Most Popular Hurricane Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Florida Meteorologist Predicts Where the Next Hurricane Will Hit, For a Price

Jul 14 2025 // Colorado State University’s hurricane research team, perhaps the best-known and most-often quoted forecasting service, last week revised its prediction for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season downward slightly – to...

#2 Update: FEMA to Borrow $2B to Pay Flood Claims After Hurricanes Helene and Milton

Feb 13 2025 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it needs to borrow $2 billion from the U.S. Treasury to cover claims from National Flood Insurance Program policyholders. FEMA, administrator of NFIP, said it expects to pay out...

#3 Florida Meteorologist Predicts Where the Next Hurricane Will Hit–For a Price

Aug 4 2025 // Colorado State University’s hurricane research team, perhaps the best-known and most-often quoted forecasting service, in early July revised its prediction for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season downward slightly...

#4 Miss. Supreme Court Orders USAA to Pay $15M in Hurricane Katrina Bad-Faith Claim

Dec 9 2024 // When hurricanes hit coastal areas, property insurers often breathe a sigh of relief when much of the damage appears to be the result of storm surge and flooding – losses that aren’t covered by most...

#5 Two More Insurers Enter Florida Market as Hurricane Season Warms Up

Jun 30 2025 // Two more property insurers have put their toes in the Florida market this summer, bringing to 14 the number of new carriers in the state since 2023. It’s another sign that legislative discouragement of claims...

#6 FEMA Head Said He Was Unaware of US Hurricane Season, Sources Say

Jun 3 2025 // Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with...

#7 Major Florida Citrus Grower to End Operations After Years of Hurricanes and Blight

Jan 9 2025 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A major grower said this week it is abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida’s signature crops are facing following a series of hurricanes and tree...

#8 After Tens of Billions in Insured Losses, Record-Breaking Hurricane Season Ends

Nov 27 2024 // The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends Nov. 30 after 18 named storms including the earliest Category 5 storm on record, and possibly one of the costliest hurricanes to the insurance industry. Of the 18 named storms, 11...

#9 Hurricanes Milton and Helene Expose Limits of US Flood Maps

Oct 9 2024 // Even before the second megastorm in as many weeks brings devastating floodwaters to the Southeast US, it’s already clear that federal flood-risk maps underpinning decisions by millions of American homeowners and...

#10 Explaining Deductibles After Multiple Florida Hurricanes

Oct 16 2024 // Deductibles serve several purposes. They provide some premium relief for the insured. They make insureds less likely to file smaller claims because either damage falls within the deductible, or is so close to it that the...

#11 Florida Citizens’ Brass Tired of ‘Clickbait’ News on its Hurricane Claims Denials

Nov 22 2024 // Officials with Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. took issue Thursday with a number of national and Florida news reports that have suggested that the insurer has the “worst rate” on paying claims...

#12 Rebuilding from Hurricanes Hinges on Immigrants at Center of US Election

Oct 28 2024 // The efforts to rebuild in Southeastern states after a pair of destructive hurricanes are at risk of being drawn out by shortages of a critical supply of workers: migrants. Builders are anxious about proposals laid out by...

#13 KCC Expects Private Insured Losses of $36B From Hurricane Milton

Oct 15 2024 // Florida’s Hurricane Milton caused private insured losses of about $36 billion, estimated catastrophe modeler Karen Clark & Co. The estimate includes losses from wind, storms surge, and inland flooding to...

#14 Allstate Turns in Net Income of $1.2B After Q3 Hurricanes

Oct 31 2024 // Allstate Corp. said its net income attributable to common shareholders for the third quarter was about $1.2 billion compared to a loss of $41 million during the same time a year ago. The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer...

#15 Farmers Still Reeling After Hurricane Helene Ravaged Crops Across the Southeast

Dec 23 2024 // LYONS, Ga. (AP) — Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South. An irrigation sprinkler system...

#16 Unusually Active Hurricane Season in Store for the Atlantic: AccuWeather

Mar 27 2025 // Another above-average hurricane season will threaten the Atlantic this year, with as many as six storms affecting the US, AccuWeather Inc. said. Between 13 and 18 storms will at least reach tropical storm strength, and...

#17 Claims from Hurricane Milton Continue to Rise in Florida

Oct 22 2024 // Almost two weeks after Hurricane Milton made landfall near Sarasota, Florida, as a Category 3 storm, claims and loss totals continue to rise. As of Oct. 21, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation said carriers had...

#18 Florida Commission Accepts First Hurricane Models Under New Standards

Jun 12 2025 // The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology has accepted new loss models from Karen Clark & Co. and Cotality, the first to meet the commission’s latest standards. KCC’s Version 5.0...

#19 Where Are the Hurricanes This Season as the Atlantic Remains Quiet?

Sep 18 2025 // Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it’s the peak of hurricane season. “Where the heck are the Atlantic #hurricanes?” Philip Klotzbach, a...

#20 Hurricane Milton Could Use Up P/C Insurers’ 2024 Catastrophe Budgets

Oct 10 2024 // S&P Global Ratings said potential losses from Hurricane Milton could fully deplete the 2024 natural catastrophe budgets for rated U.S. property/casualty insurers, affecting underwriting margins and earnings. In a...