Author: WeatherPreppers

Homeowners living in areas at risk for natural disasters are seeing higher home insurance premiums — for some, coverage has been dropped completely. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy reports.

“To me, it’s a symbol of hope. We’re taking it to heart to try to bring back the tree, to give some hope to Lahaina,” said Chris Imonti, a landscaper working to restore the tree after Maui’s wildfires.

Farmers in a primary grape-producing area in Valencia, Spain, lost “their entire grape production in the middle of harvest season” after the hailstorm, according to the Association of Farmers of Valencia.

Scientists describe medicanes as a weather phenomenon similar to a hurricane or typhoon that forms over the Mediterranean Sea. Experts warn that because of global warming, medicanes may be intensifying. Kristen Corobosiero, associate professor of atmospheric and environmental science at the University of Albany, joined CBS News to talk about these storms.

The death toll in the devastating Lahaina fire, one of several that broke out in Maui on Aug. 8, has dropped to at least 97 people, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Friday. Maui County officials had been reporting a death toll of 115 for weeks.

The catastrophic flooding in the Libyan city of Derna earlier this week has killed at least 11,000 people, and the death toll is expected to rise. Many residents are returning to Derna, not to resume their lives, but identify the dead. Anna Foster reports from Libya.

Lee made landfall in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia as a post-tropical cyclone, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Lee is expected to make landfall Saturday.

The collapse of two dams earlier this week sent a wall of water and mud several stories high that swept away about a quarter of the coastal Libyan city of Derna. The flooding has left thousands of people dead and countless more missing. Charlie D’Agata reports from Derna.