2017 Hurricane Season Ranks as Costliest Ever for U.S. November 28, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan This year’s U.S. Atlantic hurricane season is officially the most expensive ever, racking up $202.6 billion in damages since the...
Ireland Readies for Hurricane Ophelia, One of Its Strongest Storms in 50-Plus Years October 13, 2017 By Kelly Gilblom, Peter Flanagan and Brian K. Sullivan Ophelia strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane forecast to strike Ireland, where one of the nation’s strongest storms in half...
Drought-Ending Rain Built up Fuel to Feed Deadly California Fires October 12, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan There’s a dark side to the torrent of precipitation that ended California’s long drought earlier this year: Rain and snow...
Estimated $2.5 Billion Gulf Coast Damage from Nate Less Than First Feared October 7, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan and Amy Stillman Oil companies were heading back into the Gulf of Mexico and working to restore operations after Hurricane Nate fizzled out...
Storm Watch Issued for North Carolina as Puerto Rico, Markets Weigh Maria’s Economic Costs September 24, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Storm watches have been issued for North Carolina as the U.S. is threatened by a hurricane for the fourth time...
East Coast Watching Effect of ‘Zombie’ Storm Jose on Maria’s Path September 21, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Maria continued its thunderous roll northward as forecasters struggled to pin down a trajectory. Whether the storm makes landfall...
Category 4 Hurricane Maria Barrels Into Puerto Rico September 20, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Maria slammed into southeastern Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm with the potential to inflict $30 billion in...
Weakening Hurricane Jose Could Graze Massachusetts Wednesday September 18, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan A weakened Hurricane Jose could graze the Northeast as Hurricane Maria tears through the Caribbean, gaining strength and possibly heading...
How ‘Bermuda High’ Threw Irma and Damage Estimates Off Course September 12, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Twenty miles may have made a $150 billion difference. Estimates for the damage Hurricane Irma would inflict on Florida kept...
Life-Threatening Hurricane Irma Heads for Miami-Dade County September 8, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Irma continued on a collision course with Miami after devastating a chain of Caribbean islands, triggering the largest evacuation...