Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FEMA Gave Private Contractor Personal Data on 2.3 Million Hurricane, Wildfire Survivors
Mar 25 2019 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency wrongly released to a contractor the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of devastating 2017 hurricanes and wildfires, potentially exposing the victims to identity fraud...
Texas Senate Passes Harvey Relief Package
Mar 22 2019 // Texas state senators unanimously approved a multi-billion dollar Harvey aid package aimed at helping communities still struggling to recover after the historic storm and prepare for the next one, according to an...
Hurricane Michael, Other Challenges Impacting Georgia’s Timber Industry
Mar 21 2019 // Georgia’s timber industry is facing many headwinds as it seeks to recover from the severe damage wrought by Hurricane Michael late last year. The storm erased three-quarters of a billion dollars in timber, The...
Those Who Name Hurricanes Retire Michael, Florence Names
Mar 21 2019 // Hurricanes Florence and Michael will never ravage the Americas again. The two names have been stricken from the official list of Atlantic storms after killing nearly 100 people in the U.S. South last year, the National...
The Time Donald Trump Filed Huge Insurance Claim: O’Brien
Mar 7 2019 // A series of hurricanes tore through Florida in 2005, and Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s business and residence in Palm Beach, was apparently very beaten up because Trump collected about $18.3 million in...
Storm-Lashed South Carolina Reassesses Role of Global Warming
Mar 7 2019 // When he took the job 15 years ago, Horry County Emergency Manager Randy Webster figured his biggest disasters would be wind and surge rolling over his county’s beaches, South Carolina’s top tourist...
Florida Woman Arrested in $68K Hurricane Irma Scam
Feb 21 2019 // A Florida woman has been arrested for alleged unlicensed practice of public adjusting and grand theft related to Hurricane Irma, according to a statement from the Florida Department of Financial Services. Mary Bruce is...
FEMA Chief Long to Leave Agency
Feb 13 2019 // Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long is leaving the agency he led through a record period of natural disasters — including a widely panned response to a storm that devastated Puerto Rico. “While...
Georgia House Budget Increases Funds for Hurricane, School Safety
Feb 13 2019 // The Georgia House has approved a midyear budget adjustment that increases funding for school safety and farmers hit by the devastation of Hurricane Michael in October. Republican Rep. Terry England, chairman of the House...
AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Auto Club Insurance Co. of Florida
Feb 7 2019 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a-” from “bbb+” of Auto Club Insurance Company of Florida (ACICF),...
The United States Saw 11 Natural Disaster Events That Exceeded $1 Billion in Damage During 2018
Feb 6 2019 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. When it comes to natural disasters, 2018 was an eventful year worldwide. Typhoons devastated the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan and Oman. Earthquakes caused mass...
Lawmakers Need to Decide Nature of Texas Windstorm Insurer, Sunset Commission Says
Feb 4 2019 // To be the insurer of last resort for wind and hail insurance along the Texas coast — without state support and reliant on premium dollars and debt financing for funding, or to be a true insurance company that derives...
When Rebuilding After Hurricanes, Big Homes Replace Small
Feb 4 2019 // Trend Is Playing Out in Areas Prone to Extreme Winds and Storm Surge A study of hurricane-hit areas of the United States has revealed a trend of larger homes being built to replace smaller ones in the years following a...
Expert: Florida’s Hurricane-Hit Timber Industry Will Need Years to Recover
Jan 31 2019 // It could take a decade or more for Florida’s timber industry to recover from Hurricane Michael’s devastation, and the countless downed trees pose an immediate wildfire threat, Florida Forest Service Director...
Assessing Effects of Government Shutdown on Wildfires, Workforce, Research
Jan 28 2019 // The government may be reopening, but the consequences of the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history are likely to linger for national parks, forests, the federal workforce and cutting-edge scientific research. Some may...
Trump Expands Federal Reimbursement for Florida’s Hurricane Michael Cleanup
Jan 28 2019 // Florida will get potentially hundreds of million dollars for Hurricane Michael recovery after President Donald Trump agreed to expand the number of days the federal government will reimburse state and local governments for...
Texas Senator Proposes Statewide Flood Control Plan
Jan 25 2019 // Before the next Hurricane Harvey strikes, and thousands of homes are damaged or destroyed, some Texas lawmakers want to make sure communities statewide are better prepared for future floods. On Jan. 22, state Sen. Charles...
Hurricane Florence Demonstrates Perils of Being Underinsured/Uninsured, Says RMS
Jan 24 2019 // Hurricane Florence caused extensive freshwater flood damage in the Carolinas and parts of Virginia in September—and about 70 percent of those flood losses will be uninsured, according to RMS. “The insured loss for...
Private Flood Insurers Not Yet Ready to Fill Massive U.S. Protection Gap
Jan 24 2019 // The flood insurance protection gap in the United States is massive, but the take-up rate of private flood insurance continues to be low. The relative inability of private insurers to penetrate the flood insurance market...
Insurance Industry Use of Drone, Aerial Imagery Soared After 2018 Southeast Disasters
Jan 24 2019 // The importance of drones and aerial imagery rose to a new level in the wake of 2018 natural catastrophes as insurers made them an integral part of their disaster recovery procedures, particularly following the hurricanes...
