New Models Aim to Better Predict Storm Surge, Insured Losses From Hurricanes June 2, 2023 By Insurance Journal staff Two new hurricane forecast models promise to help property owners and insurers better predict the losses from storms that may...
Super Typhoon Mawar Passes over Guam as Category 4 Storm May 25, 2023 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher HONOLULU (AP) – Typhoon Mawar barreled into Guam as a powerful Category 4 storm Wednesday, pummeling the U.S. Pacific territory...
How Coconuts Protect the Jersey Shore, Other Eroding Coasts March 13, 2023 By Wayne Parry NEPTUNE, N.J. (AP) — Coastal communities around the world are adding a tropical twist to shoreline protection, courtesy of the...
House Advances Giant Texas Storm Surge Project in Water Bill December 12, 2022 By Juan A. Lozano and Michael Phillis HOUSTON (AP) — Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas — but...
Nicole Aims at Bahamas, Likely to Reach Florida as Hurricane November 8, 2022 By Will Wade Nicole has strengthened into a tropical storm as it bears down on the Bahamas and is expected to become a...
Subtropical Storm Nicole Could Hit Eastern Florida This Week November 7, 2022 By Brian K. Sullivan Subtropical Storm Nicole is forecast to come ashore in southeastern Florida as a Category 1 hurricane bringing a surge of...
NFIP: 43,000 Flood Claims and $273 Million Paid So Far After Hurricane Ian November 2, 2022 By Insurance Journal staff The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reminding flood insurance policyholders hit by Hurricane Ian that they have an extra three...
Florida Building Codes Made a Big Difference for Newer Homes in Ian, Reports Show October 18, 2022 By William Rabb In the hardest-hit parts of southwest Florida, many newer structures survived remarkably intact in Hurricane Ian’s winds, suggesting that updated...
Lessons from Hurricane Michael Being Applied to Ian Recovery October 17, 2022 By Jay Reeves FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Four years before Category 4 Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida, the state’s Panhandle...
KCC Projects Hurricane Ian Losses Will Top $60 Billion September 30, 2022 By Jim Sams Catastrophe modeler Karen Clark & Co. said Friday that Hurricane Ian will generate nearly $63 billion in losses to private...