Latest Hurricane Headlines

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Hurricane Epsilon Bypasses Bermuda and Heads into North Atlantic

Oct 23 2020 // Bermuda has been spared the worst of Hurricane Epsilon, which passed 200 miles to the east of the island and is heading , according to a report from Weather Underground.However, Epsilon’s large size, at times,...

Hurricane Epsilon, 10th of Season, Expected to Approach Bermuda Tonight

Oct 22 2020 // Hurricane Epsilon, the 10th of this very busy Atlantic season, was moving toward Bermuda on Wednesday.Epsilon is expected to make its closest approach to the island on Thursday night, and there is a risk of a direct...

More than 6,500 Still in Louisiana Shelters After Hurricanes

Oct 21 2020 // More than 6,500 people are still in temporary shelters after back-to-back hurricanes hit Louisiana, according to the state, but some are being told to leave.The Department of Children and Family Services said about 6,430...

Tropical Storm Epsilon Grows in Strength as It Heads Toward Bermuda

Oct 20 2020 // Tropical Storm Epsilon has formed in the central Atlantic and will move northwest, probably growing into a hurricane as it nears Bermuda late this week.Epsilon’s winds have reached 40 miles (64 kilometers) per hour...

Study: Hurricane Irma Led to 400 Senior Deaths in Florida Nursing Homes

Oct 16 2020 // The aftereffects of 2017’s Hurricane Irma appear to have killed more than 400 senior residents of Florida nursing homes, a new university study shows.Researchers at the University of South Florida and Brown...

Louisianans Warned of Contractor Fraud Following Dual Hurricanes

Oct 16 2020 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon and State Representative Jonathan Goudeau are warning residents affected by Hurricanes Laura and Delta that both the Louisiana Department of Insurance and Rep. Goudeau’s...

What 3Q Catastrophe Losses Mean for U.S. P/C Results

Oct 16 2020 // Driven by an elevated frequency of events during the quarter, third quarter natural catastrophe losses for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry will be the largest since the third quarter of 2017, according to...

Catastrophe Risk Experts Estimate Up to $3B in U.S. Insured Losses from Delta

Oct 15 2020 // Two catastrophe risk and property data providers have estimated U.S. onshore insured losses from Hurricane Delta will come in at between $0.7 billion and $3 billion.Global property information, analytics and data provider...

Future Unsure for Many After Louisiana’s Back-to-Back Hurricanes

Oct 14 2020 // Michele Vincent’s home was largely intact in spite of hurricanes Laura and Delta. But tears streamed down her face as she looked at her church’s broken windows and shattered pews.“It’s hard to come...

RenaissanceRe Estimates Net Negative Impact of $325M from Q3 Natural Catastrophes

Oct 14 2020 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced it estimates that natural catastrophes during the third quarter of 2020 will have a net negative impact of approximately $325 million.The estimated net negative impact is primarily...

Karen Clark & Co. Estimates $950M Insured Loss in U.S. from Delta

Oct 13 2020 // The catastrophe risk modeling firm Karen Clark & Co. (KCC) has estimated that the insured loss to onshore properties from Hurricane Delta will be close to $1.25 billion, which includes $950 million wind and storm surge...

State Takes over Houston’s Hurricane Harvey Home Repair Program

Oct 12 2020 // All Houston, Texas, resident Alice Torres has wanted in the three years since Hurricane Harvey hit was to repair her family’s flood-damaged home so her 85-year-old mother can feel safe and settled again.But when her...

Returning After Hurricane Delta, Louisiana Evacuees Face Power Outages, Extreme Heat

Oct 11 2020 // 10/11/2020 06:21 PM— Storm-weary coastal Louisiana residents who fled from the path of Hurricane Delta in recent days streamed back to their homes on Sunday to face cleanup and repairs from the second hurricane to batter...

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner: Pay Only 1 Hurricane Deductible Per Season

Oct 8 2020 // Louisiana’s single season named-storm/hurricane deductible law prohibits a homeowner from paying more than one named-storm/hurricane deductible in the same hurricane season, the state insurance department is...

Update: Louisiana Residents Flee as Delta Bears Down on U.S. Gulf Coast

Oct 8 2020 // 10/09/2020 10:41 AM LAKE CHARLES, La., Oct 9 — The streets in Lake Charles in southwest Louisiana were deserted as a powerful Hurricane Delta approached, threatening to add misery to people struggling to recover from the...

CoreLogic: Nearly 300K Gulf Coast Homes at Possible Risk From Delta

Oct 8 2020 // CoreLogic an Irvine, Calif.-based global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, has released data analysis showing 293,685 single-family and multifamily homes across Louisiana and the U.S....

Still in Recovery Mode, Louisiana Braces for Hurricane Delta

Oct 8 2020 // Louisiana is steeling itself for another in a record-breaking series of violent storms as Hurricane Delta sped across the Gulf of Mexico toward a region still recovering from the last storm.Delta struck Mexico’s...

U.S. Offshore Energy Firms Prep for Massive Hurricane

Oct 7 2020 // Oil and gas workers withdrew en masse from U.S. offshore production facilities and onshore refineries began preparations on Wednesday as Hurricane Delta was forecast to grow into a powerful storm over the Caribbean on its...

Category 3 Hurricane Delta Hits Mexico; Expected to Strengthen, Then Move to U.S.

Oct 7 2020 // Updated Oct 7., 2020, 6:58 AM— Hurricane Delta weakened to a Category 3 storm just before slamming into the coast of Mexico, but remains life-threatening.Delta came ashore along the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula near...

Alabama Coast Struggles to Recover from Hurricane Sally

Oct 6 2020 // Alabama’s beaches have reopened, but the state’s coast has hardly recovered fully from the effects of Hurricane Sally last month.Visitors still have limited options for getting to the sand because so many...