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#1 Florida’s Citizens Suspends Binding on Policies as Another Storm Churns in the Gulf

Nov 6 2024 // Florida’s state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the largest insurer in the state, suspended binding on policies, statewide, as yet another hurricane approaches from the Carribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico....

#2 Florida Commission Accepts Three New Flood Models as Storm Impacts Rise

Nov 14 2024 // As with computer models that help predict risk from hurricane winds, insurers now have more than one model to use when gauging flood damage in storm-soaked Florida.The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection...

#3 KBRA Says Florida Insurers Will Weather the Storms; Cat Fund Can Handle Payouts

Nov 1 2024 // Florida’s Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, a state-created layer of reinsurance, expects to pay out about $4.6 billion to help cover insurers’ losses in Hurricanes Helene and Milton. But that won’t trigger a...

#4 Storm-Weary Philippines Forcibly Evacuates Thousands as Another Typhoon Hits

Nov 12 2024 // A new typhoon barreled across an agricultural region in the northeastern Philippines on Monday after thousands were evacuated to safety while still struggling to recover from the devastation caused by three successive...

#5 Hurricane Helene Isn’t the Only Big Storm North Carolina Is Recovering From

Nov 20 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Almost two months after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on western North Carolina, Republican lawmakers grilled officials Monday over how they handled two other hurricanes that hit the state several...

#6 Spain Declares Three Days of Mourning as Storms Kill More Than 90

Oct 31 2024 // Spain declared three days of mourning as heavy rains killed more than 90 people, in what is already one of the country’s worst-ever natural disasters.The local government of Valencia, the coastal region at the...

#7 Severe Storms and Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma, Leaving 11 Hospitalized

Nov 5 2024 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Severe storms and tornadoes battered Oklahoma early Sunday, tossing cars and ripping roofs off buildings in the middle of the night and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without...

#8 Spain Reports 62 Dead After One of Century’s Worst Storms

Oct 30 2024 // More than 60 people died as eastern Spain was hit by one of the worst storms in decades on Tuesday night.The storm is “one of the three strongest in the last century in the region of Valencia,” the Spanish...

#9 South Africa Declares National Disaster After Floods, Storms

Nov 13 2024 // South Africa declared a national disaster after floods and storms caused widespread damage in the country, allowing the government to free up funds for relief and reconstruction.Disruptive rains, floods, strong winds and...

#10 Philippines Races to Limit Storm Damage as Trami Keeps Strength

Oct 25 2024 // The Philippines is ramping up efforts to contain the devastation caused by severe tropical storm Trami, which has killed 25 people, affected millions and shut government offices for a third straight day on Friday.President...

#11 Oklahoma Insurance Department Provides Post-Storm Tips

Nov 13 2024 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department is offering assistance to residents affected by the severe storms that hit the state in early November. Tornadoes and severe storms struck Oklahoma Nov. 2-4, injuring at least 11 people...

#12 Aerospace Startup Partners With NASA, USGS to Monitor Wildfires, Storms From Space

Oct 31 2024 // Aerospace startup Sceye has partnered with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to deploy climate management tools to monitor wildfires and storms from the edge of space, the company and the government agencies exclusively...

#13 Tropical Storm Sara Menaces Honduras With Catastrophic Floods

Nov 15 2024 // Tropical Storm Sara has formed off the coast of Honduras, threatening to unleash catastrophic flooding and landslides across Central America.Sara, the Atlantic’s 18th named storm this season, had top winds of 40...

#14 Would Letting Roofers Do More Wind-Mitigation Work Help Reduce Florida’s Insured Losses in Storms?

Nov 18 2024 // A recent photograph of destruction left by Hurricane Milton’s wind tells the story: An entire roof section on a residential complex in Bradenton, Florida – including rafters and ceiling joists – was...

#15 Rating Firm Says Florida Insurers Will Weather the Storms. Cat Fund Can Handle Payouts to Insurers

Nov 18 2024 // Florida’s Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, a state-created layer of reinsurance, expects to pay out about $4.6 billion to help cover insurers’ losses in Hurricanes Helene and Milton. But that won’t trigger a...