Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Study: Hurricane Irma Led to 400 Senior Deaths in Florida Nursing Homes
Oct 16 2020 // The aftereffects of 2017’s Hurricane Irma appear to have killed more than 400 senior residents of Florida nursing homes, a new university study shows. Researchers at the University of South Florida and Brown...
Louisianans Warned of Contractor Fraud Following Dual Hurricanes
Oct 16 2020 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon and State Representative Jonathan Goudeau are warning residents affected by Hurricanes Laura and Delta that both the Louisiana Department of Insurance and Rep. Goudeau’s...
What 3Q Catastrophe Losses Mean for U.S. P/C Results
Oct 16 2020 // Driven by an elevated frequency of events during the quarter, third quarter natural catastrophe losses for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry will be the largest since the third quarter of 2017, according to...
Catastrophe Risk Experts Estimate Up to $3B in U.S. Insured Losses from Delta
Oct 15 2020 // Two catastrophe risk and property data providers have estimated U.S. onshore insured losses from Hurricane Delta will come in at between $0.7 billion and $3 billion. Global property information, analytics and data provider...
Future Unsure for Many After Louisiana’s Back-to-Back Hurricanes
Oct 14 2020 // Michele Vincent’s home was largely intact in spite of hurricanes Laura and Delta. But tears streamed down her face as she looked at her church’s broken windows and shattered pews. “It’s hard to come...
RenaissanceRe Estimates Net Negative Impact of $325M from Q3 Natural Catastrophes
Oct 14 2020 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced it estimates that natural catastrophes during the third quarter of 2020 will have a net negative impact of approximately $325 million. The estimated net negative impact is primarily...
Karen Clark & Co. Estimates $950M Insured Loss in U.S. from Delta
Oct 13 2020 // The catastrophe risk modeling firm Karen Clark & Co. (KCC) has estimated that the insured loss to onshore properties from Hurricane Delta will be close to $1.25 billion, which includes $950 million wind and storm surge...
State Takes over Houston’s Hurricane Harvey Home Repair Program
Oct 12 2020 // All Houston, Texas, resident Alice Torres has wanted in the three years since Hurricane Harvey hit was to repair her family’s flood-damaged home so her 85-year-old mother can feel safe and settled again. But when her...
Returning After Hurricane Delta, Louisiana Evacuees Face Power Outages, Extreme Heat
Oct 11 2020 // 10/11/2020 06:21 PM— Storm-weary coastal Louisiana residents who fled from the path of Hurricane Delta in recent days streamed back to their homes on Sunday to face cleanup and repairs from the second hurricane to batter...
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner: Pay Only 1 Hurricane Deductible Per Season
Oct 8 2020 // Louisiana’s single season named-storm/hurricane deductible law prohibits a homeowner from paying more than one named-storm/hurricane deductible in the same hurricane season, the state insurance department is...
Update: Louisiana Residents Flee as Delta Bears Down on U.S. Gulf Coast
Oct 8 2020 // 10/09/2020 10:41 AM LAKE CHARLES, La., Oct 9 — The streets in Lake Charles in southwest Louisiana were deserted as a powerful Hurricane Delta approached, threatening to add misery to people struggling to recover from the...
CoreLogic: Nearly 300K Gulf Coast Homes at Possible Risk From Delta
Oct 8 2020 // CoreLogic an Irvine, Calif.-based global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, has released data analysis showing 293,685 single-family and multifamily homes across Louisiana and the U.S....
Still in Recovery Mode, Louisiana Braces for Hurricane Delta
Oct 8 2020 // Louisiana is steeling itself for another in a record-breaking series of violent storms as Hurricane Delta sped across the Gulf of Mexico toward a region still recovering from the last storm. Delta struck Mexico’s...
U.S. Offshore Energy Firms Prep for Massive Hurricane
Oct 7 2020 // Oil and gas workers withdrew en masse from U.S. offshore production facilities and onshore refineries began preparations on Wednesday as Hurricane Delta was forecast to grow into a powerful storm over the Caribbean on its...
Category 3 Hurricane Delta Hits Mexico; Expected to Strengthen, Then Move to U.S.
Oct 7 2020 // Updated Oct 7., 2020, 6:58 AM— Hurricane Delta weakened to a Category 3 storm just before slamming into the coast of Mexico, but remains life-threatening. Delta came ashore along the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula near...
Alabama Coast Struggles to Recover from Hurricane Sally
Oct 6 2020 // Alabama’s beaches have reopened, but the state’s coast has hardly recovered fully from the effects of Hurricane Sally last month. Visitors still have limited options for getting to the sand because so many...
Insurance Consumer Advice for Buyers of High-Risk Homes: Liz Weston
Oct 6 2020 // When house hunting, the price of homeowners insurance probably isn’t top of mind. But homes with hidden risks can make getting coverage difficult, expensive or both. Learning how to identify them could save a...
Tropical Storm Delta Expected to Threaten Gulf Coast as Major Hurricane This Week
Oct 6 2020 // 10/06/2020 09:09 AM— Hurricane Delta, the 25th named Atlantic storm this year, is moving toward the Gulf of Mexico and expected to take aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast this week as a major hurricane, the National Hurricane...
Energy Firm Evacuations Underway as Another Major Storm, Delta, Threatens Gulf Coast
Oct 5 2020 // Energy companies on Monday began evacuating offshore oil platforms as the 25th named storm of the year formed in the Caribbean and was forecast to become a major hurricane before it entered the Gulf of Mexico and threatens...
Hyperactive Hurricane Season Highlights Need for Flood Insurance
Oct 5 2020 // Tropical Storm Beta made landfall on the central Texas coast on Sept. 21 as the 23rd named storm of the hyperactive 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and the third to hit the Gulf Coast this year. Slow moving Beta dumped...
