Latest Mexico Headlines
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Hurricane Paula Heads for Mexico’s Tourist Coast
Oct 12 2010 // Hurricane Paula, the ninth hurricane of the busy 2010 Atlantic season, churned toward the east coast of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, putting the tourist hub of Cancun on high alert. A hurricane warning was in...
BP Gulf Oil Disaster Legacy Includes Higher Risk, Insurance Costs
Oct 12 2010 // The Gulf of Mexico oil spill will push up costs and reduce the number of offshore oil and gas operators in U.S. waters for a long time to come, oil company executives told an industry conference in London on Tuesday. More...
U.S. Avoids Major Landfall So Far in Active Hurricane Season
Oct 7 2010 // The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season has been very active in the number of storms but is likely to go down as a non-event for most people in the United States, which has so far dodged a major landfall, the top official U.S....
Mexico Could Join Lawsuits Over Gulf Oil Disaster
Oct 1 2010 // Mexico’s federal government could join a list of its states suing the companies blamed for the disastrous Gulf oil spill, claiming damage to fishing and tourism, the plaintiffs’ attorney said this week. Earlier...
Willis Appoints Damiron to Head Mexican Retail Operations
Sep 29 2010 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, has appointed Hilaire Damiron as the new CEO of Willis Mexico, effective immediately. He has been serving as the interim CEO since August 2009. He is based in Mexico...
Alabama Expects Billions from BP for Oil Spill Impact
Sep 28 2010 // Alabama expects to receive billions of dollars in penalties from BP Plc in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a state commission said Monday. BP and the White House will probably soon reach an agreement on...
AIR Estimates Mexico Insured Losses from Karl at $102-$206 Million
Sep 24 2010 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Hurricane Karl, which made its second landfall in Mexico last Friday as a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale, has caused several rivers and canals to...
Tropical Storm Matthew Heading for Central America
Sep 24 2010 // Tropical Storm Matthew formed over the western Caribbean Thursday and was expected to hit Central America as early as Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm, which had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph...
Hurricane Igor Heads North After Battering Bermuda
Sep 21 2010 // Hurricane Igor barreled north Monday on a path expected to take it near Newfoundland and energy interests off eastern Canada, after battering Bermuda with heavy winds, waves and rain that caused damage but no...
Hurricane Karl Bears Down on Mexico’s Gulf Coast
Sep 17 2010 // Hurricane Karl bore down on Mexico’s central Gulf Coast on Friday, threatening to cause flash floods and mudslides, but it appeared to have spared Mexican offshore oil operations from major damage. Karl, which was...
Tropical Storm Karl Hits Yucatan, Some Evacuations Ordered
Sep 15 2010 // Tropical Storm Karl hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Wednesday and was expected to head into the Gulf of Mexico, threatening Mexican oil installations and possibly gaining hurricane strength. Mexico’s state-run...
One Death Reported as Blast Rips Through Mexico Oil Refinery
Sep 8 2010 // An explosion ripped through a major Mexican refinery Tuesday, killing one worker and pushing gasoline and diesel prices higher on worries state oil monopoly Pemex will have to import more fuel. Pemex, the world’s No....
Tropical Storm Hermine Slams into Northeastern Mexico
Sep 7 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into northeastern Mexico near the Texas border Monday, dumping heavy rain on a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex’s visit in June. Hermine, the eighth named storm of the...
Tropical Storm Hermine Brings Heavy Rains, Wind to South Texas
Sep 7 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine blew into the border region between Texas and Mexico late Monday night, landing in Northeast Mexico and crossing into Texas early Tuesday morning, bringing with it 60 mph winds, heavy rains and...
New Tropical Depression Forms in Eastern Atlantic
Aug 25 2010 // Tropical Depression Seven formed in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, one of three systems the U.S. National Hurricane Center was monitoring, but none were so far expected to threaten energy production in the...
Tropical Cyclone Heads for Northern Gulf of Mexico
Aug 15 2010 // An area of low pressure moving over the Florida Panhandle was expected to track southward into the northern Gulf of Mexico by early Monday and had a 50 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours,...
August Begins Busiest Phase for Hurricane Season
Aug 10 2010 // Record high ocean temperatures and the development of a climate phenomenon known as La Nina will keep the Atlantic hurricane season on track to be the busiest since 2005, according to government forecasters. The National...
New Mexico City Makes Sure Residents Able to Get Insurance
Aug 9 2010 // Farmington, N.M., city councilors have passed an ordinance that will keep residents eligible for flood insurance coverage backed by the federal government. The vote came less than a week after the northwestern New Mexico...
75% Chance of Major Hurricane Hitting Atlantic Coast, Says Forecaster
Aug 5 2010 // The Colorado State University forecasting team Wednesday maintained its 2010 Atlantic hurricane season forecast of 18 named tropical storms, 10 expected to become hurricanes. It predicted five of the hurricanes would be...
New Mexico Apoints Franchini Insurance Superintendent
Jul 30 2010 // The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has appointed John G. Franchini Superintendent of Insurance by a 4-1 vote. Franchini, a New Mexico native, boasts nearly four decades of insurance industry-related experience and...
