Frequency of Deadly Hurricanes Has Jumped 300% August 23, 2024 New research indicates that what used to be the 100-year hurricane will now happen every 25 years, according to Deep...
Atlantic Enters Its Most Active Season for Storms: Weather Watch August 23, 2024 By Brian K Sullivan The Atlantic has entered the most dangerous part of its six-month storm season — after months of heat building in...
First Street Finds Most Debby-Damaged Homes Outside Flood Zone, Without Coverage August 15, 2024 More than three-fourths of properties flooded by Hurricane Debby were outside a designated flood hazard area and were likely to...
Gallagher Re: Insured Losses From Hurricane Debby to Be ‘Very Manageable’ August 9, 2024 By Niket Nishant Insurers and reinsurers’ losses from Hurricane Debby are expected to be in the low single-digit billions of dollars, a figure...
Hurricane Debby Threatens to Flood U.S. East After Hitting Florida August 5, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Debby threatens to unleash days of heavy rain and flooding on the US East Coast after slamming into Florida...
AccuWeather: Tropical Threat Developing in Atlantic Could be Next Named Storm July 30, 2024 Debby could be the next name most frequently out of the mouths of hurricane watchers and emergency responders. Meteorologists tracking...
‘Surface Waters’ on Roof Are Not ‘Flood’ Waters, Massachusetts High Court Rules July 24, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute “surface waters” within...
Insurers See Minimal Impact From Hurricane Beryl, but They’re Bracing for an Active Season July 12, 2024 By Ezra Amacher Insurers’ losses from Hurricane Beryl will be “low and readily absorbed” and the storm is not expected to change pricing...
Biden Administration Raises FEMA Bar for Flood Resilience July 11, 2024 By Leslie Kaufman The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has finalized a rule mandating that projects built using its funds not only...
CSU Research Team Increases Atlantic Hurricane Forecast July 10, 2024 Hurricane Beryl got the respected team of researchers at Colorado State University to rethink its forecast for the Atlantic hurricane...