A woman hopping inside a Dodge Charger for a cigarette sparked an explosion that destroyed the car, burned down a significant portion of her home and left her with third-degree burns.

An important Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina was severely damaged on Wednesday after a powerful tornado ripped through the area, threatening production lines that normally provide huge amounts of medicine to U.S. hospitals.

Roy Jackson was on his way home after running some errands. He was driving along State Route 1104 in Lexington about 5 minutes from his house when a driver heading in the opposite direction suddenly swerved into his lane.

Over 90 firefighters responded to the scene of a massive fire at a construction site in Charlotte, North Carolina, Thursday morning and braved devastating conditions to rescue workers who were caught in the blaze.

As of May 2, 2023, FEMA reported that National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims related to Hurricane Ian total $3.9B. Out of the roughly 48,000 claims in Florida and the Carolinas, around 95% have been closed, according to the agency.

Hurricane Ian caused widespread flooding across Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina in October, resulting in losses estimated at between $41 billion and $70 billion. Among those losses were up to 358,000 vehicles damaged by floodwaters, according to Carfax.

Final numbers won’t be available for months, but one thing is certain: An overwhelming number of drivers in Hurricane Ian’s path will be replacing a vehicle at a time when inventories are already tight.

The wife of a decorated New York City firefighter is suing the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, after a tree on the property fell on the family car and killed her husband, according to a lawsuit.

Severe storms from Texas to the Carolinas damaged homes and left thousands without power throughout the afternoon and evening hours on Monday.

Automobile collisions involving wildlife can be deeply traumatizing and costly for drivers and their passengers, but a new report from State Farm reveals just how common of an occurrence such crashes are.

A beach home along North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday, May 10, and the National Park Service fears more are likely to fall in the coming days.

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to predict where flood damage is likely to happen in the continental United States. The findings suggest that recent flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency do not capture the full extent of flood risk.

In Farm Bureau v. Dana, the North Carolina Supreme Court held that the Financial Responsibility Act requires a claimant to treat the per accident limit of coverage as the total sum that is available to all claimants entitled to a share of available UIM coverage, provided that the amount of UIM coverage available to any individual claimant is limited to the per person amount.

On August 16, 2021, the District Court for Clark County, Nevada, denied an insurance company’s motion to dismiss a property owner’s lawsuit seeking business interruption insurance coverage due to COVID-19.

Tropical Depression Fred brought up to 11 inches of rainfall across Haywood County Monday and Tuesday causing major flooding along the Pigeon River.