Hurricane Dorian has proven a tremendously destructive extreme weather event by nearly any measure, claiming a reported seven lives as of Wednesday and destroying wide swaths of the Bahamas’ Abaco and Grand Bahama Island districts. The historic storm is also producing a substantial number of travel insurance claims, report officials at Allianz Global Assistance.
Hurricane Dorian, which pummeled the Bahamas, could cost the country $7 billion in insured and uninsured losses, according to an estimate from risk modeler Karen Clark & Co.
As Hurricane Dorian made its way closer to Florida on Tuesday, Tropical Storm Fernand formed in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed Wednesday morning in the far east Atlantic.
Hurricane Dorian smashed parts of the tourism-dependent Bahamas to ruins, leaving relief officials scrambling on Tuesday to battle an unfolding humanitarian crisis as the scale of the catastrophe begins to emerge.
Hurricane Dorian, the storm currently devastating the Bahamas, will cause at least $25 billion of losses for insurers, according to analysts at UBS Group AG, a figure that would make it the most expensive natural disaster for the industry since 2017.
Hurricane Dorian’s winds ratcheted up to 130 mph Friday night, making it a Category 4, the National Hurricane Center said in an extra update half an hour after its usual 8 p.m. advisory.
Hurricane Dorian is now forecast to be a Category 4 storm -- with sustained winds of around 130 mph -- when it makes its expected landfall in the US on Monday, likely somewhere along Florida’s Atlantic coast, the National Hurricane Center says.
Hurricane Dorian was expected to become a “dangerous” storm as it trudges toward Florida after sweeping through the U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane Dorian was expected to become a “dangerous” storm as it trudges toward Florida after sweeping through the U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said in its 5 p.m. update.
As the scale and frequency of major disasters escalate, millions of dollars in federal, state and insurance payments intended for recovery efforts are being stolen by fraudsters taking advantage of chaos and the pipeline of aid flowing into the stricken areas.
Hurricanes Camille and Katrina were as different as night and day, yet those who lived through both storms say the two were similar in many ways. Saturday, Aug. 17 is the 50th anniversary of Camille and Aug. 29 will be 14 years since Katrina.
After a timid start to the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters are advising that conditions have changed to allow for "above-normal" activity as the peak months of the season have arrived.
Technology is a tool, like fire or gin. It can be used for good or for ill. Most workers on a construction site or in a warehouse are willing to wear a sensor if it will keep them from getting run over by a forklift or knocked off a ledge by a crane.
Hurricanes come and go, but the threat of flooding is here to stay. For example, Hurricane Barry’s projected damage will land somewhere between $500 million and $900 million in flood and wind losses, according to CoreLogic.
I’ll make a prediction, which is a hallmark of science: I do not think that anything substantial will happen to combat the effects of climate change for the next 10 to 20 years, because that is how long it will take for the public to care.
