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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 Four Minor Early Morning Earthquakes Hit Southern California
Jun 24 2024 // Four small earthquakes occurred in California in the early Monday morning hours, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck near Cobb at a depth of 1.1 miles, a M2.9 quake hit two miles...
#3 Busy Hurricane Season Could Test NC’s ‘Weakened’ Building Codes, Experts Say
Jun 3 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 Strong Winds Driving Southern California Wildfire
Jun 17 2024 // Strong winds drove a wildfire that forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 visitors to a recreation area and threatened nearby properties over the weekend. Flames burned through dry brush along Interstate 5 north of Los...
#5 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...
#6 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...
#7 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...
#8 Underwater Fault Could Devastate West Coast With Major Quake and Tsunami
Jun 18 2024 // New research is warning about an underwater fault that could devastate the West Coast with a major earthquake and tsunami. Seismologists have issued warnings that the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an offshore fault from...
#9 Containment Grows on Wildfire Near Site of Most Destructive Blaze in California History
Jun 26 2024 // Residents of a California are near the town of Paradise, the site of the state’s most destructive wildfire in history, were ordered to evacuate and roads were closed this week as a wildfire spread. The Apache Fire in...
#10 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%...
#11 Wildfire Threats Make Utilities Uninsurable in US West
Jun 25 2024 // Trinity Public Utilities District’s power lines snake through the lower reaches of the Cascade Range, a rugged, remote and densely forested terrain in Northern California that has some of the highest wildfire risk in...
#12 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...
#13 AccuWeather: Year’s First Big Heatwave Raises Wildfire Risk in West
Jun 3 2024 // Severe heat will raise the risk of brush and grassfires from central and northern California, also bringing a moderate to and high risk of wildfires in parts of Arizona and New Mexico, a forecast out on Monday shows. The...
#14 Oregon Wildfire Growing After Active Day
Jun 27 2024 // A wildfire near La Pine, Oregon that has prompted evacuation orders grew to 3,889 acres on Thursday morning. The Darlene 3 Fire, which started Tuesday, is now 30% contained. Winds and warm temperatures on Tuesday resulted...
#15 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...
#16 Emerald Bay and Arrowhead Launch Commercial Earthquake Facility in California, Pacific Northwest
Jun 7 2024 // Emerald Bay Risk Solutions and Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. have launched a commercial earthquake facility that provides difference in conditions insurance policies for medium to large businesses. Arrowhead EQ...
#17 ShakeAlert Adding Satellite Capabilities for Earthquake Warnings
Jun 10 2024 // The U.S. Geological Survey and its partners have come out with a new capability designed to characterize large earthquakes quickly in hopes of helping warn the public about potentially damaging shaking headed their...
#18 Potential Tropical Storm in Southern Gulf of Mexico Gathers Strength
Jun 18 2024 // Tropical storm watches have been posted along the Texas and Mexican coasts as a low-pressure system gathers strength in Bay of Campeche at the southern end of the Gulf of Mexico and threatens heavy rain across Central...
#19 Tropical Storm Alberto to Bring Flooding to Coastal South Texas
Jun 19 2024 // Tropical storm Alberto has caused flooding and more than three feet of storm surge in parts of coastal south Texas but is not expected to strengthen to hurricane force, meteorologists say. Alberto is the first named storm...
#20 Key Emerging Risks: Cascading Effects of Natural Disasters, Supply Chain Resilience
Jun 12 2024 // Key emerging risks facing global economies, businesses and the re/insurance industry include the cascading effects of natural disasters, the weakening resilience of supply chains and the repercussions of persistent...
