All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 5 2021 // Hurricane Delta, which made landfall in southwestern Louisiana in early October 2020 about 11 miles from where the devastating Hurricane Laura hit a little more than a month earlier, cost $2.9 billion in the United States...
Mar 24 2021 // Texas’ wind and hail insurer of last resort for properties in the state’s coastal counties has determined it needs $4.03 billion in funding to prepare for this year’s hurricane season.The board of...
Mar 23 2021 // Nearly $22 million in additional funding is now available from FEMA to assist in recovery from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana.FEMA said that damage from Laura was so severe that it crossed the threshold of FEMA’s...
Mar 22 2021 // A Florida man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma. Steven Rembert, 49, of Orange County, was sentenced Monday in Orlando federal court, according to court...
Mar 5 2021 // The majority of National Flood Insurance Program claims in Louisiana stemming from Hurricane Laura, which hit the state in August 2020, have been closed.FEMA says the NFIP has closed 87% of the 1,227 claims submitted and...
Feb 22 2021 // As of Feb. 1, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) had paid out more than $115 million in flood claims in Louisiana in response to the 2020 hurricane season. That figure is up from the $110 million in NFIP payments...
Feb 12 2021 // Residents in six Louisiana parishes have until mid-March to apply for Hurricane Zeta, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says. The deadline for parishes and other public entities to apply for Zeta aid has passed.The...
Feb 8 2021 // Through the end of 2020 property/casualty insurers paid out or reserved $7.7 billion On claims of all types resulting from Hurricanes Laura, Delta and Zeta in Louisiana, the state insurance department reported.The...
Feb 2 2021 // As of Feb. 1, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has paid out more than $115 million in flood claims in Louisiana in response to the 2020 hurricane season. That figure is up from the $110 million in NFIP payments...
Jan 27 2021 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is asking President Joe Biden for $3 billion to help Louisiana with its ongoing recovery from the 2020 hurricanes, saying that he’s filed a request with the new White House similar to...
Jan 26 2021 // FEMA has approved more than $1 billion in federal disaster assistance, long-term disaster loans and flood insurance claims since Hurricanes Laura and Delta hit the state in 2020. Laura made landfall in Louisiana in late...
Jan 25 2021 // The grim statistical tally of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season highlighted a dramatic year, one that saw the most active such season in recorded history.Last year, there were 30 named storms and 13 hurricanes, of which...
Jan 20 2021 // The Army Corps of Engineers is getting nearly $12.5 million to help build a Louisiana hurricane protection system and could pay $2.1 billion of the expected cost, officials said.Three Republicans in Louisiana’s...
Jan 19 2021 // A weather system packing hurricane-force wind gusts has caused extensive damage and power outages in western and central North Dakota.The National Weather Service reported wind gusts of 77 mph at Garrison, 81 mph in...
Jan 19 2021 // By 2050, climate change-related weather events will have a meaningful impact on future hurricane losses, increasing them by 20% or more and in some cases doubling them, even without any increase in the concentration of...
Jan 14 2021 // Louisianans who suffered damage from Hurricane Zeta in Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and Terrebonne parishes should register for federal disaster assistance as soon as possible, FEMA says.The...
Jan 6 2021 // Two Louisiana parishes have been added to the federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Delta.Survivors in Allen and Iberia parishes are now eligible for federal disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage...
Jan 6 2021 // The Trump administration has approved Gov. Tate Reeves’ request for federal help following Hurricane Zeta.President Donald Trump declared the disaster on New Year’s Eve, ordering federal aid to help South...
Dec 30 2020 // The 2020 hurricane season was one for the books. From ferocious storms battering the Gulf Coast to heavy rains inundating the Florida Panhandle, the Atlantic saw an unprecedented amount of activity this year.The Weather...
Dec 27 2020 // As southwest Louisiana recovers from the back-to-back hurricanes that hammered the region this year, signs of progress compete with lingering evidence of mass destruction. The fallen trees that carpeted neighborhoods have...