What are the odds that you file a damage claim for your home in 2024? Statistics indicate that about one in 20 insured homeowners will. “The top four causes of property damage are wind, hail, water and freezing,” explains Jason Blair, President of Paul Davis Restoration Sud Ouest/Rive Sud, Quebec,… Read more »
They start dark, they grow dangerous and their severe winds, bolts of lightning and resulting flash flooding can quickly turn deadly. Our pets sense their pending arrival long before we see the lightning flashes, or hear the thunder. How can that be? Lightning sets off long reaching static electricity that… Read more »
Wind afflicts people and wreaks havoc on their surroundings. Atlantic Canada residents know this all too well after Hurricane Fiona’s visit last year. The devastating storm’s gale exceeded 100 kilometres per hour, ripping off roofs, dislodging trees and making history as one of the most expensive weather disasters ever in… Read more »
Summer storms are becoming increasingly intense, lashing homes and businesses with drenching rains, high winds, lightning strikes and flash flooding. Hail, too, is becoming more frequent and damaging, as Calgary discovered painfully in June of 2020. A 20-minute hailstorm - hailstones the size of tennis balls, pounded structures, dented vehicles… Read more »
On a warm night in June, a violent tornado spun through Richmond, Indiana. Its narrow but very destructive path severely damaged the community’s mall. Nearly 80 percent of the mall interior was drenched, with portions of the roof missing and windows shattered. Dislodged air handling units had rolled across the… Read more »