Hurricane Otis Makes Landfall Near Acapulco as Category 5 Storm October 25, 2023 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Otis made landfall near the tourist hotspot of Acapulco on Mexico’s Pacific Coast as a deadly Category 5 hurricane...
Report: ‘Climate-Exacerbated Wildfires’ Cost U.S. $394B-$893B Each Year October 23, 2023 By Don Jergler “Climate-exacerbated wildfires” cost the nation $394 billion to $893 billion each year in economic costs and damages, according to a...
Pacific and Atlantic Hurricanes Norma and Tammy Hit Mexico and Barbuda October 23, 2023 By Ignacio Martínez and Fernando Llano Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula...
Typhoon Koinu Strengthens as It Heads Toward Hong Kong October 6, 2023 By Richard Frost Typhoon Koinu strengthened as the storm headed across the South China Sea toward Hong Kong, contrary to earlier expectations by...
Agents, Insureds Said Surprised by Nationwide’s 10,000 Nonrenewals in NC September 29, 2023 By William Rabb In February, Nationwide Mutual Insurance filed notice with the North Carolina Department of Insurance that it would non-renew some 10,525...
US Already Sets Record for Yearly Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters September 13, 2023 By Seth Borenstein The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for...
Lee’s Rapid Growth Rewriting Hurricane Rule Book September 11, 2023 By Jeff Martin Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category...
Hurricane Lee Strengthens to Category 5 Storm September 8, 2023 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Lee has become the strongest Atlantic storm since 2019 with winds of 165 miles (266 kilometers) per hour, and...
Report: Climate Change Boosts Risk of Extreme Wildfires 25% September 5, 2023 By Don Jergler A group of scientists used machine learning to quantify empirical relationships between temperature and the risk of extreme daily wildfire...
RMS, Verisk Weigh in With Insured-Loss Estimates in Low Billions of Dollars From Idalia September 5, 2023 Moody’s RMS and Verisk on Monday each released insured loss estimates for Hurricane Idalia. RMS estimated total private market insured...