Almost 25 years have passed since a Category 5 hurricane struck south of Miami, and the city’s vulnerability to catastrophic storm damage has grown exponentially, according to a new insurance underwriters’ analysis.
Today NOAA issued the scheduled update for its 2017 hurricane season outlook. Forecasters are now predicting a higher likelihood of an above-normal season, and they increased the predicted number of named storms and major hurricanes. The season has the potential to be extremely active, and could be the most active since 2010.
A Desire neighborhood that sits in the shadow of a major Sewerage & Water Board pump station took on several feet of water during Saturday’s heavy rainstorm. The flood left people cleaning out their flooded cars and business owners trying to dry out and re-open.
Three hundred Farmers Insurance claims investigators have been conditionally certified as a class in their quest to prove they shouldn’t be exempt from overtime.<br /><br />
The insurance company covering the Chester church that owned a bus carrying a Rock Hill football team when it crashed last year, has agreed to pay $2 million for liability and under-insured motorist coverage, according to court documents and lawyers in a civil suit filed after the crash.
Walt Disney Co paid $177 million, in addition to insurance recoveries, to settle the closely watched "pink slime" defamation case against its ABC network by Beef Products Inc., a quarterly financial report shows.
Heavy rains that caused flooding in some parts of the Houston area and prompted about two-dozen water rescues on Tuesday seemed to have let up, but with more rain expected authorities remain on guard and residents should stay prepared, officials said.
Tim Bailey shares his lower Manhattan office with Zeek and Zadie, his two pet dachshunds. "We as a company have from the very beginning pushed to be very pet-friendly," said Bailey, director of operations for Bond Collective, which leases shared office space to start-ups and other companies.
A tornado with winds of up to 105 mph tossed vehicles and knocked down a concrete building in Salisbury on Monday afternoon, meteorologists confirmed Tuesday. It left a path of damage three-quarters of a mile long and 100 to 150 yards wide, they said.
A recall on papayas has been expanded to three brands, with more recalls possible, after the Food and Drug Administration narrowed in on the source of a salmonella outbreak that has been blamed for at least one death and has sickened over 100 more dating back to May.
It was a messy commute for many drivers who woke up to flooded roads early Tuesday.<br />As of 8:55 a.m. most of the heavy rain moved out of the Houston area, but KHOU 11 Meteorologist Chita Craft warns more rain is on the way. There’s a 40 percent rain chance on Wednesday, mainly in the morning hours.
