Most of the time, the windowless building with the dome-shaped roof will be a typical high school gymnasium filled with cheering fans watching basketball and volleyball games. But come hurricane season, the structure that resembles a miniature version of the …
An Alaska senator wants $15 million for tsunami debris clean-up included in a federal disaster relief package for West Coast states affected by Superstorm Sandy. Sen. Mark Begich says the impact of debris from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in …
Swiss Re announced that its estimates of claims from Hurricane Sandy are around $900 million, net of retrocession and before tax. The bulletin warned, however, that “this estimate is subject to a higher than usual degree of uncertainty and may …
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration wants to shift $20 million in hurricane recovery dollars for hurricanes Gustav and Ike to fill in budget gaps in the state’s free preschool program for at-risk students. The proposal, which requires approval from the U.S. …
The remnants of Hurricane Isaac continue to cause headaches on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the lower Mississippi Valley as Gulf Coast residents get ready to start their cleanup efforts. The first hurricane to …
Two tropical cyclones – Hurricane Kirk and Tropical Storm Leslie – are currently active in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center in Miami is tracking both of them, as well as the remnants of Hurricane Isaac. …
Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney issued a statement urging coastal homeowners to take steps to protect their homes until the danger of Hurricane Isaac has passed.The commissioner advised homeowners that they should carry with them a home inventory when …
For the past week the National Hurricane Center in Miami has been monitoring a low pressure system that formed off the Cape Verde Islands. Late yesterday it coalesced into a tropical storm, which has been given the name Isaac. As …
Hurricane Ernesto weakened to a tropical storm as it passed over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Ernesto made landfall overnight as a Category 1 hurricane near the coastal community of Mahahual.” AIR said that, “although …
According to the latest report from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the center of category 1 Hurricane Ernesto was about 20 miles, 35 km, north of Chetumal, Mexico and about 160 miles, 260 km, east south east of Campeche, …
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