Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hanover Insurance Goes to Bat for Tornadoes, Worcester’s Newest Team
May 11 2005 // The Hanover Insurance Company and Worcester (Mass.) Professional Baseball, LLC, today announced that they have reached an agreement for Hanover to be the primary sponsor for the Worcester Tornadoes. The Tornadoes are the...
Governor Proclaims May 15-21 Hurricane Preparedness Week in N.C.
May 10 2005 // North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley has proclaimed May 15-21 hurricane preparedness week, just as a new survey of residents from Florida to Maine shows that people are not worried about hurricane season. The Mason-Dixon poll...
2,500 Attending Fla. Conference; Prepare for June 1 Hurricane Season
May 10 2005 // A record turnout of more than 2,500 conferees are attending the 2005 Governor’s Conference at the Tampa Convention Center, where they are learning about hurricane prediction, precautions and disaster management. The...
Fla. Water Management Officials Prepare for Hurricane Season
May 9 2005 // Florida water management officials have begun their annual drawdown of 17 lakes in the Kissimmee Basin, near Orlando, in anticipation of the upcoming hurricane season and are starting to put lessons into effect they...
Natl. Hurricane Center Director Advises ‘Plan Ahead’
May 9 2005 // Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center’s visited Jacksonville May 6 as part of the center’s annual hurricane awareness tour. Students got a chance to hear from hurricane experts and check out a...
Hurricane-Strength Wind Gusts Hit N.C. Outer Banks
May 9 2005 // A storm system which included hurricane-strength wind gusts up to 115 mph hit North Carolina’s Outer Banks Friday as a storm system pushed through North Carolina, bringing wind gusts and driving rain. According to...
Hurricane Forecast: New Jersey To Get Hit Sooner or Later
May 9 2005 // For decades, New Jersey has been spared the wrath of major hurricanes, the storms usually veering out to sea before they can wreak havoc on the densely developed coast. But eventually the state’s luck will run out,...
HIGHWAY SAFETY, TERRORISM EXCLUSION HIGHLIGHT IDAHO LEG. SESSION:
May 9 2005 // Idaho’s 2005 legislative session was marked as much by what legislation was passed as by what was not passed, according to the American Insurance Association. “Idaho legislators and Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R)...
Fla. Legislature Approves Hurricane Savings Accounts
May 5 2005 // Florida CEO Tom Gallagher affirmed that the Legislature has approved a measure laying the groundwork to enable residents to establish hurricane savings accounts and protect those accounts from creditors, but, Congress...
Lloyd’s Chairman Highlights Three Important Hurricane Lessons
May 4 2005 // Three important lessons from the 2004 hurricane season were highlighted to more than 100 insurance professionals Wednesday in Miami by Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Levene, in advance of what is predicted to be another tough...
Fla. Sets Groundwork for Hurricane Savings Accounts
May 4 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher today applauded state lawmakers for approving a measure that lays the groundwork for Floridians to set up hurricane savings accounts and protect these accounts from...
‘Miss Piggy,’ Hurricane Center Forecasters to Visit Charleston, S.C., Jacksonville, Fla.
Apr 29 2005 // Charleston, S.C. and Jacksonville, Fla. are two of five cities NOAA National Hurricane Center forecasters and NOAA Aircraft Operations Center crew will visit during a May 2-6, five-day mission. The purpose of the tour is...
Climatologist Cautions Peach-State Residents to Be Prepared for Hurricanes
Apr 28 2005 // “The seasonal hurricane outlook should have no impact on hurricane plans,” David Stooksbury, the Georgia state climatologist cautioned the Governor’s Emergency Management Conference at the Savannah...
S. Fla. Forecaster Suggests Link Between Hurricane Behavior, May Rainfall
Apr 28 2005 // A link between the behavior of hurricanes and the amount of rain that falls in South Florida in May has been suggested by Jim Lushine, a meteorologist and weather forecaster at the National Weather Service in...
PIFC Comments on Calif. Earthquake Authority’s Financial Stability
Apr 28 2005 // The following statement was released by Dan Dunmoyer, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California, in response to comments made by California State Treasurer Phil Angelides at the California Earthquake...
EQECAT Issues U.S Hurricane Model Challenge
Apr 26 2005 // Richard Clinton, president of Oakland Calif.-based EQECAT, a leading authority on extreme-risk modeling, announced an initiative aimed at comparing its models of the 2004 hurricane events for Florida exposure against the...
Simulated Exercises Teach Homeowners How to Prepare for Hurricanes
Apr 22 2005 // Widespread hurricanes have blown through several Florida cities during the past several days, and Hurricane Armando, a simulated hurricane, is expected to hit Tallahassee April 23. Florida American Red Cross and Emergency...
Fla. ‘Sales Tax Holiday’ Proposed to Encourage Hurricane Preparations
Apr 21 2005 // With the beginning of the hurricane season six weeks away, Florida residents are scurrying to be ready to batten-down-the-hatches: Florida legislators are about to pass a “sales tax holiday” to enable consumers...
University Researchers Design Computer Model to Predict Hurricane Damages
Apr 21 2005 // A computer modeling system has been developed by two university researchers to predict the annual damage done by hurricanes, based on wind patterns over the land and sea in July, to predict whether damages will be greater...
Passage of Highway Safety, Terrorism Exclusion Legislation Highlight 2005 Idaho Legislative Session
Apr 21 2005 // Idaho’s 2005 legislative session was marked as much by what legislation was passed as by what was not passed, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “Idaho legislators and Gov. Dirk Kempthorne...
