Typhoon Koinu Strengthens as It Heads Toward Hong Kong October 6, 2023 By Richard Frost Typhoon Koinu strengthened as the storm headed across the South China Sea toward Hong Kong, contrary to earlier expectations by...
Agents, Insureds Said Surprised by Nationwide’s 10,000 Nonrenewals in NC September 29, 2023 By William Rabb In February, Nationwide Mutual Insurance filed notice with the North Carolina Department of Insurance that it would non-renew some 10,525...
US Already Sets Record for Yearly Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters September 13, 2023 By Seth Borenstein The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for...
Lee’s Rapid Growth Rewriting Hurricane Rule Book September 11, 2023 By Jeff Martin Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category...
Hurricane Lee Strengthens to Category 5 Storm September 8, 2023 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Lee has become the strongest Atlantic storm since 2019 with winds of 165 miles (266 kilometers) per hour, and...
Report: Climate Change Boosts Risk of Extreme Wildfires 25% September 5, 2023 By Don Jergler A group of scientists used machine learning to quantify empirical relationships between temperature and the risk of extreme daily wildfire...
RMS, Verisk Weigh in With Insured-Loss Estimates in Low Billions of Dollars From Idalia September 5, 2023 Moody’s RMS and Verisk on Monday each released insured loss estimates for Hurricane Idalia. RMS estimated total private market insured...
Unusually Warm Atlantic Ocean Is Supercharging Hurricane Idalia August 29, 2023 By Kendra Pierre-Louis and Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Idalia, now a Category 1 storm, is expected to make landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday. The hurricane’s...
3 Tropical Storms Churn Across Atlantic as Most Active Part of Hurricane Season Begins August 21, 2023 By Brian K. Sullivan Three tropical storms are currently churning across the Atlantic Ocean in a dazzling start to the most active part of...
Forecasters Stress Uncertainty in Latest Hurricane Forecast August 4, 2023 By Erwin Seba Forecasters from Colorado State University (CSU) stressed uncertainty in their latest outlook on Thursday for the current Atlantic hurricane season,...