk assessments for all emergencies. With this update, harbor aggregates and democratizes both public and private data....

Extreme weather causing US solar insurance premiums to explode

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 06:41:00 +0100pv-magazine (en)

From pv magazine USA Renewable energy projects, especially solar installations, are seeing steep insurance premium cost increases due to industry disruptions caused by extreme weather events, according to by Norton Rose Fulbright. The market for property and casualty insurance for solar projects has....

Byron Bay beach damage ‘worst in a generation’ as storms batter 1,000km of coastline

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 03:29:00 +0100guardian (en)

locals say damage to the town’s main beach is “the worst in a generation” as heavy rain, abnormally high tides and wild surf, combined with long term erosion problems, washed away much of the remaining sand. Storms have battered a 1,000km stretch of the Queensland and northern NSW coastline for....

Can ‘Fire Hardening’ Solve California’s Home Insurance Crisis?

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 01:19:00 +0100goodtimes (en)

Sue Ladich spent $1,600 clearing brush and trees from around her home in 2014. In 2017, she ponied up $3,500 to clear even more potential wildfire fuel from her property. This year, she spent another $2,200. But the more than $7,000 and countless hours of work spent in the name of keeping her....

Extreme weather is causing solar insurance premiums to explode

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:27:00 +0100pv-magazine-usa (en)

Renewable energy projects, especially solar projects, are seeing steep insurance premium cost increases due to industry disruptions caused by extreme weather events, according to done by Norton Rose Fulbright. The analysis outlines that the market for property and casualty insurance for solar....

Fire and flood menace parts of US and Bangladesh

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:14:00 +0100yubanet (en)

LONDON, December 14, 2020 − More extreme weather is on the way for the hapless residents of Bangladesh, New York and the western US, facing the prospect of worsening fire and flood. There is a new future for New York. By the close of the century, thanks to sea level rise and global heating , parts....

Opinion: Mold and the insidious dangers of climate change

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:31:00 +0100houstonchronicle (en)

Sandra Edwards stands in a room in her home which still has mold growing, Wednesday, August 26, 2020, in Houston, which is still damaged from Hurricane Harvey, three years ago. "The Harvey Forgotten Survivors Caucus, a group of 15 to 25 home repair applicants that have been working since October of....

La ligne 14 du métro en route pour devenir la plus fréquentée de Paris

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:18:00 +0100LeMonde (fr)

Quatre stations sont inaugurées ce lundi. Le prolongement de la ligne automatique vers la Seine-Saint-Denis doit permettre de soulager la très encombrée ligne 13.

Weather News

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:26:00 +01009news (en)

Some parts of Australia could be on track for a white Christmas as an cold change brings snow to alpine regions of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania over a week into summer. People living on Fraser Island in Queensland have been told to prepare to flee due to a bushfire currently burning close the Kingfisher Bay Resort and villiage.

Superstars Crowned At Young Horse Champs

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 18:44:00 +0100scoop-co-nz (en)

Bailey Marshall steers Haupouri Evandro NZPH to victory in the Matthews Hanoverians Seven-Year-Old Championship Final at the 2020 National Young Horse Jumping Championships in Hastings. Photo by KAMPIC The superstars have been found across the age groups ...

'The Greta Thunberg of India': Why Licypriya Kangujam won't let cyber bullies silence her message

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:48:00 +0100newsnow-co-uk (en)

In November 2016, India's capital New Delhi declared its pollution levels an "emergency situation", prompting environmental agencies to call it the most polluted city on Earth. Toxic smog enveloped the city, shuttering schools and limiting traffic flow for three days.

'India's Greta Thunberg': Licypriya Kangujam won't let cyber bullies silence her message

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:40:00 +0100thenational (en)

In November 2016, India's capital New Delhi declared its pollution levels an "emergency situation", prompting environmental agencies to call it the most polluted city on Earth. Toxic smog enveloped the city, shuttering schools and limiting traffic flow for three days.

Fiji, Vanuatu: Tropical Low Four in the South Pacific ocean set to strengthen considerably in the coming days, as of Dec. 12 /update 1

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:13:00 +0100garda-com (en)

Event. Tropical Low Four is tracking between Fiji and Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean Dec. 12. As of 1800 FJT, the storm's center of circulation was approximately 500 km (310 miles) northwest of Suva, Fiji. Forecast models indicate the storm will strengthen into a Category-1 tropical cyclone by early Dec.

The Stormy, Fiery Year When Climate Disasters Wouldn’t Stop

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:51:00 +0100claimsjournal (en)

The United States didn’t just set a record for the most disasters costing at least $1 billion — adjusted for inflation — the nation obliterated the record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. By September, 2020 had tied the old record of 16 billion-dollar disasters and....

Stunning photos show the RAF parachuting, flying and shivering as they train hard around the world

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:41:00 +0100dailymail (en)

A striking image showing ground crews battling the elements in front of a snow-covered Voyager aircraft is one of four winners in this year's RAF photographic competition. Sgt Andy Holmes's photo, titled Ground Zero, was taken at RAF Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands and was selected as the winner of the Operations and Exercises category.

Coronavirus : malgré la crise, ces Montpelliérains ont monté leur entreprise

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:39:00 +0100midilibre (fr)

Confinements et couvre-feu n’ont pas altéré leur enthousiasme ni leur volonté de créer leur entreprise. Se lancer à leur compte en pleine crise sanitaire, c’est le défi qu’ils ont choisi de relever. À l’heure où l’on multipliait les initiatives pleines de créativité entre ses quatre murs, où l’on....

Caritas Philippines calls on individuals, the Church and the global community to work together on the root causes of climate change

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:05:00 +0100caritas-org (en)

The director of Caritas Philippines (NASSA) says a global response is needed to tackle the root causes of climate change and prevent increasingly powerful typhoons which batter the country every year. Speaking one month after four deadly typhoons lashed the Philippines and as the anniversary of the....

South Pacific Ocean: Tropical Low Four forms in the South Pacific Ocean, Dec. 11

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:28:00 +0100garda-com (en)

Tropical Low Four forms in the South Pacific Ocean. Dec. 11. Impacts to Fiji and Vanuatu forecast through at least Dec. 16.

Un besoin de créer plus fort que le virus

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 05:34:00 +0100midilibre (fr)

Confinements et couvre-feu n’ont pas altéré leur enthousiasme ni leur volonté de créer leur entreprise. Se lancer à leur compte en pleine crise sanitaire, c’est le défi qu’ils ont choisi de relever. À l’heure où l’on multipliait les initiatives pleines de créativité entre ses quatre murs, où l’on....

Advisers Recommend Checkered Shortlist of 7 for Flagler Beach City Manager, Out of Motley Field of 57 Applicants

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:43:00 +0100flaglerlive (en)

, the town administrator in Tonka Bay, a lakeside community of 1,500 people in the outer suburbs of Minneapolis, is the author of that opening line. She’s been the administrator for barely a year, but she’s ready to leave. She was among the 57 candidates who applied to replace the late Larry Newsom,....

The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn’t stop

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:10:00 +0100apnews (en)

Nature struck relentlessly in 2020 with record-breaking and deadly weather- and climate-related disasters. With the most named storms in the Atlantic, the largest-ever area of California...