2015 weather forecast News

Energy Companies Are Preparing for Possibility of Joaquin Hitting NYC Area

U.S. energy companies said on Wednesday they were preparing for the possibility that Hurricane Joaquin could hit the New York City area early next week, potentially following the destructive course of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Joaquin strengthened into a hurricane …

Eastern U.S. Soaked by Rain as Hurricane Joaquin Gains Force Near Bahamas

The weather outlook for the eastern U.S. is starting to resemble the plot of a 1970s disaster movie in which everything that could go wrong did. From the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, the coastal states have been soaked by rain. …

Forecasters Watching Tropical Storm Joaquin as It Churns in Atlantic

Forecasters are watching Tropical Storm Joaquin as it churns in the Atlantic near the Bahamas to see if it will become a threat to the U.S. East Coast later this week. Joaquin was about 385 miles (620 kilometers) northeast of …

Why Homeowners Should Worry Despite ‘Calm’ Hurricane Forecast

The Colorado State University hurricane forecast for the Atlantic Ocean came out Thursday and called for seven named storms. That would be the fewest since 1997. The CSU forecast will be followed soon by a host of others, most of …

The Science of Hail Verification

This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Insurers that constantly face nature’s unpredictable fury must also manage claims in a way that both covers policyholder damage and maintains reserves to cover future events. In the case of …

As West Bakes and Northeast Shivers, Elsewhere Tornadoes Almost Disappear

The same weather pattern that made the West warm and dry and the Northeast cold and snowy has contributed to keeping the rest of the U.S. relatively free of tornadoes so far this year. In the first two months of …