Latest Hurricane Headlines

All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Feeling the Strain of a Hurricane? Emergency Adjuster Licensing Can Help

Nov 2 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Hurricane season is upon us once again, and while The Band of Heathens isn’t worried, the rest of us are preparing. So as homeowners brace for unprecedented winds...

Western Europe Braces for Worst Storm of Season With Hurricane-Strength Wind Gusts

Oct 31 2023 // Western Europe is bracing for the worst storm so far this season with hurricane-strength wind gusts and rain potentially disrupting travel and causing damage to buildings.Storm Ciaran will bring heavy rain and intense...

Otis Likely to Be One of Costliest Hurricanes for Mexico Insurance Market: Gallagher Re

Oct 30 2023 // Hurricane Otis is expected to be one of the costliest natural catastrophe events in Mexico’s history with initial economic losses expected to top US$10 billion, according to Gallagher Re.Further, insured losses are...

Acapulco’s Economic Losses Seen at $15 Billion as Hurricane Otis Death Toll Rises

Oct 26 2023 // Hurricane Otis left a trail of destruction in Acapulco after tearing into the historic Mexican beach town with wind speeds of 165 miles (266 kilometers) per hour, smashing shops and wrecking apartment buildings and...

FEMA Raises Federal Cost Share to 90% of Eligible Hurricane Ian Recovery in Florida

Oct 26 2023 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has raised the federal cost share for funding assistance, potentially making millions more dollars available to Florida authorities for Hurricane Ian recovery efforts in Florida, the...

Hurricane Otis Makes Landfall Near Acapulco as Category 5 Storm

Oct 25 2023 // Hurricane Otis made landfall near the tourist hotspot of Acapulco on Mexico’s Pacific Coast as a deadly Category 5 hurricane with winds capable of collapsing homes, ripping apart power lines and tossing trees.The...

Hurricanes Now Twice as Likely to Spin Up From Minor to Whopper, Study Says

Oct 23 2023 // With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday.Last month Hurricane...

Pacific and Atlantic Hurricanes Norma and Tammy Hit Mexico and Barbuda

Oct 23 2023 // Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Hours later, Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of...

Florida Citrus Forecast Improves Over Last Year When Hurricanes Hit State

Oct 16 2023 // The forecast for Florida citrus, the state’s signature crop, is expected to improve in the upcoming season compared to last year when twin hurricanes battered the state at the start of the citrus season, according to...

Judge Denies Firm’s Claim for Hurricane Damages Lawsuit Fees

Oct 16 2023 // A federal judge rejected a request by McClenny Moseley & Associates to claim an interest in legal fees and expenses from a hurricane damage lawsuit, saying the law firm obtained its clients illegally by using a...

Federal Judge Rejects Law Firm’s Claim for Hurricane Damage Lawsuit Fees, Citing Illegal Client Acquisition

Sep 26 2023 // A federal judge rejected a request by McClenny Moseley & Associates to claim an interest in legal fees and expenses from a hurricane damage lawsuit, saying the law firm obtained its clients illegally by using a...

Movie Star Anthony Mackie Returns to New Orleans to Repair Hurricane-Damaged Roofs

Sep 25 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Movie star Anthony Mackie was back in his home town – and back at an old job – as he took part in a program to repair roofs damaged by natural disasters for people who aren’t financially or...

Florida OIR Wants Enhanced Hurricane Ian Data by Sept. 27. Claims Have Topped 740,000

Sep 21 2023 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is reminding carriers that additional information about Hurricane Ian claims is due no later than Sept. 27.By law, the office is required to collect data after hurricanes. Simple...

Lee Heads to New England; Maine on Hurricane Watch

Sep 15 2023 // Coastal communities from Cape Cod to Canada are expecting Hurricane Lee to arrive tonight and Saturday, bringing coastal flooding, damaging winds and heavy rains.The National Hurricane Center placed Maine under a hurricane...

Hurricane Lee to Push Unusual Cape Cod Bay Surge: Weather Watch

Sep 14 2023 // Hurricane Lee’s winds are dropping but its size continues to swell as it comes north toward New England and the Canadian Maritimes where the storm will bring coastal flooding and possible widespread power outages...

Already Soaked New England Warned of More Flooding Today, Hurricane Lee on Weekend

Sep 13 2023 // Already saturated communities in New England are facing continued heavy rains with additional flooding today and the prospect of even more bad weather from Hurricane Lee over the coming weekend.The National Weather Service...

Brave New Whirl: Hurricane Lee Rewriting Rule Book on Storm Behavior

Sep 11 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane.Lee — which just as quickly dropped to a still-dangerous...

Lee’s Rapid Growth Rewriting Hurricane Rule Book

Sep 11 2023 // Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane.Lee – which just as quickly dropped to a still-dangerous Category 3 and held that...

Hurricane Lee Strengthens to Category 5 Storm

Sep 8 2023 // Hurricane Lee has become the strongest Atlantic storm since 2019 with winds of 165 miles (266 kilometers) per hour, and the US National Hurricane Center said the Category 5 system isn’t done growing yet. While the...

‘Eyewall Replacement’ Led to Weakening of Hurricane – This Time, NHC Says

Sep 6 2023 // In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida the storm had grown into a Category 4 beast lurking off the state’s west coast, and the forecast called for it to continue intensifying up until landfall.An...