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Tropical Storm Fay’s Four Landfalls in Florida Sets Record
Sep 1 2008 // Tropical Storm Fay made a record four landfalls on the northern Gulf Coast last month, drenching and damaging communities, crops, homes and businesses across the Florida peninsula. Gov. Charlie Crist received a major...
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms: 2 Down, How Many More to Go?
Sep 1 2008 // With hurricane season halfway over for 2008, Louisiana has so far dodged the bullet but Texas has taken on two warning shots with Hurricane Dolly and Tropical Storm Edouard. As such storms go, neither packed a lot of...
Fireman’s Fund Introduces Wildfire Readiness Program
Aug 29 2008 // Now in the critical months of wildfire season, Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund is introducing a, comprehensive, prevention-focused program for homeowners. The Wildfire Readiness Program was developed in...
New Orleans Remembers 3rd Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Aug 29 2008 // According to the office of the mayor, the city of New Orleans has revised its schedule of events commemorating the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina today, Friday, Aug.29 due to the threat and ongoing preparation for...
Forecasters Warn Gustav Could be Major Hurricane When It Reaches Gulf States Monday
Aug 28 2008 // Tropical Storm Gustav shifted course slightly on Thursday morning and moved toward the Jamaica, and forecasters predicted it would be a powerful hurricane by the time it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. “The re-formation...
Texas Wind Pool Claims Add Up as New Tropical Storm Develops,
Aug 26 2008 // With hurricane season halfway over for 2008, Louisiana has so far dodged the bullet but Texas has taken on two warning shots with Hurricane Dolly and Tropical Storm Edouard. As hurricanes and tropical storms go, neither...
Florida Insurance Regulator: Hurricane Deductible Does Not Apply
Aug 22 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued an advisory to remind Florida consumers and authorized insurers that the hurricane deductible of their homeowner’s policy does not apply at this time —...
Update: Tropical Storm Fay Hangs on to Status, Stays in Florida
Aug 22 2008 // Tropical Storm Fay continues slowly westward across the northern Florida peninsula while tropical storm warnings remain in effect throughout the region, into the panhandle and north through Georgia to the South Carolina...
Tornado Threats Loom Large as Flood Waters Recede
Aug 21 2008 // Kansas had 1,616 tornadoes, 11 of them were F4 tornadoes and nine were categorized as F5. … The number of tornadoes reported has gone up over 50 percent. Much has been written in the last six weeks about the 2008...
5 Florida Regions Among Top 10 Tornado-Prone
Aug 21 2008 // The rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to regions most prone to tornados, according to Boston-based CDS Business Mapping LLC, an online hazard mapping firm. The top 10 most tornado...
Cleaning Up After Hurricane Katrina
Aug 21 2008 // In both Mississippi and Louisiana, the principal argument in support of the alleged ambiguity was that the flood waters during Hurricane Katrina were pushed ashore by wind, a covered peril, and the flood exclusion did not...
Colorado Ranks High on Tornado Charts
Aug 21 2008 // Tornadoes are usually classified using the Fujita Tornado Scale, or FScale developed by Dr. T. Theodore Fujita at the University of Chicago in 1971, CDS said. Using FScale classifications, the study looked at whether there...
Majority of California Wildfires Contained, 100 Homes Destroyed
Aug 21 2008 // The California wildfires, with smoke drifting out to the Pacific Ocean (L), are seen in this NASA satellite image released July 9, 2008. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES). More than 1,400 fires that burned as part of...
Taiwan Issues Warning for Typhoon Nuri
Aug 20 2008 // Taiwan has issued a warning for ships traveling through its southern waters Tuesday as Typhoon Nuri approached the island. Nuri’s center was located about 466 miles (740 kilometers) southeast of Taiwan’s...
Tropical Storm Fay Reaches Florida, Fails to Reach Hurricane Status
Aug 19 2008 // Tropical Storm Fay remained at tropical storm status when it arrived on Florida’s mainland. As of 8 a.m. EDT (Aug. 19), Fay’s center was north of Immokalee and about 20 miles south of LaBelle and moving toward...
Risk Modeler: Tropical Storm Fay Turned East Sooner than Expected
Aug 19 2008 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Fay took an eastward turn sooner than expected and made landfall at Cape Romano, Florida, on Aug. 19 at around 5 a.m. EDT. “Landfall was along...
Weather Service: No Tornado after Rare New York City Warning
Aug 18 2008 // Government meteorologists say there were plenty of damaging winds, but no twisters in a storm that spawned a rare tornado warning in New York City. The National Weather Service says crews assessed damage Saturday around...
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Fay Remains on Course for Florida
Aug 18 2008 // As of 11:00 a.m. EDT the center of Tropical Storm Fay was about 70 Miles (115 kms) south-southeast of Key West Florida and about 65 miles (103 kms) east-northeast of Havana Cuba. Florida’s governor has declared a...
Tropical Storm Fay Crosses Cuba; Heading for Florida
Aug 17 2008 // Miami’s National Hurricane Center is closely tracking Tropical Storm Fay, as it passes over Cuba. Storm warnings are in effect for most of the island, as well as the Cayman Islands The NHC reported early Sunday...
Texas Windstorm Pool Takes Over Property Inspection Duties
Aug 12 2008 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association recently announced it is assuming the responsibility of getting exterior photographs and inspecting all structures submitted for coverage, whether residential or...
