Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
As Texas Grapples with Pandemic, Officials Prepare for Hurricane Season
Jun 8 2020 // More hurricanes and tropical storms than usual could make landfall in the United States this summer, forecasters predict. That is sending Texans and officials who are increasingly facing severe weather events scrambling to...
Alabama Alters Hurricane Shelter Plans Due to Coronavirus Concerns
Jun 8 2020 // Shelters that open during dangerous hurricanes may look and operate differently this storm season, state emergency officials said, as the new coronavirus complicate response plans. Across the coastal United States,...
Florida Rethinks Hurricane Plans in Midst of Coronavirus
Jun 4 2020 // Florida’s emergency manager is expressing complete confidence that the state is prepared for a hurricane during the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, but some local directors aren’t sharing the same level of...
Amid Pandemic, Oil Refineries, Offshore Drillers Face Hurricane Challenges
Jun 4 2020 // As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, experts said restarting wells and refineries will take longer and prove more costly this...
How Florida’s Strained Insurance Market is Facing COVID-19, Hurricane Season
Jun 3 2020 // From the threat of insurer ratings downgrades to mounting carrier losses because of excessive litigation to increasing insurance rates, Florida’s insurance market got off to a rocky start in 2020. Then came the...
1st Tropical Storm of Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Floods Part of Central America
Jun 2 2020 // The first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific season drenched parts of Central America Sunday and officials in El Salvador said at least seven people had died in flooding. President Nayib Bukele decreed a 15-day state of...
Florida Cat Fund Foregoes Private Reinsurance for 2020 Hurricane Season
Jun 2 2020 // Reinsurance coverage for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund will not be purchased for the upcoming hurricane season after overseers of the fund evaluated the market and found a lack of private capital availability. In...
Lexington Insurance Wins Texas Battle of Hurricane Harvey Deductibles
Jun 1 2020 // In a case of competing deductibles, a federal appeals court has sided with an insurer and against the owner of two Houston office buildings, holding that a larger windstorm deductible applied to flood damage caused by...
Ecoroofs, Bioswales, Water Gardens: Cities Get Creative To Tame Stormwater Floods
Jun 1 2020 // For more than a century, New Orleans has depended on canals and pumps to get rid of stormwater in a city where about half the land is below sea level. Now the bustling Mississippi River port that expanded by filling in...
Pandemic-Hit Re/insurers Expect a Costly Hurricane Season – and Rates Are Rising
Jun 1 2020 // The official start of the Atlantic hurricane season on Monday could signal more steep losses for insurers and reinsurers, already battered by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their underwriting and investment...
Coronavirus Could Complicate Hurricane Response, Warns Catastrophe Modeler
Jun 1 2020 // “Hurricanes and COVID-19 are not a good mix,” says catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Co., warning in a report that the pandemic will make what forecasters already predict to be an above-average...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Lays Out Funding Plan for 2020 Hurricane Season
Jun 1 2020 // The board of directors of Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail in the state’s coastal counties in February set a goal of $4.2 billion in catastrophe funding for 2020. At a meeting of the...
Survey: Florida Residents More Concerned for Hurricane Season Amid Pandemic
May 29 2020 // As Florida gets ready to officially start hurricane season, a new survey shows a majority of residents are more concerned for this year’s potential storms than in previous years, given the simultaneous continuing...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Outlines Funding for 2020 Hurricane Season
May 29 2020 // The board of directors of Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail in the state’s coastal counties in February set a goal of $4.2 billion in catastrophe funding for 2020. At a meeting of the...
Weakened Bertha Expected to Hit Carolinas, Virginia With Heavy Rains, Flash Floods
May 27 2020 // 05/27/2020 02:53 PM (Reuters) – Bertha, the second named storm this Atlantic hurricane season, has weakened to a tropical depression but was still expected to bring heavy rain and possibly life-threatening flash...
Tropical Storm Bertha to Bring Heavy Rain to South Carolina
May 27 2020 // A tropical storm that quickly formed off the coast of South Carolina on Wednesday threatened to unleash heavy rainfall that could produce life-threatening flash flooding after making landfall near Charleston, the National...
As Hurricane Season Starts, Coronavirus to Impact Disaster Preparedness
May 26 2020 // With forecasters predicting another intense Atlantic hurricane season with as many as 13 to 19 named storms, disaster preparedness experts say it’s critically important for people in evacuation zones to plan to stay...
Pacific Hurricane Forecast Complicated by Coronavirus
May 22 2020 // The Central Pacific basin including Hawaii should expect to see between two and six tropical storms or hurricanes this year, federal forecasters said this week. The annual National Weather Service prediction came as wary...
North Carolina Coast Gets Heavy Rain, Strong Wind as Tropical Storm Arthur Hits Coast
May 19 2020 // Tropical Storm Arthur brought heavy rain to North Carolina’s coast on Monday as forecasters warned that the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season could also spread life-threatening surf and rip currents...
Tropical Storm Arthur Inches Closer to East Coast; Minor Impact Expected to North Carolina
May 18 2020 // Tropical Storm Arthur inched closer to the U.S. East Coast on Sunday, although its impact was expected to be limited to some minor flooding and rough seas along the North Carolina coast. Arthur formed off the coast of...
