Last year, the insurance industry saw 27 weather events that resulted in at least a billion dollars in insured losses, including hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and tornadoes. Overall, last year, ...

Bad weather can hit anywhere. Although some areas of the country are more prone to hurricanes or wildfires, in other areas, flooding, blizzards, or tornadoes may be the chief concern. Not every storm ...

From coast to coast, trucking companies are becoming more prepared than ever to overcome the devastation of natural disasters. Fleets have worked through hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, tornadoes and ...

Habits are hard to break. As a former California Highway Patrolman (CHP), I made a habit of checking the state’s official list of natural disasters. I knew that the CHP would have a role in responding ...

When a natural disaster strikes and authorities declare an emergency, usually some of the first men and women to brave the environment are commercial freight haulers driving trucks. But faced with ...

The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021, while the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions last year jumped 6% ...

The Trucking Cares Foundation donated $25,000 to Virginia Task Force 1, a leading disaster response team, American Trucking Associations’ charitable arm said June 2. Federation President Chris Spear, ...

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Trucking Cares Foundation, the trucking industry's charitable arm, donated $25,000 to Virginia Task Force-1, one of the world's leading disaster ...

On a Saturday in early October, I watched as several Class 8 heavy-duty trucks with gravel fill zipped around a highway in Fond du Lac County, Wis., trying to wrap up a major project before winter. As ...