Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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Jun 4 2007 // Storm-tested, researched Fla. building codes remain a work in progress When Category 5 Hurricane Andrew damaged or destroyed more than 125,000 Florida homes and left about 250,000 people homeless in south Miami-Dade...
RMS withdraws 5-year hurricane model from Fla.
Jun 4 2007 // Risk Management Solutions has withdrawn a short-term, five-year hurricane forecasting model submitted for approval to Florida officials after being told the model did not meet required standards. Mitch Sattler, RMS vice...
Hurricane forecasters agree: busy season ahead
Jun 4 2007 // Weather forecasters differ somewhat in their methodologies and numbers but appear to agree on one matter: the 2007 hurricane season looks to be a busy one along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. They predict that anywhere from...
S.C. Senate Follows House in Approving Coastal Insurance Bill
Jun 1 2007 // The South Carolina Senate has approved omnibus legislation that backers hope will ease the insurance cost and availability crunch facing coastal property owners in the state by providing discounts and tax breaks. The...
Hurricane Forecaster Gray, Like Others, Expects Above Normal Activity
May 31 2007 // As the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season became official, Colorado State University’s well-known weather researcher William Gray stood by his earlier April prediction that this will be a storm period “much more...
S.C. Inspectors Scurry to Check Sun City Roofs Before Hurricanes Start
May 31 2007 // Home inspectors are rushing to check roofs in South Carolina’s Sun City Hilton Head development before the heart of hurricane season to see if trusses were properly built and can handle high winds. Beaufort County is...
R.I. House Members Unveil Bills Curbing Insurers’ Coastal Practices
May 31 2007 // The leaders of a special Rhode Island House commission studying the effects of natural disasters on property insurance costs have introduced legislation they say is aimed at protecting coastal homeowners from...
National Cat Fund Gains Congressional Support … But Is It Enough?
May 30 2007 // Unlike Florida’s Capitol in Tallahassee, where lawmakers have taken a number of actions to address the state’s insurance crisis with arguable results, solutions at the federal level have been hard to come...
U.S. Oil Industry Preps for Gulf Storm Season
May 30 2007 // If you think gasoline prices are high now, consider the eye-popping possibilities if another monster storm pummels the Gulf of Mexico this hurricane season, the way Katrina and Rita battered the petroleum-rich waters in...
La. Legislative Session at Mid-point with Most Bills Still Hanging
May 30 2007 // Halfway through the legislative session, spending plans and tax cut proposals are at odds, insurance relief proposals in post-hurricane Louisiana are under negotiation, and most major bills still are awaiting...
S.C. Gov. Sanford: Locals, Not Feds, Must Control Hurricane Response
May 29 2007 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford repeated calls last week for state and local officials, not the federal government, to retain control during hurricane response efforts. The Republican governor said the lack of preparation...
Fla.’s Citizens to Get $2 Billion Additional Financing
May 29 2007 // The board of Citizens Property Insurance approved a nearly $2 billion financing plan last week that will give the state-backed company nearly $9 billion to pay hurricane damage claims this summer. Citizens, which has grown...
Utilities, Insurers Say They’re Better Prepared for Hurricane Season
May 29 2007 // Forecasts for a busier-than-normal hurricane season mean added pressure on the utility and insurance industries, but they say they’re more prepared to absorb a catastrophic hit. Power utilities have invested in...
R.I. House Members to Introduce Hurricane Insurance Bills
May 29 2007 // The leaders of a special Rhode Island House commission studying the effects of natural disasters on property insurance costs plan to introduce legislation next week on insurance practices connected to hurricane...
Insurer Helps Develop Hurricane Plan for Newport’s Picturesque Mansions
May 25 2007 // Perched on the picturesque Rhode Island coastline, the 11 Newport Mansions are a national treasure. Once a summer getaway for the country’s wealthiest industrialists, today the historic mansions are a tourist...
Citizens Approves Liquidity Plan for 2007 Fla. Hurricane Season
May 25 2007 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board of governors approved a $1.95 billion financing plan that includes a letter of credit and bond sales to cover future hurricane losses in Florida. “A great deal has been...
Fla. Plaintiffs Settle with State Farm on Hurricane Damaged Screen Enclosures
May 25 2007 // A Broward County Court has approved a class action settlement on behalf of more than 12,000 State Farm Insurance policyholders in Florida who will receive 100 percent of the damages they requested in a $6.8 million...
Easley: N.C. National Guard Could Handle Category 3 Hurricane
May 24 2007 // Gov. Mike Easley said he is comfortable the state could respond to a major hurricane strike, even though he has complained often that the demands of the Iraq War has left the North Carolina National Guard stretched too...
Gov. Proclaims Hurricane Preparedness Week in North Carolina
May 23 2007 // Gov. Mike Easley has proclaimed May 20-26 as “Hurricane Preparedness Week” and urged all citizens to prepare for this year’s predicted increase in storm activity by assembling disaster preparedness kits...
NOAA Predicts Busier-Than-Average East, Gulf Coast Hurricane Season
May 23 2007 // U.S. weather officials are the latest to predict above average hurricane activity for the Atlantic states this coming hurricane season that begins June 1. Experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
