Lingering La Niña Weather Phenomenon Boosts Threat of More Atlantic Hurricanes August 15, 2022 By Will Wade The odds of La Niña hanging around for a few more months are climbing, bolstering chances of more storms as...
CSU Team Slightly Lowers Forecast for Still Above-Average Hurricane Season August 5, 2022 The hurricane research team at Colorado State University has slightly lowered its outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season but is...
U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council to ID More Climate-Related Risks July 28, 2022 By Don Jergler The Financial Stability Oversight Council convened on Thursday to identify and address climate-related financial risk. The FOC last year published...
NYC, Miami, Tampa, New Orleans Tops Among Storm-Surge Exposed Cities June 27, 2022 New York, Miami, Tampa, and New Orleans are the metro areas with the most single-family homes at risk of heavy...
Hurricane Chief to Take Over as Weather Service Director June 9, 2022 By Seth Borenstein A meteorologist who oversaw warnings and forecasts during one of the busiest spurts of Atlantic hurricane activity on record will...
‘The Phones Started Ringing Right Away’: Cat Modeling Pioneer Karen Clark Recalls Hurricane Andrew June 1, 2022 By Chad Hemenway At the start of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, Insurance Journal spoke with Karen Clark, founder of two catastrophe modeling...
This Year’s Hurricane Season Likely to Be Wetter, Just Like 2020, Study Finds April 13, 2022 Climate change made the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season noticeably wetter, and it will likely make this season rainier, too, scientists...
Another Active Atlantic Hurricane Season in 2022: AccuWeather March 31, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Following the most active season for named storms in the Atlantic in 2020 and the third-most named storms in 2021,...
Florida House Committee Approves Home Hardening Tax Breaks February 16, 2022 Florida’s chief financial officer is applauding lawmakers for approving a home-hardening measure that could affect homeowners insurance rates in years...
Residents in 8 Mississippi Counties Can Now Try for FEMA Aid for Ida October 27, 2021 Mississippi’s governor says residents in eight counties can now apply for federal help with Hurricane Ida expenses, and 19 counties...