Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hurricanes Now Twice as Likely to Spin Up From Minor to Whopper, Study Says
Oct 23 2023 // With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday. Last month Hurricane...
Pacific and Atlantic Hurricanes Norma and Tammy Hit Mexico and Barbuda
Oct 23 2023 // Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Hours later, Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of...
Florida Citrus Forecast Improves Over Last Year When Hurricanes Hit State
Oct 16 2023 // The forecast for Florida citrus, the state’s signature crop, is expected to improve in the upcoming season compared to last year when twin hurricanes battered the state at the start of the citrus season, according to...
Judge Denies Firm’s Claim for Hurricane Damages Lawsuit Fees
Oct 16 2023 // A federal judge rejected a request by McClenny Moseley & Associates to claim an interest in legal fees and expenses from a hurricane damage lawsuit, saying the law firm obtained its clients illegally by using a...
Federal Judge Rejects Law Firm’s Claim for Hurricane Damage Lawsuit Fees, Citing Illegal Client Acquisition
Sep 26 2023 // A federal judge rejected a request by McClenny Moseley & Associates to claim an interest in legal fees and expenses from a hurricane damage lawsuit, saying the law firm obtained its clients illegally by using a...
Movie Star Anthony Mackie Returns to New Orleans to Repair Hurricane-Damaged Roofs
Sep 25 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Movie star Anthony Mackie was back in his home town – and back at an old job – as he took part in a program to repair roofs damaged by natural disasters for people who aren’t financially or...
Florida OIR Wants Enhanced Hurricane Ian Data by Sept. 27. Claims Have Topped 740,000
Sep 21 2023 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is reminding carriers that additional information about Hurricane Ian claims is due no later than Sept. 27. By law, the office is required to collect data after hurricanes. Simple...
Lee Heads to New England; Maine on Hurricane Watch
Sep 15 2023 // Coastal communities from Cape Cod to Canada are expecting Hurricane Lee to arrive tonight and Saturday, bringing coastal flooding, damaging winds and heavy rains. The National Hurricane Center placed Maine under a...
Hurricane Lee to Push Unusual Cape Cod Bay Surge: Weather Watch
Sep 14 2023 // Hurricane Lee’s winds are dropping but its size continues to swell as it comes north toward New England and the Canadian Maritimes where the storm will bring coastal flooding and possible widespread power outages...
Already Soaked New England Warned of More Flooding Today, Hurricane Lee on Weekend
Sep 13 2023 // Already saturated communities in New England are facing continued heavy rains with additional flooding today and the prospect of even more bad weather from Hurricane Lee over the coming weekend. The National Weather...
Brave New Whirl: Hurricane Lee Rewriting Rule Book on Storm Behavior
Sep 11 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. Lee — which just as quickly dropped to a...
Lee’s Rapid Growth Rewriting Hurricane Rule Book
Sep 11 2023 // Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. Lee – which just as quickly dropped to a still-dangerous Category 3 and held...
Hurricane Lee Strengthens to Category 5 Storm
Sep 8 2023 // Hurricane Lee has become the strongest Atlantic storm since 2019 with winds of 165 miles (266 kilometers) per hour, and the US National Hurricane Center said the Category 5 system isn’t done growing yet. While the...
‘Eyewall Replacement’ Led to Weakening of Hurricane – This Time, NHC Says
Sep 6 2023 // In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida the storm had grown into a Category 4 beast lurking off the state’s west coast, and the forecast called for it to continue intensifying up until landfall. An...
About $2.2B Insured Losses From Hurricane Idalia, Says KCC
Sep 1 2023 // Though it made landfall as a Category 3 storm, Hurricane Idalia impacted an area of low population and is expected to cause private insured losses of about $2.2 billion, according to catastrophe modeler Karen Clark &...
Cleanup Begins After Hurricane Idalia Hits Gulf Coast
Aug 31 2023 // Cleanup and recovery from Hurricane Idalia began on Thursday along Florida’s Gulf Coast, where property damage, loss of life and power disruptions paled in comparison to the last major hurricane that struck the state...
Warren Buffett’s Bet on Mild Florida Storm Season Faces Test With Hurricane Idalia
Aug 30 2023 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bet big earlier this year that Florida’s reinsurance market would deliver huge premiums with minimal losses. Hurricane Idalia is about to offer a test of that calculus, with months of...
Unusually Warm Atlantic Ocean Is Supercharging Hurricane Idalia
Aug 29 2023 // Hurricane Idalia, now a Category 1 storm, is expected to make landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday. The hurricane’s likely transformation between now and then will be due in part to the unusually...
Citizens Suspends Binding, Could Be Most Affected as Hurricane Aims for Big Bend
Aug 29 2023 // Florida property insurers were keeping their fingers crossed Tuesday as the latest projections indicated that the worst of Hurricane Idalia may miss some of the most heavily populated parts of the state’s west...
Louisiana Policyholders Have Until Aug. 29 to File Hurricane Ida Lawsuits
Aug 23 2023 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is reminding policyholders who filed a property damage claim as a result of Hurricane Ida that they have until August 29, 2023, to file suit against their insurer for insurance...
