Natural Disasters News

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WaFd, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) (the “Company”), the parent company of WaFd Bank, announced today a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross of the Greater Inland Northwest to support disaster relief and recovery efforts following the devastating wildfires that have impacted the Inland Northwest, Spokane County and surrounding communities. The donation will help the Red Cross provide emergency shelter, meals, relief supplies, health services and recovery assistance for in...

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WindBorne Systems, the weather intelligence company building the world's largest atmospheric sensing network and the AI models it powers, today announced $37 million in Series B funding, bringing total funding to more than $62 million. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Khosla Ventures and Galvanize, with participation from TransLink Capital, Lux Capital, and existing investors. The funding comes as demand for more accurate weather intelligence continues t...

THERMAL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coulson Aviation today announced that Tanker 138, a Lockheed C-130H registered as N382CG, began a 60-day Exclusive Use contract last week with the U.S. Wildland Fire Service. The contract makes Tanker 138 the first Large Airtanker placed under contract by the newly established federal service. At 4,000 U.S. gallons, Tanker 138 carries the largest retardant load available in the Large Airtanker class. The C-130H combines that capacity with four-engine turboprop...

SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Washington property insurers are acting as financial first responders to help their customers impacted by the Spokane fires, according to Triple-I....

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CitroTech Inc. (NYSE American: CITR), a specialty chemical company delivering the only long-term fire inhibitor recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency, today announced it has joined the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), the nation's leading nonprofit dedicated to helping homeowners, communities, builders, and policymakers better prepare for and withstand disasters. As a Corporate Member, CitroTech will support FLASH efforts to advance...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA releases research on the report published by the President’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council. The report recommends shifting FEMA toward a more supportive federal role, with state, local, tribal, and territorial governments taking greater responsibility for disaster management. It proposes stricter disaster-declaration criteria, faster direct funding, simplified survivor aid, restructured mitigation grants, National Flood Insurance Progr...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orbital Sentry, a deep tech startup building persistent infrared imaging systems for geosynchronous orbit (GEO), today announced the close of a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Ridgeline and with participation from Superorganism and Hustle Fund. These investor portfolios reflect Orbital Sentry’s dual-use commercial and defense potential. Orbital Sentry's platform is designed to deliver continuous, high-sensitivity infrared monitoring from GEO, closing a...

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hippocratic AI and Emblem Health demonstrate how AI is helping vulnerable members during heatwave, climate events. Now available across healthcare....

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA releases research assessing the potential exposure of KBRA-rated European residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions to the ongoing wildfires in Spain. Spain is confronting an exceptionally severe wildfire season, with approximately 173,000 hectares burnt from the start of the year through 28 July, nearly six times the amount recorded over the same period in 2025. The three largest documented wildfire areas included in KBRA’s review are located in A...

THERMAL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coulson Aviation today introduced CFR HALO, a next-generation long-term fire retardant engineered specifically for modern aircraft, tank systems, and wildfire missions. It is the first product from Coulson EmberWorks, the company’s research and development division dedicated to advancing aerial firefighting technologies. Developed through four decades of aerial firefighting operations and collaboration with firefighters, pilots, engineers, and agency partners,...