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The hurricane-strong house, as architect Illya Azaroff has labeled it, is about 7% to 9% more expensive to build.
Customers from Michigan to Virginia were without electricity early Monday as winds toppled power lines, canceled flights.
Parts of North Carolina are expected to get more snow this weekend than they typically see in an entire year.
Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida Panhandle Wednesday, with 155 mile-per-hour winds.
For tropical storms, two's company, three's a crowd and five is, well, unprecedented.
This is no ordinary storm, and people could be without power for a very long time — not days but weeks.
Hurricane Florence's potential for destruction includes increased risks for the environment and public health.
There's a 50% chance Florence will strike the U.S. East Coast late next week. And there are more storms behind it.
Cal Fire said Friday that PG&E equipment caused at least 12 of the wine country blazes.
Wildfires and hurricanes have combined to create a costly year for insurers and reinsurers.
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