Latest Hurricane Headlines

All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Construction, Insurance Costs Eating Into Rental Repair Aid in La.

Aug 1 2007 // Rental housing programs for storm-damaged south Louisiana won’t rebuild as many rental units as state officials had hoped because of skyrocketing construction and insurance costs, a Louisiana Recovery Authority...

FEMA: La. Sees Drop in New Flood Policies

Jul 31 2007 // A large number of people who bought flood insurance after the devastating 2005 hurricane season have not renewed their policies, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency figures. About 100,000 new flood insurance...

RAND Study: Wind Insurance Scarce on Gulf Coast; Challenge for Both Insurers, Government

Jul 27 2007 // Many businesses along the Gulf of Mexico coast have had a difficult time obtaining wind insurance coverage since Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma hit in 2005 and have often ended up paying more than twice as much for...

One-Third on Coast Will Resist Evacuation, Says Harvard Survey

Jul 26 2007 // According to a new survey of people in high-risk hurricane areas, one-third (31 percent) of residents said if government officials said they had to evacuate due to a major hurricane this season, they would not leave. This...

Va. Evacuation Plan Adds 300 Hurricane Gates to Highways

Jul 24 2007 // Nearly 300 new hurricane gates are being installed between Richmond and Norfolk to make it easier to evacuate people fleeing the Hampton Roads area in case of a major storm. The $5.8 million project will add the gates to...

U.S. Senate panel weighs funding for weather satellites

Jul 23 2007 // Cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will significantly affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate, experts told a U.S. Senate committee. The Commerce, Science and Transportation...

Figures

Jul 23 2007 // $2.175 Billion U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $2.175 billion for second-quarter property losses resulting from six catastrophes in 25 states — tying the...

News Currents

Jul 23 2007 // Wind insurance costly, scarce on Gulf Coast A study recently issued by the RAND Corporation recognizes what many businesses along the Gulf of Mexico coast have known for a couple of years now: They have had difficult time...

News Currents

Jul 23 2007 // U.S. Senate panel weighs funding for weather satellites Cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will significantly affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate, experts told a U.S....

N.C. Provides Weather Radios for Sr. Citizens

Jul 19 2007 // Gov. Mike Easley announced that 164 senior centers in North Carolina will soon receive a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration radio to warn seniors and staff members of tornadoes, hurricanes and other...

Borrowing Money Likely Option for Florida Catastrophe Fund

Jul 18 2007 // Florida officials said Monday they are considering borrowing as much as $5 billion to make sure the Hurricane Catastrophe Fund will have enough to pay claims in the event of a large hurricane. The state Board of...

U.S. Senate Panel Weighs Funding for Weather Satellites

Jul 16 2007 // Cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will significantly affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate, experts told a U.S. Senate committee last week. The Commerce, Science and...

Group Seeks Site for Hurricane Center in Southwest La.

Jul 13 2007 // Though unsure exactly where it would be built or when, backers of a proposed National Hurricane Museum and Science Center in southwest Louisiana say they’re confident the $100 million project will become reality. The...

Former National Hurricane Center Directors Discuss Tough Position

Jul 12 2007 // A day after the director of the National Hurricane Center went on leave following questions about his leadership, former directors said Tuesday he should have listened more carefully to his staff and been slower to make...

Report Shows Mix of Decisions Resulted in Failed New Orleans Levees

Jul 12 2007 // There was no single decision made involving the New Orleans hurricane-protection levee system that shaped its failure to defend the area from flooding resulting from Hurricane Katrina, according to a comprehensive study of...

Promise for Backup Generators in Fla. Hurricane Shelters Unkept

Jul 10 2007 // Most of the backup generators that Florida lawmakers promised would be installed in hurricane shelters for the state’s most fragile residents by the start of hurricane season have not been installed and won’t...

Hurricane Center Chief Reassigned After Staff Called for His Removal

Jul 10 2007 // The director of the National Hurricane Center was temporarily reassigned Monday, four days after many of the center’s employees called for his removal because of his comments about an aging weather satellite. More...

Staff Revolt Shakes U.S. National Hurricane Center

Jul 9 2007 // The new director of the National Hurricane Center, under fire from staff members who want him ousted, said that he does not plan to resign but will if that would benefit the public. About half the center’s employees...

Commerce Department to Probe Readiness of National Hurricane Center

Jul 5 2007 // The Commerce Department ordered an unscheduled review of the National Hurricane Center, whose director has publicly complained about insufficient funding but said he and his staff are well prepared to forecast...

Chertoff, Governors Appeal for Coast Residents to get Storm Ready

Jul 2 2007 // Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff joined governors from Mississippi and Alabama in appealing for Gulf Coast residents to get prepared for the height of hurricane season. Some 400 delegates to the three-day...