Hurricane Helene News

Modeler KCC Puts Privately Insured Losses at $6.4B From Helene

Karen Clark & Co., the well-regarded storm modeling and analytics firm, estimated that privately insured losses from Hurricane Helene will be about $6.4 billion – from wind, storm surge and inland flooding in nine states. The figure includes residential, commercial …

Helene Claims in Florida Already More Than 65,700 – Far More Than Idalia

The number of property insurance claims in Florida from Hurricane Helene had topped 65,700 by Tuesday, far more than the 25,000 seen in Hurricane Idalia a year ago, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation reported. The total estimated insured losses …

Flooded Farms, Fouled Rivers, Dozens Dead: Helene’s Rising Toll

As historic floodwaters unleashed by Hurricane Helene recede across the US Southeast, the region faces a humanitarian, economic and ecological crisis of staggering scope, with effects likely to last years. Cotton crops on the verge of harvest have been flattened. …

Flooded Farms, Fouled Rivers, Dozens Dead: Helene’s Rising Toll

As historic floodwaters unleashed by Hurricane Helene recede across the US Southeast, the region faces a humanitarian, economic and ecological crisis of staggering scope, with effects likely to last years. Cotton crops on the verge of harvest have been flattened. …

Hurricane Helene Halts Poultry Plants, Damages Pecan Trees

Hurricane Helene has halted chicken processing plants and caused severe damage to some flocks, while also downing pecan trees and flattening cotton crops, as floodwaters swamped the southern US. Every commodity was impacted, with cotton, pecans, poultry and timber the …

Helene Dumps Rain on Millions of US Homes That Lack Flood Insurance

On Thursday night Helene crashed into Florida’s coast as a Category 4 hurricane. The giant storm with 140-mile-per-hour winds made landfall close to where Hurricane Debby hit in August and where Idalia struck just over a year ago. It quickly …

Early Lessons From Helene Show Catastrophes Are Here to Stay, Flood Insurance Vital

Hurricane Helene made landfall late Thursday, Sept. 26, in the Florida Big Bend, a sparsely-populated 150-mile coastal stretch from Apalachee Bay, south of Tallahassee, to Waccasassa Bay in the south. All told, the population of the area amounts to less …

Tallahassee, Atlanta Dodge a Bullet, But Thousands of Claims Are Expected

Hundreds of claims adjusters were set to move out across Florida, Georgia and western parts of the Carolinas Friday morning as Hurricane Helene brought high storm surge and 140 mph winds to a region that has faced three hurricanes in …

Tropical Storm Helene Lashes Florida With Powerful Winds, Rain

Hurricane Helene barreled into the western coast of Florida with dangerous winds, knocking out power for more than a million customers and threatening to unleash deadly flooding across several states. Helene made landfall near Perry with top sustained winds of …

Damage Predictions Mount as Helene Strengthens: Atlanta in Its Path

As Hurricane Helene gains strength in the unusually warm waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico, forecasters, claims adjusting firms and analytics experts are warning that the storm could be more damaging than other recent storms that hit the same …