Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Leaders Come Together to Discuss Future of Terrorism Insurance June 20
May 30 2005 // Leaders from the public and private sectors from throughout the nation will take part in the National Symposium on the Future of Terrorism Risk Insurance on the campus of the University of Southern California on June 20,...
Report Says Hurricane-force Winds Likely in Cape Hatteras, N.C., Miami Beach and Naples, Fla.
May 27 2005 // Hurricane-force winds are most likely to strike this year in Cape Hatteras, N.C. and Miami Beach and Naples, Fla., according to an analysis of coastal cities released today by a University of Central Florida professor and...
PIA Panelists Discuss Preparing for Hurricane Season
May 26 2005 // Florida’s insurance industry survived last year’s record-breaking hurricane season and is prepared to help homeowners weather what may come this year. That was the message during a recent web broadcast carried...
Senate Port Security Hearing Looks at Attention on Need for Federal Terrorism Insurance Mechanism
May 25 2005 // A Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing set for Thursday, May 26, is the latest in a series of Capitol Hill examinations of port security and the potential economic harm terrorists can cause. These hearings clearly...
Owners of Arizona Homes Burned by Wildfire Sue Insurance Companies
May 25 2005 // Homeowners from a mountaintop community northeast of Tucson began filing lawsuits May 24 accusing their insurance companies of failing to provide enough coverage on homes destroyed in a June 2003 wildfire. Roughly 70...
Hurricane Supply Tax Holiday to Save Fla. Consumers $9.3 M
May 24 2005 // Gov. Jeb Bush has signed HB 6001 into law, the state’s first 12-day sales-tax holiday which permits Floridians to purchase a variety of hurricane supplies and saves consumers $9.3 million. The law gives purchasers a...
Survey: Half of Florida’s Homeowners Ready for Hurricane Season
May 24 2005 // More than half of Florida homeowners participating in a recent statewide survey have taken action to protect their homes from hurricanes. An even larger number recognizes the importance of the state’s building codes...
Citizens Making Improvements; Advises, Prepare Now for Hurricanes
May 24 2005 // With the start of hurricane season, June 1, just days away, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is advising policyholders to make preparations now, before a possible storm. The state’s insurer of last resort is...
Tsunami Warning: Spitzer is Coming
May 23 2005 // This is not a tsunami “watch.” This is a tsunami warning. The waves have already swept over the closest beaches, so we know they are coming. It’s too soon for casualty reports, but some mighty big places...
Nearly Half of Large, Mid-sized Businesses Purchased Terrorism Insurance in 2004
May 23 2005 // Nearly half of large and mid-sized U.S. businesses obtained insurance to cover property terrorism risks during 2004, a dramatic increase from the 2003 average of 27 percent. Meanwhile, the cost of property terrorism...
Fla. CFO Issues Warning: ‘Prepare Now for Hurricanes’
May 23 2005 // After an unprecedented hurricane season last year and experts predicting the formation of more than 13 named Atlantic storms this season, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher is issuing a warning to...
Experts Forecast Above-Normal Hurricane Activity Again This Season
May 23 2005 // The East and Gulf coasts can expect another hurricane season that’s worse than average, according to the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Atlantic will have 12 to 15 tropical storms,...
‘Miss Piggy,’ Hurricane Center Forecasters Visit South Carolina, Florida
May 23 2005 // Charleston, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla., were two of five cities the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center forecasters and NOAA Aircraft Operations Center crew visited during a May 2-6...
Ga. Climatologist Cautions Residents to Prepare Now for Hurricanes
May 23 2005 // The seasonal hurricane outlook should have no impact on hurricane plans,” David Stooksbury, the Georgia state climatologist cautioned participants at the Gov-ernor’s Emergency Management Conference at the...
“TAX HOLIDAY” FOR HURRICANE SUPPLIES
May 23 2005 // Gov. Jeb Bush indicates he intends to sign House Bill 6001, creating a 12-day tax holiday during which “certain” hurricane supplies will be exempt from Florida’s 6 percent sales tax. After the governor...
Experts Forecast Above-Normal Hurricane Activity Again This Season
May 23 2005 // The East and Gulf coasts can expect another hurricane season that’s worse than average, according to the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Atlantic will have 12 to 15 tropical storms,...
Ga. Climatologist Cautions Residents to Prepare Now for Hurricanes
May 23 2005 // The seasonal hurricane out-look should have no impact on hurricane plans,” David Stooksbury, the Georgia state climatologist cautioned participants at the Governor’s Emergency Management Conference at the...
Tsunami Warning: Spitzer is Coming
May 23 2005 // This is not a tsunami “watch.” This is a tsunami warning. The waves have already swept over the closest beaches, so we know they are coming. It’s too soon for casualty reports, but some mighty big places...
Tsunami Warning: Spitzer is Coming
May 23 2005 // This is not a tsunami “watch.” This is a tsunami warning. The waves have already swept over the closest beaches, so we know they are coming. It’s too soon for casualty reports, but some mighty big places...
Experts Predict 70 Percent Above Normal Hurricane Activity
May 18 2005 // As the season’s first tropical storm now brews in the Pacific and is about to cross-over into the southern Gulf of Mexico toward Cuba, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted there will be...
