Active 2021 Hurricane Season Revealed ‘Unsettling’ Trends: AIR Worldwide December 22, 2021 By Kimberly Tallon The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most active on record and the sixth consecutive year of above-average hurricane...
Month-Long Halt in Hurricanes Thanks to Dry Air and Atmospheric Lull October 29, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan This year’s hurricane season started out as one of the most prolific in the modern era. Then suddenly, in October,...
U.S. Has Had 18 Weather Events Each With $1 Billion Losses Thus Far in 2021 October 12, 2021 Through the end of September, there have been 18 weather and climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each...
Tropical Storm Nicholas to Test Post-Harvey Houston Infrastructure September 14, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman On Aug. 25, the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, which dumped about 50 inches of rain on Houston, Mayor Sylvester...
Tropical Storm Nicholas Drenches Texas, Louisiana September 14, 2021 By Erwin Seba HOUSTON — Heavy rains lashed Texas and Louisiana on Tuesday as hurricane Nicholas weakened into a tropical storm, bringing the...
AIR Says Hurricane Ida Insurance Losses Could Reach $30 Billion September 13, 2021 Modeling firm AIR Worldwide has updated its insured loss estimates for Hurricane Ida and now projects that Ida’s insured industry...
Tropical Storm Nicholas Heads for Texas, Louisiana September 13, 2021 Tropical Storm Nicholas will pass near or just offshore the coasts of northeastern Mexico and south Texas this morning, and...
Ida’s Hammering of Mid-Atlantic States May Have Insurers Reassessing Region September 7, 2021 By Max Reyes California and Florida have long been seen as risky areas for insurers because of earthquakes, wildfires and storms. In the...
AIR Worldwide Estimates Insured Losses for Hurricane Ida Could Be Up to $25 Billion September 3, 2021 Insurance industry insured losses to onshore property resulting from Hurricane Ida’s winds and storm surge will range from $17 billion...
Ida’s Inland Path May Reveal Hidden Risk, Test Mapping Methods of Hurricane Floods September 2, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan and Leslie Kaufman With remnants of Ida delivering downpours and fierce winds from North Carolina to New Jersey, U.S. government methods for assessing...