Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Where Are the Hurricanes This Season as the Atlantic Remains Quiet
Sep 18 2025 // Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it’s the peak of hurricane season. “Where the heck are the Atlantic #hurricanes?” Philip Klotzbach, a...
Stein Wants $13.5B From Congress for NC Hurricane Helene Recovery
Sep 18 2025 // Stein in 2024 (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File) North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Monday requested $13.5 billion more from Congress in recovery aid for Hurricane Helene almost a year after the historic storm, saying additional...
Hurricane Forecasts Are Missing the Mark as the Atlantic Stays Calm — So Far
Sep 12 2025 // It’s the statistical peak of Atlantic hurricane season, and there isn’t a storm in sight — for now. September’s second week is usually when the season gets into full swing, as warm ocean waters fuel...
Construction Delays, Litigation Can Follow Hurricanes: A Guide for Property Owners
Sep 9 2025 // When a hurricane tears through a community, the damage left behind can feel overwhelming. For property owners, the priority is to get repairs done quickly so that life and business can return to normal. But too often,...
AP Reporters Reflect on Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later
Sep 2 2025 // Hurricane Katrina claimed hundreds of lives, destroyed homes and changed how emergency response is dealt with forever. In this episode of “The Story Behind the AP Story,” retired Associated Press journalist...
The Ghost of Hurricane Katrina Haunts Catastrophe Modelers
Aug 29 2025 // When Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans in August 2005, causing greater insurance losses than any other natural disaster in history, it became clear that a lot of the city’s flood protection engineering —...
Hurricane Remnants Threaten Swiss Alps With Floods, Landslides
Aug 28 2025 // The remnants of Hurricane Erin will contribute to torrential rain across the Swiss Alps over the next two days, raising the risk of dangerous flooding and landslides. Switzerland’s state forecaster has issued the...
20 Years Later, Hurricane Katrina’s Impact Echoes in Models, Mitigation and Reforms
Aug 27 2025 // Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina swamped parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, the property insurance sector is better prepared for another catastrophic storm and the litigation that may follow, according to industry...
When Luck Runs Out: Where $100B Hurricanes Might Happen
Aug 27 2025 // Lists published every hurricane season, adjusting the amounts of insurance losses for past events for inflation to current-dollar levels, give a misleading picture of the potential for a single event costing insurers $100...
20 Years After Katrina, Hurricane Risks to Gulf Coast Rising, Scientist Warns
Aug 25 2025 // The Gulf Coast of the United States is increasingly vulnerable to hurricanes, a scientist has warned in a new study, 20 years after Katrina devastated New Orleans and hundreds of miles of coastline. Mark Bove, a...
Hurricane Erin Is Disrupting Both Europe’s Weather and Forecasts
Aug 22 2025 // Hurricane Erin is muddling computer models and making forecasters, analysts and traders question the accuracy of the outlook for heat, wind and storms across Europe next week. Erin, which churned through the Atlantic 330...
How Hurricanes, Fires and Floods Put Drugs and Medical Supplies at Risk
Aug 22 2025 // When Hurricane Helene barreled across several southern states last fall, it destroyed homes and killed more than 150 people. The storm also took out one of the country’s main factories producing intravenous fluid...
Hurricane Erin to Menace Eastern US Beaches Into the Weekend
Aug 21 2025 // Hurricane Erin is triggering dangerous beach conditions across much of the US East Coast that will likely last into the weekend, as the storm pushes north in the waning days of the summer travel season. Erin is not...
Update: Hurricane Erin Strengthens, Threatens US East Coast With Rough Surf
Aug 18 2025 // Hurricane Erin will likely become even larger as it churns past the Bahamas, avoiding land but raising the risk of high winds and flooding hundreds of miles away along North Carolina beaches. Erin’s top winds...
Rising La Niña Odds Point to More Hurricanes in the Atlantic
Aug 15 2025 // The world may be about to shift into a La Niña weather pattern, a development that would increase the risk of storms in the Atlantic as the height of hurricane season approaches there. Forecasters at the US Climate...
CSU, NOAA Maintain Forecasts for Above-Average Hurricane Season
Aug 11 2025 // Colorado State University’s hurricane researchers and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued updates to their 2025 Atlantic hurricane forecasts, with both maintaining calls for an...
The New Approach to Hurricane-Strong Homes? Concrete Walls, Wind-Resistant Roofs, But Affordable and Stylish
Aug 4 2025 // If wind mitigation and stronger homes are the paths to reducing insurance claims and bringing down premiums in hurricane-prone areas as a growing number of industry experts believe, then homeowners, builders and insurers...
Florida Meteorologist Predicts Where the Next Hurricane Will Hit–For a Price
Aug 4 2025 // Colorado State University’s hurricane research team, perhaps the best-known and most-often quoted forecasting service, in early July revised its prediction for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season downward slightly...
Volunteers Repair Appalachian Trail Damage Almost a Year After Hurricane Helene
Jul 29 2025 // UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (AP) — In a rugged patch of the Appalachian Trail in eastern Tennessee, volunteers size up a massive, gnarled tree lying on its side. Its tangled web of roots and dark brown soil, known as a root...
Europe Inc Swerves Trump Trade War ‘Hurricane’ but Laments Higher Tariffs
Jul 28 2025 // European companies were left wondering on Monday whether to cheer a hard-won U.S. trade deal or lament a still sharp jump in tariffs versus those in place before President Donald Trump’s second term. A day earlier,...
