Insurers are desperate for qualified inspectors after devastating US hurricanes

Insurers are scrambling to find inspectors in Texas and Florida after fierce hurricanes battered the states one after the other, causing tens of billions of dollars’ worth of property damage in less than two weeks. Although insurers maintain some number of...

Houstonians Adrift in Their City, Trying to Call Somewhere Home

By RICHARD FAUSSET and CAMPBELL ROBERTSON September 11, 2017 HOUSTON — Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters have left this sprawling metropolis partially ruined and eager to return to something like normalcy. But the storm has also forced...

Richard Branson shares pictures of what Hurricane Irma did to his island home

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson has revealed photos of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Irma on his private island in the Caribbean. In a series tweets over the weekend, the Virgin founder showed the destruction felt by Necker Island and other surrounding...

Hurricane Irma Live Updates: Storm Weakens, but Still Packs a Punch

By THE NEW YORK TIMES September 11, 2017 Hurricane Irma, now 400 miles wide, continued its march of devastation on Monday morning, dumping rain across the width of Florida and lashing the state with powerful winds that downed power lines and left...