Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hurricane Igor Expected to Intensify
Sep 13 2010 // The strength of Hurricane Igor is likely to flucuate over the next few days as it crosses the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 11 a.m. Eastern time on Monday morning, Hurricane Igor was a...
Wind Inspectors in Louisiana Say Insurers Vary on Proof for Discounts
Sep 10 2010 // In the entire state of Louisiana, there are only 16 of them, and they want business. They are certified wind inspectors, and for $150 to $200 they say they can knock hundreds of dollars off homeowners’ annual...
Businesses Often Consider Weather Before Going to North Carolina
Sep 9 2010 // When hurricanes and tropical storms hit the North Carolina coast, it can give pause to residents and also to those considering moving close to the ocean. But does it do the same thing to businesses? Coastal geography...
North Carolina Expects Little Insurance Loss from Earl
Sep 8 2010 // Risk modelers say Hurricane Earl caused extremely minimal damage as it passed by the East Coast and agents in the hardest hit area of the United States, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, are receiving few...
Tropical Storm Hermine Slams into Northeastern Mexico
Sep 7 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into northeastern Mexico near the Texas border Monday, dumping heavy rain on a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex’s visit in June. Hermine, the eighth named storm of the...
Tropical Storm Hermine Brings Heavy Rains, Wind to South Texas
Sep 7 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine blew into the border region between Texas and Mexico late Monday night, landing in Northeast Mexico and crossing into Texas early Tuesday morning, bringing with it 60 mph winds, heavy rains and...
Mississippi Building Hurricane-Proof Community
Sep 6 2010 // A community of hurricane-resistant homes is being built in Gulfport, Mississippi. The modular concrete homes will be built by Royal Concrete Concepts in Okeechobee, Fla., and sold through the company’s Mississippi...
Gulf States’ Post-Katrina Building Codes Get Low Marks
Sep 6 2010 // Louisiana has done a good job upgrading its building codes in the five years since Hurricane Katrina, but Alabama and Mississippi have not, according to the Institute for Business and Home Safety. “While there have...
How Katrina Changed Markets
Sep 6 2010 // Industry Came Through Five years after Hurricane Katrina lashed the coast and sunk New Orleans, it is true that the area has largely recovered, but it is not the same Gulf Coast it once was. The same is true for the...
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...
