Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Earl Now Major Hurricane, Headed Toward East Coast
Aug 30 2010 // Hurricane Earl has strengthened into a major Category 3 storm Monday and could arrive off the East Coast of the U.S. by the end of this week. It is currently rocking the Caribbean’s Northern Leeward Islands. The...
5 Years After Katrina Gulf Coast Building Codes Still Inadequate
Aug 30 2010 // Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina caused an estimated 1,300 tragic deaths as well as $41.1 billion in insured losses across six states. Louisiana and Mississippi suffered the brunt of Katrina’s wrath followed by...
Stormy Danielle, Earl, Frank Strengthen But No Landfall Expected
Aug 27 2010 // The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued advisories on Hurricane Danielle, Tropical Storm Earl and Hurricane Frank. No watches or warnings of possible landfall have been issued. Danielle, a Category 4 hurricane, is...
Hurricane Katrina Changed the Market in Gulf States
Aug 27 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...
Danielle Again a Category 2 Hurricane; TS Earl Forms in Atlantic
Aug 26 2010 // Hurricane Danielle has recovered some strength, and is once again a “category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale,” according to the most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center...
Hurricane Danielle Headed East of Bermuda
Aug 26 2010 // The U.S. National Hurricane Center is reporting that Hurricane Danielle is still a category two hurricane, with sustained winds of 105 miles per hour, and that it is expected to strengthen somewhat in the next 24 hours. As...
Danielle Weakens; 90% Chance of Another Tropical Storm
Aug 25 2010 // The latest bulletin, issued at 5:00 a.m. AST by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, notes that Hurricane Danielle has weakened slightly, with “maximum sustained winds near 85 mph, 140 km/hr. with higher...
Hurricane Danielle Reaches Category Two Strength
Aug 24 2010 // Yesterday Danielle was still classified by the National Hurricane Center in Miami as tropical storm. But the NHC’s latest bulletin, issued at 5:00 a.m. AST, confirms that it has now strengthened into a category 2...
Tropical Storm Danielle Continues to Strengthen in Atlantic
Aug 23 2010 // On Saturday morning the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued its first bulletin on “Tropical depression Six.” By Monday morning the depression had morphed into Danielle the fourth named storm of the...
Report Suggests Gulf Coast Properties Not Much Safer Since Katrina
Aug 18 2010 // Louisiana has done a good job upgrading its building code requirements in the five years since Hurricane Katrina, but Alabama and Mississippi have not, according to a new report from the Institute for Business and Home...
Tropical Cyclone Heads for Northern Gulf of Mexico
Aug 15 2010 // An area of low pressure moving over the Florida Panhandle was expected to track southward into the northern Gulf of Mexico by early Monday and had a 50 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours,...
Mississippi Gets Hurricane-Resistant Development
Aug 11 2010 // Officials say a community of hurricane-resistant homes is being built in Gulfport. The Sun Herald reports that the modular concrete homes will be built by Royal Concrete Concepts in Okeechobee, Fla., and sold through the...
How Oil in Gulf Region Could Complicate Hurricane Recovery
Aug 10 2010 // If a hurricane hits the Gulf Coast and whips up oil from BP’s massive spill, cleanup workers will not be able to swoop into action to fix the mess. A new Obama administration edict requires that the oil be tested...
August Begins Busiest Phase for Hurricane Season
Aug 10 2010 // Record high ocean temperatures and the development of a climate phenomenon known as La Nina will keep the Atlantic hurricane season on track to be the busiest since 2005, according to government forecasters. The National...
Alabama Buys Hurricane Policy
Aug 9 2010 // Alabama will pay $800,000 annually for three years to an insurance company as a hedge against heavy damage to state property on the coast from a major hurricane. Under the deal that took effect last month, global insurer...
Tropical Storm Colin Reforms, Heads for Bermuda
Aug 6 2010 // Tropical Storm Colin reformed over the Atlantic Ocean Thursday and was moving northwest on a path that could take it close to Bermuda, where authorities issued a tropical storm warning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center...
NASA Begins Hurricane Study with High Hopes
Aug 6 2010 // Starting August 15, NASA will begin a six-week study to better understand how hurricanes form and intensify, information that should allow for better hurricane prediction. Weather experts are pretty good at tracking a...
Active Hurricane Season Predicted
Aug 6 2010 // Government forecasters say record high temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean will keep this hurricane season on track to be the busiest since 2005. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday said 14 to 20...
75% Chance of Major Hurricane Hitting Atlantic Coast, Says Forecaster
Aug 5 2010 // The Colorado State University forecasting team Wednesday maintained its 2010 Atlantic hurricane season forecast of 18 named tropical storms, 10 expected to become hurricanes. It predicted five of the hurricanes would be...
S.C. Officials Announce Hurricane Meeting
Aug 5 2010 // Emergency officials on South Carolina’s north coast are holding a town hall meeting to help people prepare for hurricanes. Wednesday’s meeting is being held at St. Michael Catholic Church in Garden...
