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#1 Potent Hurricane Weather Pattern Continues to Take Shape, Forecaster Says

Jun 17 2024 // The hurricane season continues to look like it will be a highly active one, as a potent and portentous weather pattern continues to take shape, an AccuWeather meteorologist told Claims Journal on Friday. “It...

#2 Beryl Becomes Earliest Ever Category 5 Hurricane in Atlantic

Jul 2 2024 // Hurricane Beryl has strengthened after becoming the earliest ever Category 5 storm in the Atlantic, with the system heading toward Jamaica with life-threatening winds and heavy rainfall. Maximum sustained winds increased...

#3 Busy Hurricane Season Could Test North Carolina’s ‘Weakened’ Building Codes, Experts Say

Jun 17 2024 // The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, predicted to be unusually intense, officially began this week and it could soon bring the first test of a North Carolina law that some insurance experts have said weakens building codes...

#4 Catastrophe Bond Sales Soar as Markets Brace for Unusually Active Hurricane Season

Jun 10 2024 // Issuance of catastrophe bonds just hit a record high, as the market braces for a rough hurricane season with the potential to do substantial damage. Sales of so-called cat bonds are 38% higher this year through May than...

#5 A Perfect Storm: Looking Ahead to the 2024 Hurricane Season

Jun 7 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. The Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States are officially in hurricane season, which every year starts on June 1 and lasts through the end of November. People...

#6 A Potential Atlantic Hurricane Is About to Clash With a Cloud of Saharan Dust

Jun 28 2024 // A cluster of thunderstorms is threatening to become the Atlantic’s next tropical storm or hurricane — if it can survive a cloud of dust from the Sahara. The storms southwest of the Cape Verde islands have a 70%...

#7 ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Hurricane Beryl Takes Aim at Caribbean

Jul 1 2024 // Hurricane Beryl, described by forecasters as “extremely dangerous,” is set to cause massive damage across the Caribbean’s Windward Islands on Monday. Beryl’s winds roared across the region at 120...

#8 Hurricane Season Ushered in With a Deluge in South Florida

Jun 14 2024 // Dangerous flooding from a tropical disturbance inundated much of southern Florida on Wednesday, blocking roads, floating vehicles and delaying the Florida Panthers on their way to Stanley Cup games in Canada against the...

#9 Louisiana’s Temple Meets With Insurers Ahead of Potentially Active Hurricane Season

Jun 7 2024 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple recently met with 20 property and casualty insurers ahead of this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season to make sure insurers are prepared to handle claims following a hurricane...

#10 How the Hot Water That Fueled Hurricane Beryl Foretells a Scary Storm Season

Jul 3 2024 // Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early whopper of a storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead, experts said. Beryl smashed...

#11 FEMA Is Ready for Hurricane and Wildfire Seasons, but Money a Concern

Jun 24 2024 // The head of the Homeland Security Department said Friday that the agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country is prepared as it goes into what is expected to be an intense hurricane and wildfire season...

#12 Velocity Risk Partners with LSU to Develop Gulf Coast Hurricane Model

Jun 25 2024 // Velocity HoldCo, the parent company for Velocity Risk Underwriters, announced a joint venture with Louisiana State University (LSU) on a Gulf Coast-central hurricane model. The model uses daily data to predict US hurricane...

#13 Hurricane Beryl Roars Toward Jamaica on Destructive Path

Jul 3 2024 // Hurricane Beryl churned toward Jamaica with violent winds, heavy rains and a life-threatening storm surge that could cause more than $1 billion in damage. Beryl’s winds roared at 145 miles (230 kilometers) per hour...

#14 Study: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma Triggered Uptick in Flood Insurance

Jul 1 2024 // Short but severe flooding that followed hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017 triggered a nationwide increase in flood insurance take-up driven by a county’s social network proximity to flooded areas, says a new...