Westwood’s Gabriel Salazar on how builders are using mitigation, embedded insurance and carrier alignment to secure insurability and stabilize premiums.

Residents, businesses and community partners are being encouraged to review the plan and provide feedback before the end of the comment period, which will run from March 16 through March 30.

Arizona law shields electric utilities from most lawsuits if their equipment sparks a catastrophic wildfire; Insurers and trial lawyers criticize the law’s wildfire ...

causing utilities to rethink their wildfire mitigation strategies. In 2020, nearly 18,000 structures burned as a result of wildfires. As the demand for wildfire response resources skyrockets, electric ...

Communities face several challenges and complex decisions related to natural hazards, which are increasingly exacerbated by climate change. Furthermore, the increased frequency of extreme weather ...

SEATTLE — King County released an Extreme Heat Mitigation Strategy Thursday in an effort to prevent any summer heat-related injuries, deaths, or illnesses. The county said concern about higher summer ...

Steinbach City Council is moving ahead with a series of major flood mitigation efforts as part of its 2026 Financial Plan, ...

A Lawrence County planner said the Federal Emergency Management Agency is getting stricter about handing out disaster money if municipalities don’t approve the county’s hazard mitigation plan. The ...

Jacksonville/Morgan County Office of Emergency Management is inviting the public to comment on its plan to mitigate damage from severe weather and other natural hazards during a public forum.