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Alabama’s Lessons from Hurricane Ivan at 10th Anniversary

Oct 6 2014 // Last month marked the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Ivan, one of the costliest tropical storms to ever hit the U.S. Ivan came ashore near Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Sept. 16, 2004, as a Category 3 storm. The storm also...

Pacific Sees Storm Deja Vu as Atlantic Starts to Run Out of Time

Oct 2 2014 // Yet another tropical storm is budding in the Pacific south of Manzanillo, Mexico, while in the Atlantic the danger is fading, at least for the energy-producing areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Depression 19-E...

Florida’s Citizens Pays Off Bond, Drops Surcharge 2 Years Early

Sep 26 2014 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer will stop collecting a one-percent assessment that had been used to retire a bond issued following the 2004-2005 hurricane season. The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board...

Once Again, Texas Lawmakers Asked to Do Something about Windstorm Insurer

Sep 22 2014 // What to do about Texas’ wind insurer of last resort? That’s the question being asked again of Texas lawmakers in advance of the coming legislative session. In a surprise visit to a Senate Business &...

How South Carolina Has Changed Disaster Plans in 25 Years Since Hurricane Hugo

Sep 19 2014 // This weekend’s 25th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo offers South Carolina residents the chance to remember the devastation wrought by their worst storm in the past century – and to be ready in case another such...

NOAA Hopes Drones Get Data from Hurricane Edouard

Sep 18 2014 // U.S. government scientists are launching winged drones into Hurricane Edouard, hoping to collect data that could help forecasters understand what makes some storms strengthen into monsters while others fade away. This...

Building Stronger, Other Lessons from Hurricane Ivan at 10th Anniversary

Sep 18 2014 // This week marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Ivan, one of the costliest tropical storms to ever hit the U.S. Ivan came ashore near Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Sept. 16, 2004, as a Category 3 storm. The storm also...

Tropical Storm Polo Follows Odile Track to Blast Baja California

Sep 18 2014 // Tropical Storm Polo, the 16th storm of an unusually active eastern Pacific hurricane season, is on a path eerily like that of Odile, which blasted the Baja California peninsula earlier this week. Odile went ashore late...

Tropical Storm Polo Could Grow to Hurricane Off Mexico Coast

Sep 16 2014 // Tropical storm Polo could become a hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Thursday the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning Polo was about 275 miles (440km) south of...

Hurricane Odile Brings Storm Surge, Flooding to Mexican Peninsula

Sep 15 2014 // Hurricane Odile, the strongest to hit Baja California Sur in decades, weakened slightly as it battered the Mexican peninsula with high winds and rain. Odile went ashore near the resort city of Cabo San Lucas at about 10:45...

Mexico Issues Hurricane Warning as Odile Strikes

Sep 15 2014 // Mexico issued a hurricane warning for parts of Baja California as Odile struck the resort area of Cabo San Lucas on the southern tip of the peninsula. Mexico declared a red alert along the coastline as well as the mainland...

FEMA Wants at Least $5.8M in Superstorm Sandy Aid Repaid

Sep 12 2014 // After Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast nearly two years ago, the federal government quickly sent out $1.4 billion in emergency disaster aid to the hurricane’s victims. Now, thousands of people might have to pay...

Odile Nears Hurricane Strength in Pacific; Edouard Forming in Atlantic

Sep 12 2014 // Tropical Storm Odile may become a hurricane today off Mexico’s Pacific coast, while Tropical Storm Edouard formed in the Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Odile, with top winds of 60 miles (97...

Dewhurst to Lawmakers: How About Shutting Down Texas Windstorm Insurer?

Sep 11 2014 // Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has asked state lawmakers to consider shutting down a windstorm insurance provider for coastal Texans. Dewhurst asked a state Senate committee to look at phasing out the Texas Windstorm...

Turbulent Pacific Hurricane Season Contrasts with Calm Atlantic

Sep 11 2014 // For all the Atlantic Ocean’s composure this hurricane season, the eastern Pacific is turbulent after already producing its 15th storm. Tropical Storm Odile formed southwest of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, yesterday,...

Atlantic Hurricane Season Peaks with No Named Storms

Sep 11 2014 // The statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season has arrived and for the first time since 2000 there isn’t a named storm in the basin. While forecasters are watching a pair of potential candidates, neither is...

Tropical Storm Odile in Pacific Threatens Mexico

Sep 11 2014 // Tropical Storm Odile off the west coast of Mexico is forecast to become a hurricane tomorrow. Odile, with top winds of 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour, was 210 miles southwest of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, moving west at 2...

Havoc in Pacific amid Atlantic Calm Points to Tale of Two Oceans