Smoke continued to hang in the air Monday morning as firefighters mopped up hot spots after a huge fire destroyed a four-story apartment complex under construction in downtown Phoenix.

A tornado was spotted in downtown Orlando Saturday evening after severe storms were reported in the area. The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-1 tornado moved through Orlando, with winds reaching 100 mph to 105 mph.

Tropical Storm Cristobal downgraded to a tropical depression Monday morning as it continued to spiral north into Louisiana after a weekend that plagued Florida with tornado warnings including an EF1 tornado that damaged homes in Orlando.

The central coast of Louisiana remains the consensus target of Cristobal, which forecasters expect to regain tropical storm strength as it moves north over the Gulf of Mexico to make landfall late Sunday or early Monday after it completes a disruptive spin across the Mexico coast of the Bay of Campeche on Friday.

It has been two months since COVID-19 began to turn the U.S. economy upside down. Suffering massive losses due to the damage caused by coronavirus, businesses have quickly turned to their insurance companies for assistance.

A California fire department is battling a four-alarm wildfire near the Suisun City Wildlife Center in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The severe thunderstorms that blasted the region midday Wednesday killed at least three people and knocked out power to tens of thousands, officials said.

After the darkest nights, the sun rises again. For the past three mornings, business owners woke up to shattered glass, ransacked stores, and stolen property. Some even saw their businesses destroyed by fire.

As nation-wide rioting continues in the US following the death of unarmed George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, comparisons with previous civil disorders in the country suggests it could be a relatively meaningful man-made loss for the re/insurance industry.

In the real estate market, it is often said that the three most important factors are location, location and location.

Tropical Storm Cristobal, the third named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, formed over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico Tuesday afternoon. The newly-formed Cristobal continued unleashing torrential rainfall across portions of Mexico and central America on Tuesday, threatening serious flooding and mudslides.

Farmers Insurance is facing a class action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court over a business interruption claim the company denied on the same day it was filed.

We’re entering a flood season where one-third of Americans are expected to experience flood events, after which we’re forecast to see above-average hurricane activity.

Scottsdale police said "millions of dollars in damages and theft" occurred in a late-night spasm of violence and looting at Scottsdale Fashion Square and surrounding businesses. The department said 12 people were arrested and booked into jail.

Fire crews are gaining control of the Ocotillo Fire that is burning in Cave Creek and grew to more than 900 acres. Some of the evacuations orders for the Ocotillo Fire have been lifted.