Possibly more than a dozen tornadoes ripped through the Dallas Fort Worth metro area, flattening buildings, tossing cars and trucks, and shutting down airports in the region. Nine separate tornado warnings were issued by weather services in the Dallas area, with 2 confirmed touch-downs, one in Arlington and another in Dallas. At Dallas-Fort Worth...
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Tracking disasters and the insurance industry response.
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) seeks to help communities and enrich lives by combining the collective strengths of the industry to provide grants, volunteer service and leadership. Since 1994 the Foundation has served the industry as a united industry philanthropic effort, providing financial & other resources in the form of grants, employee volunteerism and leadership, while also acting as the collective philanthropic voice of the industry.
The Insurance Industry Disaster Response website is dedicated to highlighting & tracking the industry’s philanthropic actions and support for the communities & regions impacted by major disasters. One of our goals is to collect and maintain a database of individual and collective disaster response activities being provided by the insurance industry.
Wave of Tornadoes Sweep the Midwest US
March 3, 2012–Fast moving twisters destroyed homes, downed power lines and tossed vehicles across the Midwestern states of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, leaving 23 people dead. This outbreak followed earlier storms that killed 13 people in the South and Midwest two days earlier. According to the Weather Service tornadoes killed 550 people in the...
2011 Record-Breaking Year for Weather Disasters in US
2011 has broken the record for the most billion-dollar weather disasters. The USA saw 12 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2011. Half of those disasters were severe weather related. Total damages from these 12 events is close to $52 billion, at a cost of 646 American lives. Disasters breakdown: 6 severe weather/tornado events;...