All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 31 2011 // The only thing worse than getting flooded out of your home once is getting flooded out of it twice. Or, for that matter, over and over again.Margaret Wert bought her Wayne, New Jersey house in 1999, relying on assurances...
Aug 30 2011 // For Mavis Powers, a lifetime of work and keepsakes were washed away when Hurricane Irene drove a 13-foot storm surge up Muddy Creek and through her home.The 77-year-old doll maker and collector held her head Sunday as she...
Aug 30 2011 // The Miami-based National Hurricane Center is currently tracking Tropical Storm Katia, which formed earlier today out of tropical depression 12.The latest tropical storm of the already busy hurricane season is “moving...
Aug 29 2011 // Hurricane Irene spun away from South Carolina on Saturday, leaving behind only minor damage and residents breathing a sigh of relief.The storm came closest to South Carolina early Saturday, a few hours before it made...
Aug 29 2011 // A.M. Best has begun an assessment of the potential financial impact Hurricane Irene’s passage through the Caribbean and up the East coast of the U.S. might have on the property/casualty industry in the U.S.,...
Aug 29 2011 // AIR Worldwide has estimated that insured losses in the Caribbean from Hurricane Irene will be between $500 million and $1.1 billion. AIR said it “expects the Bahamas will account for more than 60 percent of the...
Aug 29 2011 // Hurricane Irene swept through Manhattan Sunday but reserved the worst of its fury for towns and suburbs up and down the northeastern United States, where driving rain and flood tides inundated homes and cut power to...
Aug 29 2011 // The forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami aren’t getting a great deal of rest these days, as the 2011 hurricane season heats up.After days spent tracking Hurricane Irene, the NHC is currently...
Aug 28 2011 // While people in New York and the rest of the U.S. East Coast on Friday were buying batteries and water ahead of Hurricane Irene, some investors were more focused on placing their bets just in case this really is “the...
Aug 28 2011 // Hurricane Irene caused between $200 million and $400 million in insured losses in the Carolinas, catastrophe modeling company Eqecat said on Sunday.At 7:30 a.m. ET Saturday, Aug. 27, Irene made its first landfall just west...
Aug 26 2011 // In addition to advising their policyholders on what to do to protect against Hurricane Irene, property/casualty insurers and brokers are themselves taking precautions—and positioning their claims teams for the...
Aug 26 2011 // Parts of the southeastern United States were already experiencing dangerous swells and rip tides Thursday as Hurricane Irene exited the Bahamas. On Friday afternoon, ahead of Hurricane Irene’s forecasted arrival in...
Aug 26 2011 // Hurricane Irene is likely to cause more insured losses in the Bahamas than 1999’s devastating Hurricane Floyd, catastrophe modeler AIR Worldwide said Thursday, even as the storm increasingly tracks toward a weekend...
Aug 26 2011 // North Carolina braced Friday for a direct hit from Hurricane Irene, cities along the U.S. east coast were on alert and millions of beach goers cut short vacations to escape the powerful storm.With more than 50 million...
Aug 26 2011 // Large and powerful Hurricane Irene roared across the Bahamas archipelago on Wednesday, knocking down trees and destroying homes on a path that officials said posed the greatest threat to the country’s smaller,...
Aug 25 2011 // Wind-driven water like that occurring during Hurricane Irene penetrates openings in residential roofs but roof deck seams can be sealed to reduce any damage, according to tests by an insurance home safety institute.The...
Aug 25 2011 // Every property owner in North Carolina has a financial stake in the damage risk posed by Hurricane Irene, which could become the first to hit the state since a new method of paying for coastal storm damage allowed for...
Aug 25 2011 // With Hurricane Irene approaching, evacuations began on a tiny barrier island off North Carolina early Wednesday in what would be a test of whether people in the crosshairs of what could be the first major storm in years...
Aug 25 2011 // Hurricane Irene washed away homes in the Bahamas Thursday as its battering winds and rain headed toward the U.S. eastern seaboard including densely populated New York and New England.U.S. emergency officials have urged...
Aug 25 2011 // In the annals of natural disasters, it doesn’t get much worse than a major hurricane directly striking New York City and Long Island.Hurricane Irene is on a course that will take it up the East Coast from the...