Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Floods from Matthew in Eastern North Carolina Called ‘Worse than Floyd’
Oct 17 2016 // Standing on the banks of the Neuse River this week, watching water creep ever-closer to the bottom of the King Street Bridge, crowds of people continually compared what was happening to what Hurricane Floyd wrought here 17...
Hurricane Matthew Devastates Georgia Pecan, Cotton Crops
Oct 17 2016 // Georgia’s top agriculture official says Hurricane Matthew hit the state’s pecan and cotton farmers hard. Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black says he toured farms in three counties this week following...
Hurricane Matthew May Be Gone, But Insurance Industry’s Work is Just Starting
Oct 14 2016 // It’s been nearly a week since Hurricane Matthew ravaged the Southeast coast but the insurance industry’s job of responding to the devastation and assessing the total cost of damage from the storm is just...
Hurricane Nicole Weakens After Direct Bermuda Hit; Storm Trackers Comment
Oct 14 2016 // Hurricane Nicole made a direct hit on Bermuda Thursday as the strongest hurricane to affect the Atlantic archipelago in 13 years, according to a report issued by Weather Underground. The storm’s impact on Bermuda has...
AIR Estimates Hurricane Matthew Insured Losses at $8.8 Billion
Oct 13 2016 // Hurricane Matthew, which devastated parts of the Caribbean before battering the U.S. East Coast, may cost insurers as much as $8.8 billion, according to AIR Worldwide. The catastrophe-modeling firm estimates insured losses...
Experts Warn of Long Waits for Post-Hurricane Home Repairs
Oct 13 2016 // There will be plenty of large-scale reconstruction to do in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, which has been blamed for dozens of deaths since it made its first U.S. landfall Friday and is still causing catastrophic flooding...
Caribbean Cat Facility, CCRIF, to Pay $29.2M to Nations Hit by Hurricane Matthew
Oct 13 2016 // CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) will make payouts of US$29.2 million to CCRIF member countries as a result of damages incurred from Hurricane Matthew. The payouts, which will be made...
Category 4 Hurricane Nicole Lashes Bermuda with Winds & Flooding Rain
Oct 13 2016 // Hurricane Nicole, which has become a Category 4 hurricane, will continue to lash Bermuda with winds and flooding rain through Thursday, according to a report issued by AccuWeather. As a Category 4 hurricane with sustained...
Kennedy Space Center Reopens After Suffering Significant Hurricane Damage
Oct 13 2016 // NASA’s Kennedy Space Center reopened for business Tuesday, relying on industrial air conditioners rushed in from around the country in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Director Robert Cabana said the damage – mostly...
Study Finds Climate Change Could Lead to More Hurricanes on NYC Coast
Oct 12 2016 // Hurricanes could start flooding New York City’s coastline as often as every 20 years due to the effects of climate change on sea-level rise and hurricane activity, scientists said on Monday. Water could surge some 9...
Residents in Areas Not Hard Hit by Matthew Question Evacuation Orders
Oct 12 2016 // Maureen Miller was among the 2 million people ordered to evacuate coastal areas in the Southeast ahead of Hurricane Matthew. Her family and their dog spent two nights in a hotel and struggled through police roadblocks to...
North Carolina Flooding from Hurricane Matthew Worsens, Death Toll Rises
Oct 11 2016 // Flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew has displaced several thousand people in North Carolina, and authorities were helping more evacuate on Tuesday as swollen rivers threatened a wide swath of the state. Governor...
North Carolina Prepares for More Flooding in Wake of Matthew
Oct 11 2016 // Anthony Writebol, left, and his cousin, Melissa Hill paddle past a stranded tractor trailer on Hwy 211 in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. They were heading to meet friends who were going to let them stay after their...
Wind and Rain from Hurricane Matthew Block Roads, Cut Power in Virginia
Oct 11 2016 // High water and downed trees are blocking roads and tens of thousands of people are without power as southeastern Virginia cleans up after Hurricane Matthew’s heavy rain and winds. Dominion Virginia Power says more...
Citizens Warns Florida Policyholders of AOB Scams in Wake of Hurricane Matthew
Oct 10 2016 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is urging its policyholders to call Citizens first to report losses following Hurricane Matthew in order to protect themselves from assignment of benefit (AOB) scams, according to a...
Hurricane Matthew Smashed Haiti Villages; Death Count Near 900
Oct 9 2016 // Hurricane Matthew killed almost 900 people and displaced tens of thousands in Haiti before plowing northward on Saturday just off the southeast U.S. coast where it caused major flooding and widespread power outages. The...
Forecasters Lower Matthew Loss Estimates
Oct 9 2016 // On Friday, a catastrophe modeling firm slashed its estimate for insurance losses from Hurricane Matthew on Friday, as the storm skirted Florida but failed to make landfall. Kinetic Analysis had estimated the insured losses...
Catastrophe Bonds Fell Most in 4 Years on Hurricane Matthew Risk
Oct 9 2016 // Bonds tied to weather risks tumbled the most in four years as Hurricane Matthew lashed Florida. The Swiss Re Cat Bond Price Return Index dropped 1.7 percent last week, the steepest decline since Superstorm Sandy in 2012....
Southeast Turns to Recovery from Matthew; Reports of Deaths, Rescues, Power Outages
Oct 9 2016 // Residents of the southeastern United States ravaged by Hurricane Matthew turned their focus on Monday toward recovery and clean-up, but officials in several states warned that deadly flooding could continue as swollen...
Hurricane Matthew More Hype Than Bite So Far But Insurers, Agents Remain on Alert
Oct 7 2016 // While Hurricane Matthew rages along Florida’s coast, with the end potentially still hours away, the insurance industry seems to be breathing a sigh of relief, thus far. As of Friday morning, Matthew seemed to have...
