Historic Hurricane Michael: How It Stacks Up To Other U.S., Florida Storms
Hurricane Michael made landfall Wednesday on the Florida Panhandle with winds of 155 miles per hour. A hurricane reaches Category 5 status when winds reach 157 miles per hour.
October 11, 2018
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Michael Is The Strongest Hurricane To Hit The Continental US In 14 Years
Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle with frightening fury.<br /><br />The Category 4 storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 155 mph as it made landfall near Mexico Beach.
October 11, 2018
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Michael, A Category 4, Could Become The Strongest Hurricane On Record To Strike The Florida Panhandle
Hurricane Michael rapidly gained strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday night and continued to intensify Wednesday morning, threatening to become the most intense hurricane on record to strike the Florida Panhandle. The dangerous Category 4 hurricane has winds up to 145 mph, and is predicted to make landfall Wednesday afternoon.
October 10, 2018
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Evacuations Ordered As Florida Braces For Hurricane Michael
Residents of northwest Florida had until early Tuesday to leave their homes ahead of Hurricane Michael, forecast to crash ashore midweek as a major Category 3 storm with "life-threatening" flash flooding possible.
October 9, 2018
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Tropical Storm Michael nears hurricane strength, state of emergency declared in Florida
Tropical Storm Michael has strengthened overnight and is nearing hurricane-force winds on Monday morning as it sets its sights on the Florida Panhandle.<br />Florida Gov. Rick Scott already declared a state of emergency in 26 counties in the northern part of the state on Sunday.
October 8, 2018
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Travelers Unit Not Obligated To Defend Hotel Group In Breach
A Travelers Cos. Inc. unit has successfully obtained a declaratory judgment it has no duty to defend a Florida hotel group under its commercial general liability coverage in connection with $2.4 million in fines and other costs it incurred stemming from a data breach.
October 5, 2018
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Is Katrina Still The Costliest Hurricane Of All Time? It’s Complicated.
Despite the monster storms this hurricane season and in 2017, Katrina remains No. 1 on the list of costliest hurricanes. But a twist on the list, with today’s population calculated into historic storms, puts a Florida storm in the top spot, with Katrina at No. 3 and Florida storms otherwise dominating.
October 3, 2018
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Florida City Files $9.7M Lawsuit Against Insurers Of Utility Equipment Manufacturer
A group of insurance companies are reportedly on the hook for the sum of $9.7 million relating to an accident that occurred two years ago.
September 26, 2018
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Allstate, Progressive, State Farm Group Calls Out Law Firms Driving Up Insurance Costs
With small claims cases in Florida spiraling out of control, a group of insurers is looking to confront the law firms who are thought to be contributing to the rise of insurance costs in the state.
September 25, 2018
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Florida
Hit-And-Run Crash Into Lube Shop Causes $800K In Damage
An early morning fire that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars to a business began when a car hit the building early Saturday (Sept. 22) morning, according to Tampa Fire Rescue.
September 24, 2018
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Q&A: The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
As Hurricane Florence surged toward land last week, meteorologists and emergency agencies took notice. The storm was a Category 4 hurricane, the second-strongest type, and it was drawing a bead on the Carolina coast.
September 17, 2018
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Gordon Insured Losses Estimated At $125 Million
Insured losses from Tropical Storm Gordon, which made landfall near the Alabama-Mississippi border Tuesday night with 70 mph sustained wind speeds, will be approximately $125 million, according to Karen Clark & Co.
September 7, 2018
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Gordon Dumps Heavy Rains, Hurricane Florence Barrels Toward Bermuda
Tropical Depression Gordon was expected on Thursday to dump more rain on central U.S. states, while Hurricane Florence, a monster Category 3 storm, churned toward Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center said.
September 6, 2018
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Twisters And Flash Flooding Likely As Tropical Storm Gordon Moves Inland
Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane but it was deadly all the same, killing a child by blowing a tree onto a mobile home as it made landfall. The storm later weakened into a depression on Wednesday, dumping heavy rains across southern states.
September 5, 2018
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Second Quarter 2018 Cargo Theft Trends Analysis
In the second quarter of 2018, CargoNet® recorded 328 supply chain risk intelligence events in the United States and Canada. Sixty-four percent of incidents involved a stolen vehicle, and 48% involved stolen cargo among several other kinds of events, such as identity theft, missing drivers, and police intelligence.
August 31, 2018
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