Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report Says Hurricanes Turned La. Marshland Into Open Water
Oct 5 2006 // New estimates on wetlands loss from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita show that the storms turned 217 square miles of coastal marsh in Louisiana into open water, according to U.S. Geological Survey report. The agency released...
Updated Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Indicates Below-Average Activity
Oct 5 2006 // Colorado State University hurricane expert William Gray downgraded his forecast for the 2006 Atlantic storm season again this week, predicting one more hurricane, two more named storms but no intense hurricanes. The new...
National Science Board Urges More Coordinated Hurricane Research
Oct 2 2006 // Hurricanes cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but the government has not invested enough money in understanding them, according to a federal report that calls for more coordinated research. The National Science...
Hurricane Research Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate
Oct 2 2006 // U.S. Senator Mel Martinez, R-Fla., has introduced bipartisan legislation to implement a national hurricane research initiative designed to better research, predict and prepare for hurricanes. Martinez crafted the proposal...
Hawaii Web Site To Educate Homeowners on Hurricane Retrofits
Sep 26 2006 // Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division has created a new website: www.hurricaneretrofits.hawaii.gov, which details the State’s Loss Mitigation Grant Program for Hawaii...
Declarations
Sep 25 2006 // “We have survived two devastating storms and I will not allow our citizens to fall victim to fraud or abuse as we rebuild Louisiana. I am pleased that the U.S. Department of Justice and our state Attorney General...
A year past Katrina: What has been learned?
Sep 25 2006 // Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, everyone is also...
The Commissioners
Sep 25 2006 // Hawaii:Perfectly poised for insurers in the Pacific Rim Although it is undeniably one of the 50 United States, Hawaii’s location at the edge of the Pacific Rim yields creative business opportunities throughout the...
A year past Katrina: What has been learned?
Sep 25 2006 // Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, all of us are also...
Colorado State University predicts fewer hurricanes in 2006
Sep 25 2006 // Forecasters at Colorado State University have lowered their hurricane predictions for the year, based on below-average activity in August, as well as the ocean-weather patterns they track. “We expect slightly...
Post-storm season forecast
Sep 25 2006 // With lots of luck, the second half of the 2006 hurricane season will be as uneventful for most East Coast residents and businesses — and insurers — as the first half has been. Not that the first half...
A year past Katrina: What has been learned?
Sep 25 2006 // Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, all of us are also...
Reinsurers adopt ‘wait and see’ posture at Rendezvous
Sep 25 2006 // For the first time in two years the high and mighty from the reinsurance world gathered for their annual Rendezvous in Monte Carlo without having to face the consequences of an ongoing catastrophe (Ivan in 2004 and Katrina...
Editor’s Note: Post-storm season forecast
Sep 25 2006 // If the immediate hurricane trend does continue, there may be another storm that the insurance industry will have to weather: a political storm. With lots of luck, the second half of the 2006 hurricane season will be as...
Colorado State University predicts fewer hurricanes in 2006
Sep 25 2006 // Forecasters at Colorado State University have lowered their hurricane predictions for the year, based on below-average activity in August, as well as the ocean-weather patterns they track. “We expect slightly...
A year past Katrina: What has been learned?
Sep 25 2006 // Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, all of us are also...
A year past Katrina: What has been learned?
Sep 25 2006 // Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, all of us are also...
J.P. Schmidt, Hawaii, Insurance Commissioner
Sep 25 2006 // Although it is undeniably one of the 50 United States, Hawaii’s location at the edge of the Pacific Rim yields creative business opportunities throughout the world. The state’s captive insurer law already has...
A year past Katrina: What has been learned?
Sep 25 2006 // Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, everyone is also...
Reinsurers adopt ‘wait and see’ posture at Rendezvous
Sep 25 2006 // News Currents For the first time in two years the high and mighty from the reinsurance world gathered for their annual Rendezvous in Monte Carlo without having to face the consequences of an ongoing catastrophe (Ivan in...
