Most Popular Hurricane Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page over the last year.
#1 NHC Unveils New Hurricane Forecast Maps for 2024, Showing More Inland Warnings
Feb 21 2024 // The familiar “cone of uncertainty” map, used for years by meteorologists to show a hurricane’s predicted path, is about to get an upgrade – at least temporarily, the National Hurricane Center announced...
#2 AccuWeather Warns of ‘Super-Charged’ 2024 Hurricane Season
Mar 18 2024 // AccuWeather experts warn that the return La Nina and historically warm water across the Atlantic Ocean could contribute to a “super-charged” hurricane season in 2024. AccuWeather long-range forecasters say that...
#3 Florida to Borrow Billions to Backstop Insurers After Hurricanes
Jan 23 2024 // The state corporation that oversees the Florida Cat Fund is planning to borrow as much as $3.8 billion to ensure the fund has plenty of money on hand to reimburse property insurers for losses when homes are damaged or...
#4 AccuWeather Warns of Potential ‘Super-Charged’ 2024 Hurricane Season
Feb 23 2024 // AccuWeather experts warn that the return La Niña and historically warm water across the Atlantic Ocean could contribute to a “super-charged” hurricane season in 2024. AccuWeather long-range forecasters say...
#5 Lee’s Rapid Growth Rewriting Hurricane Rule Book
Sep 11 2023 // Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. Lee – which just as quickly dropped to a still-dangerous Category 3 and held...
#6 Risk Perception Drops After Hurricanes: Study
Apr 23 2024 // As time passes after hurricanes, new analysis by Stanford University researchers shows perception of personal risk, including the likelihood of injury and home damage, decline. The findings suggest that programs and...
#7 The 2023 Hurricane Season: Are Insurers Prepared for the Growing Risks?
Jun 2 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. As the 2023 Hurricane Season approaches, it is crucial for coastal and inland communities alike to understand and prepare for the potential risks associated with...
#8 Weather Forecasters Predict ‘Extremely Active’ 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Apr 4 2024 // Weather forecasters at Colorado State University (CSU) on Thursday predicted an “extremely active” 2024 Atlantic hurricane season because of warm sea surface temperatures and less wind shear to break up storms...
#9 Hurricane Lee Strengthens to Category 5 Storm
Sep 8 2023 // Hurricane Lee has become the strongest Atlantic storm since 2019 with winds of 165 miles (266 kilometers) per hour, and the US National Hurricane Center said the Category 5 system isn’t done growing yet. While the...
#10 CSU: Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season Now Expected
Jul 7 2023 // Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane researchers have upped their hurricane season forecast. An above average Atlantic hurricane season is now expected for 2023, though there is a greater level of uncertainty than...
#11 Allstate’s Florida Company Defends 54% Condo Rate Hike. Blames Reinsurance, Hurricane, Rapid Growth
Mar 18 2024 // When Allstate’s Florida unit, Castle Key Indemnity Co., entered the surging condominium insurance market in 2020, it looked like it had made a smart bet: Within two years, the carrier had added no fewer than 123,000...
#12 Warren Buffett’s Bet on Mild Florida Storm Season Faces Test With Hurricane Idalia
Aug 30 2023 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bet big earlier this year that Florida’s reinsurance market would deliver huge premiums with minimal losses. Hurricane Idalia is about to offer a test of that calculus, with months of...
#13 Accuweather Predicts Above-Average 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Mar 27 2024 // Accuweather meteorologists are predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season with as many as 20-25 named storms. The 2024 hurricane season is forecast to feature 8-12 hurricanes including 4-7 major hurricanes. This...
#14 Category 6? As Warming Stokes Storms, Some Want a Bigger Hurricane Category
Feb 7 2024 // A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown that the strongest...
#15 New Models Aim to Better Predict Storm Surge, Insured Losses From Hurricanes
Jun 2 2023 // Two new hurricane forecast models promise to help property owners and insurers better predict the losses from storms that may be increasing in intensity as ocean waters continue to warm. The National Hurricane Center...
#16 Expert: ‘Active Year Worldwide’ for Rapid Hurricane Intensification
Dec 19 2023 // While only three hurricanes made landfall in the United States this year, rapidly intensifying hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans charted near the top of record lists in 2023. Each of the year’s major...
#17 Citizens Suspends Binding, Could Be Most Affected as Hurricane Aims for Big Bend
Aug 29 2023 // Florida property insurers were keeping their fingers crossed Tuesday as the latest projections indicated that the worst of Hurricane Idalia may miss some of the most heavily populated parts of the state’s west...
#18 The Odds of a Hurricane-Boosting La Niña This Year Are Rising
Feb 12 2024 // The odds of a La Niña weather pattern this year are rising, amplifying the risk of hurricanes in the Atlantic and drought in California and South America. There’s a 55% chance that La Niña, a cooling of the...
#19 About $2.2B Insured Losses From Hurricane Idalia, Says KCC
Sep 1 2023 // Though it made landfall as a Category 3 storm, Hurricane Idalia impacted an are of low population and is expected to cause private insured losses of about $2.2 billion, according to catastrophe modeler Karen Clark &...
#20 NOAA Increases Prediction for Atlantic Hurricane Season to “Above-Normal”
Aug 11 2023 // The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is increasing its prediction for the ongoing 2023 Atlantic hurricane season to “above-normal” activity. Warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures across...
