Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst
Sep 1 2008 // During the 2008 hurricane season, Texas has so far been hit by Hurricane Dolly and Tropical Storm Edouard. The Louisiana coastline, however, has been spared. That state even dodged massive flooding from Tropical Storm Fay...
RMS, AIR Tracking Gustav
Aug 29 2008 // “Gustav looks set to make landfall early next week as it continues to intensify along its path. Forecasts suggest that it will strike on the US Gulf coast on Tuesday morning, potentially as a category 2 or 3...
New Orleans Remembers 3rd Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Aug 29 2008 // According to the office of the mayor, the city of New Orleans has revised its schedule of events commemorating the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina today, Friday, Aug.29 due to the threat and ongoing preparation for...
Killer Storm Gustav Gains Strength; Could Threaten U.S. Gulf Coast
Aug 28 2008 // After causing more than 20 deaths in Haiti, Tropical Storm Gustav is now heading for Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The latest update from Miami’s National Hurricane Center indicates that Gustav is gaining...
Oil Industry Battens Down As Gustav Threatens Gulf
Aug 28 2008 // Oil companies ramped up preparations to evacuate some facilities as Hurricane Gustav made its way toward the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, becoming a potential threat to the region’s extensive oil and natural gas...
Louisiana Keeping Eye on Gustav; New Orleans Mulls Evacuation
Aug 28 2008 // Three years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents Wednesday again faced the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav loomed. Not since Katrina and Hurricane Rita, which...
Forecasters Warn Gustav Could be Major Hurricane When It Reaches Gulf States Monday
Aug 28 2008 // Tropical Storm Gustav shifted course slightly on Thursday morning and moved toward the Jamaica, and forecasters predicted it would be a powerful hurricane by the time it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. “The re-formation...
Gustav Weakens over Haiti
Aug 27 2008 // Gustav has weakened to tropical storm strength as it passes over western Haiti, reported Miami’s National Hurricane Center. However, the Jamaican government has issued a tropical storm warning for the island and a...
Texas Wind Pool Claims Add Up as New Tropical Storm Develops,
Aug 26 2008 // With hurricane season halfway over for 2008, Louisiana has so far dodged the bullet but Texas has taken on two warning shots with Hurricane Dolly and Tropical Storm Edouard. As hurricanes and tropical storms go, neither...
AP: New Orleans Repeating Deadly Levee Mistakes
Aug 25 2008 // Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in New Orleans, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten what happened after Hurricane Betsy caused catastrophic flooding four decades ago and again believe the...
Florida Insurance Regulator: Hurricane Deductible Does Not Apply
Aug 22 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued an advisory to remind Florida consumers and authorized insurers that the hurricane deductible of their homeowner’s policy does not apply at this time —...
Study Finds Economic Costs of Federal Cat Legislation Burdensome
Aug 22 2008 // Natural catastrophe legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and pending in the U.S. Senate would create a multi-billion dollar burden on taxpayers in at least 20 states, according to a new study released...
Louisiana High Court Keeps Katrina Decision
Aug 21 2008 // The Louisiana Supreme Court refused July 8 to reconsider its recent ruling that an insurance company isn’t liable for water damage from the failure of levees in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. The court ruled in...
Cleaning Up After Hurricane Katrina
Aug 21 2008 // In both Mississippi and Louisiana, the principal argument in support of the alleged ambiguity was that the flood waters during Hurricane Katrina were pushed ashore by wind, a covered peril, and the flood exclusion did not...
Insured Property Value in Coastal States to Double in 10 Years
Aug 21 2008 // In the past three years, the insured value of properties in coastal areas of the United States continued to grow at a compound annual growth rate of just more than 7 percent, according to a new report released by AIR...
By Charles E. Boyle
Aug 21 2008 // From Novelty to Necessity: Bermuda’s Insurance Market 2008 Bermuda’s insurance industry has grown steadily since it began 50 years ago. It is now a mature market, and, in certain sectors – natural...
Tropical Storm Fay Reaches Florida, Fails to Reach Hurricane Status
Aug 19 2008 // Tropical Storm Fay remained at tropical storm status when it arrived on Florida’s mainland. As of 8 a.m. EDT (Aug. 19), Fay’s center was north of Immokalee and about 20 miles south of LaBelle and moving toward...
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Fay Remains on Course for Florida
Aug 18 2008 // As of 11:00 a.m. EDT the center of Tropical Storm Fay was about 70 Miles (115 kms) south-southeast of Key West Florida and about 65 miles (103 kms) east-northeast of Havana Cuba. Florida’s governor has declared a...
Florida Financial Chief Urges Storm Preparedness
Aug 18 2008 // Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Alex Sink urged Floridians to continue to monitor and prepare for Tropical Storm Fay including taking the necessary financial and fire safety precautions to weather...
ReAdvisory Issues Analysis of Fay as she Approaches Florida Mainland
Aug 18 2008 // In a report issued Aug. 17, ReAdvisory, a modeling and risk assessment service of reinsurer Carvill America Inc., said Tropical Storm Fay became the sixth named storm of the 2008 hurricane season early on the evening of...
