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As wildfires ravage landscapes and amplify financial risks, utility stocks are revealing their vulnerability to climate-induced disasters.

Delegates representing farm and ranch families from all 93 Nebraska counties outlined key agriculture policy priorities and elected new leaders for Nebraska Farm Bureau as part of the organization’s 106th

The wildfire that burnt town Lahaina in Hawaii is estimated to have damaed over 2000 structures with a capital cost of $5.5bn

While the cause of the deadly Maui fires remains under investigation, lawyers are sending experts to the island to look into utility power lines as being a possible source of ignition.  

Hawaiian Electric, which operates the Maui Electric utility, has come under criticism for not turning off power despite warnings of critical fire conditions due to predicted dry, gale-force winds. The utility earlier this week said strong winds downed electric power lines and snapped power poles ahead of the blazes.

Officials have not said what sparked the blazes that were fanned by powerful winds and leveled the historic town of Lahaina.

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