Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hurricane Katrina Changed the Market in Gulf States
Sep 6 2010 // Writing about the landfall of Hurricane Katrina five years ago, essayist Ellis Anderson of Mississippi likened the communities along the gulf to a string of pearls. “Then, in August 2005, in the course of a single...
Earl Weakens; Latest Advisories from National Hurricane Center
Sep 3 2010 // A “larger but weaker” Hurricane Earl is heading for southeastern New England, the National Hurricane Center reported at 11 a.m. EST. The center discontinued its hurricane warning for North Carolina, replacing...
Earl Weakens, Pounds North Carolina Islands, Heads for Massachusetts
Sep 3 2010 // Hurricane Earl battered North Carolina’s coast with rain, winds and waves Friday and swirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada as a weakened but still dangerous storm. The impact of the...
North Carolina Commissioner Urges Preparation
Sep 2 2010 // With Hurricane Earl on a path to skim the barrier islands and the coast of North Carolina beginning this evening, state Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is reminding all North Carolinians to take precautions before the...
Hurricane Preparations Intense, Weather Calm
Sep 2 2010 // On Thursday, with Hurricane Earl about 250 miles to the south, and on a trajectory to skim the coast of North Carolina, Larry Whitt of Outer Banks Insurance said the sun was shining in Kill Devil Hills. There was no wind,...
FEMA, East Coast States Ready for Earl
Sep 2 2010 // As Hurricane Earl prepares to approach North Carolina tonight, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it is preparing for the storm and supporting state and local officials along the East Coast as they work to...
Hurricane Earl Weakens Slightly; Churns Toward East Coast
Sep 1 2010 // Visitors and some residents evacuated from low-lying vacation islands off the North Carolina coast Wednesday as Hurricane Earl bore down on the U.S. eastern seaboard, churning up dangerous swells. Earl, still a major...
Reinsurers Under Pressure from Low Premiums, Catastrophes: Fitch
Sep 1 2010 // The reinsurance sector is vulnerable to a significant insured loss from the Atlantic storm season as their reserve capital has been used to offset low premiums, Fitch Ratings said, as Hurricane Earl threatens to hit...
A Stronger Property Insurance Market in Louisiana Post-Katrina
Sep 1 2010 // Despite the devastation from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says the state’s insurance market is stronger now and that the “outlook for continued market recovery is...
Hurricane Earl Causes Evacuation of North Carolina Coast
Sep 1 2010 // The threat of Hurricane Earl is prompting many to flee North Carolina’s vacation islands and federal authorities are warning residents along the Eastern seaboard to be ready to evacuate, the Associated Press is...
East Coast Advised to Keep Eye on Category 4 Hurricane Earl
Aug 31 2010 // Hurricane Earl, now a Category 4 storm, moved away from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands this morning, continuing on a track that could bring it close to the East Coast later this week, possibly Thursday. The National...
Earl Now Major Hurricane, Headed Toward East Coast
Aug 30 2010 // Hurricane Earl has strengthened into a major Category 3 storm Monday and could arrive off the East Coast of the U.S. by the end of this week. It is currently rocking the Caribbean’s Northern Leeward Islands. The...
5 Years After Katrina Gulf Coast Building Codes Still Inadequate
Aug 30 2010 // Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina caused an estimated 1,300 tragic deaths as well as $41.1 billion in insured losses across six states. Louisiana and Mississippi suffered the brunt of Katrina’s wrath followed by...
Stormy Danielle, Earl, Frank Strengthen But No Landfall Expected
Aug 27 2010 // The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued advisories on Hurricane Danielle, Tropical Storm Earl and Hurricane Frank. No watches or warnings of possible landfall have been issued. Danielle, a Category 4 hurricane, is...
Hurricane Katrina Changed the Market in Gulf States
Aug 27 2010 // Writing about the landfall of Hurricane Katrina five years ago, essayist Ellis Anderson of Mississippi likened the communities along the gulf to a string of pearls. “Then, in August 2005, in the course of a single...
Danielle Again a Category 2 Hurricane; TS Earl Forms in Atlantic
Aug 26 2010 // Hurricane Danielle has recovered some strength, and is once again a “category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale,” according to the most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center...
Hurricane Danielle Headed East of Bermuda
Aug 26 2010 // The U.S. National Hurricane Center is reporting that Hurricane Danielle is still a category two hurricane, with sustained winds of 105 miles per hour, and that it is expected to strengthen somewhat in the next 24 hours. As...
Danielle Weakens; 90% Chance of Another Tropical Storm
Aug 25 2010 // The latest bulletin, issued at 5:00 a.m. AST by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, notes that Hurricane Danielle has weakened slightly, with “maximum sustained winds near 85 mph, 140 km/hr. with higher...
Hurricane Danielle Reaches Category Two Strength
Aug 24 2010 // Yesterday Danielle was still classified by the National Hurricane Center in Miami as tropical storm. But the NHC’s latest bulletin, issued at 5:00 a.m. AST, confirms that it has now strengthened into a category 2...
Tropical Storm Danielle Continues to Strengthen in Atlantic
Aug 23 2010 // On Saturday morning the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued its first bulletin on “Tropical depression Six.” By Monday morning the depression had morphed into Danielle the fourth named storm of the...
