Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Miss.: Scruggs Files Racketeering Charges against State Farm
Jun 20 2007 // The Scruggs Katrina Group filed federal charges against State Farm, E.A. Renfroe Company, and Forensic Analysis and Engineering Company on behalf of 21 Mississippi policyholders whose homes were destroyed in Hurricane...
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Jun 18 2007 // R.I. House members forward coastal measures The leaders of a special Rhode Island House commission studying the effects of natural disasters on property insurance costs have introduced legislation they say is aimed at...
Editor’s Note: 5 steps to safety
Jun 18 2007 // With experts predicting an active hurricane season this year, it is more important than ever for homeowners to guard against property damage from storms and take the proper precautions to reduce that damage. That’s...
Inland businesses can be hurt when coastal storms strike
Jun 18 2007 // It took O’Charley’s regional operations director in Hattiesburg, Miss., most of a week to get in touch with the restaurant chain’s Nashville headquarters after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast two...
Editor’s Note: 5 steps to safety
Jun 18 2007 // With experts predicting an active hurricane season this year, it is more important than ever for homeowners to guard against property damage from storms and take the proper precautions to reduce that damage. That’s...
Richardson: S.C. went the ‘right way’ with hurricane law
Jun 18 2007 // The South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate recently agreed to changes to coastal omnibus hurricane legislation, which include extending the notice for homeowners whose insurance would be canceled to 90 days...
Poll: Many coastal residents still not ready for hurricanes
Jun 18 2007 // Many people along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts still lack a hurricane survival plan and don’t feel vulnerable to storms, despite Katrina’s dramatic damage and pleas from emergency officials for residents to...
Flood Insurance Program Doesn’t Know If Payments Covered Wind Damage
Jun 14 2007 // Since the National Flood Insurance Program does not collect data on both wind and flood damage claims from its insurers, it’s not possible to know if its billions of dollars in payments on hurricane-damaged...
Insurers Support Streamlining of Florida Home Mitigation Program
Jun 14 2007 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink proposed a rule that streamlines the process for consumers to qualify for insurance premium discounts after taking steps to mitigate hurricane damage. The Property Casualty...
Hurricane Forecasting Satellite Could Fail Anytime
Jun 14 2007 // An aging U.S. weather satellite crucial to accurate predictions on the intensity and path of hurricanes could fail at any moment and plans to launch a replacement have been pushed back seven years to 2016. In a letter...
N.Y. City Urged to be Ready for Major Hurricane
Jun 13 2007 // Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has warned that America’s largest city needs to be prepared for a hurricane powerful enough to cause serious flooding in lower Manhattan and elsewhere. “It’s...
Builder’s Risk Remains Difficult But Manageable, Advises Mercator
Jun 13 2007 // The rest of 2007 will continue to be a difficult time for developers and builders to secure builder’s risk insurance for their projects, according to experts at independent wholesale insurance broker Mercator Risk...
S.C. Governor Signs Bill to Help Coastal Residents with Insurance
Jun 13 2007 // Gov. Mark Sanford signed a bill into law Monday that he says should lower insurance costs for residents along South Carolina’s coast. Sanford’s signature comes three months after the Republican governor and his...
Tenn. Businesses Protect Coastal Operations from Storms
Jun 12 2007 // It took O’Charley’s regional operations director in Hattiesburg, Miss., most of a week to get in touch with the restaurant chain’s Nashville, Tenn. headquarters after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf...
S.C. Insurance Director Proud of Hurricane Legislation
Jun 8 2007 // On Wednesday the South Carolina House of Representatives agreed to Senate changes to coastal omnibus hurricane legislation, which included extending the notice for homeowners whose insurance would be canceled to 90 days...
S.C. Governor Expected to Sign Hurricane Mitigation Bill
Jun 7 2007 // The South Carolina House has concurred with the Senate on the so-called coastal property omnibus bill and forwarded it to the governor who is expected to sign the legislation. HB 3820 includes a limited expansion of the...
New Corps Chief Says He’s Committed to Rebuilding New Orleans
Jun 5 2007 // A year after his predecessor acknowledged the Army Corps of Engineers’ responsibility for the catastrophic flooding in Hurricane Katrina, the newly appointed head of the agency toured this still-battered city May 31...
Katrina-Like Storm Could Wipe Out N.C.’s Outer Banks, Experts Warn
Jun 5 2007 // For more than 200 years, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse has guided sailors through the “graveyard of the Atlantic” — the shallow shores of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. But not even the nation’s...
Alabama in Hurricane Readiness Mode
Jun 4 2007 // With Katrina memories still fresh, Alabama Gulf Coast residents have begun stockpiling ice, water, food and other supplies just in case this hurricane season turns ugly. FEMA also will have disaster relief supplies stored...
Tropical Storm Barry Brings Rain, Strong Winds, Heavy Surf to Florida
Jun 4 2007 // Tropical Storm Barry, since downgraded to a tropical depression, brought heavy rain to a parched Florida early Saturday, along with strong winds and heavy surf along the state’s Gulf coast. Rain was falling...
