Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
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N.C. Agriculture Losses $19.6M From Hurricane Ophelia
Sep 21 2005 // Hurricane Ophelia resulted in damages to North Carolina’s agricultural industry amounting to $19.6 million, based on reports tabulated from 13 counties. According to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and...
UPDATE: Hurricane Rita Reaches Category 2 Status
Sep 20 2005 // What was once a tropical storm hovering off the Florida coast has turned into Hurricane Rita, as she strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane on Tuesday, lashing the Florida Keys with heavy rain and strong wind. Winds were...
Hurricane Rita, Packs 100 mph Winds, Passes Key West; Forecasters Predict Texas Track
Sep 20 2005 // Preliminary reports suggest only moderate damage occurred as Hurricane Rita threaded the needle between the Florida Keys and the northern coast of Cuba Tuesday afternoon flooding roads and beaches with seawater. As...
Fla. AG Warns: Beware of Unscrupulous Operators Capitalizing on Hurricane Rita
Sep 20 2005 // Florida’s Attorney General Charlie Crist has warned unscrupulous businesses operators against attempting to take advantage of Florida residents and visitors as they cope with potential emergency conditions brought on...
An Open Letter to the Insurance Industry Seeking Assistance for Independent Agents Devastated from Hurricane Katrina
Sep 20 2005 // Independent insurance agents in Southeast Louisiana and South Mississippi face a daunting task as they play their part in rebuilding their shattered communities. They will need the help of the insurance companies whose...
Clinton Initiative Pledges Total $1.25 Billion; Gaza Terrorist Cover
Sep 19 2005 // Former President Bill Clinton closed a very successful initial conference in New York for his Global Initiative with commitments of $1.25 billion. The 3-day event, organized by the ex-President to coincide with the current...
NHC Tracking Tropical Storm Rita, Hurricane Philippe
Sep 19 2005 // Rita became the 17th named storm of the current season over the weekend, as maximum sustained winds neared 50 mph (85 km/hr) with higher gusts. Miami’s National Hurricane Center warned that the storm could become a...
Rita Wobbles West Toward Key West; Expected to Gain Hurricane Strength Monday Evening, Hit Keys Tuesday Morning
Sep 19 2005 // Tourists and residents are beginning to evacuate Key West, and homeowners and businessmen are boarding-up, as Tropical Storm Rita continues on a path from east of Nassau, Bahamas toward south Florida. Rita’s winds...
HURRICANE KATRINA: The Legal Saga Begins
Sep 19 2005 // Liability Claims Will Range Far-and-Wide for Years to Come The New Orleans tragedy may spawn a wave of litigation related to flood protection and levee failures. Public statements, which may serve as a foundation for...
Hurricane Katrina: The Legal Saga Begins
Sep 19 2005 // The New Orleans tragedy may spawn a wave of litigation related to flood protection and levee failures. Public statements, which may serve as a foundation for massive public safety legal claims, began Sept. 1. Based on the...
FAIA Studying Windstorm ‘Vehicle’
Sep 19 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents has announced it will study “another avenue” for covering hurricane wind damage in Florida and would like to establish its own “vehicle” to insure...
S. Floridians Viewed Hurricane Katrina as an Expensive Nuisance
Sep 19 2005 // Insurance adjusters scrambled to South Florida to work on claims before they realized Hurricane Katrina was going to cross into the Gulf of Mexico and become a catastrophic hurricane devastating Mississippi and...
Fla. Task Force to Discuss How to Solve Hurricane Insurance Crisis
Sep 19 2005 // A 12-member Task Force on Long-Term Solutions for Florida’s Hurricane Insurance Market is studying how to help Floridians obtain hurricane insurance, amid complaints that consumers don’t have a seat on the...
Hurricane Katrina: The Legal Saga Begins
Sep 19 2005 // The New Orleans tragedy may spawn a wave of litigation related to flood protection and levee failures. Public statements, which may serve as a foundation for massive public safety legal claims, began Sept. 1. Based on the...
States Take on Hurricane Relief
Sep 19 2005 // The wheels of state governments across the continent are spinning into action to cope with the far-reaching devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Nearly all states are pitching in somehow. At least 40 states are providing...
States Reopen their Disaster Playbooks in Light of Hurricane Katrina
Sep 19 2005 // Mark K. Matthews With the horrors from Hurricane Katrina still flashing on live TV, Connecticut emergency officials and Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) met recently to decide how to evacuate 100,000 coastal residents if a Category 4...
HURRICANE KATRINA: The Legal Saga Begins
Sep 19 2005 // The New Orleans tragedy may spawn a wave of litigation related to flood protection and levee failures. Public statements, which may serve as a foundation for massive public safety legal claims, began Sept. 1. Based on the...
Tropical Storm Ophelia Weakens, Sparing New England from Damage
Sep 18 2005 // Predicted heavy rains and fierce winds never materialized and New England escaped the worst of Tropical Storm Ophelia. By Saturday morning, Ophelia pushed past southeastern Massachusetts, the Cape and the Islands, and...
Hurricanes Getting Stronger Even as Worldwide Total Drops
Sep 16 2005 // The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years, even though the total number of hurricanes has dropped since the 1990s, according to a study by researchers at the Georgia...
AIIA Launches Hurricane Katrina ‘Blog’
Sep 16 2005 // The Alabama Independent Insurance Agents have launched a Hurricane Katrina ‘blog’ on which information can be logged chronologically to provide information, commentary or thoughts about Hurricane...
