Federal Court Splits North Carolina Hurricane Insurance Claims November 15, 2023 By Insurance Journal staff A North Carolina investment firm and its property insurer have each won partial victories in a dispute over hurricane insurance...
Hurricanes Stay Stronger Longer After Landfall Than in Past November 12, 2020 By Seth Borenstein Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study....
He Died Fleeing a Hurricane, Nobody Has Claimed his Body August 19, 2019 By Richard Stradling WHITEVILLE, N.C. — Shannon Godwin was putting plywood on the windows of his home the day before Hurricane Florence was...
Hurricane Victims Frustrated with Slow Housing Recovery July 26, 2019 By Amanda Morris SPRING LAKE, N.C. — The heating and air conditioning in Carrie Johnson’s home — damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016...
Mobile Home Residents Hit With Soaring Rent After Hurricanes July 11, 2019 By Amanda Morris LUMBERTON, N.C. — For eight years, James Lesane paid what he could for his mobile home lot rental every month...
Congress Passes $19 Billion in Disaster Aid, Sends Bill to Trump June 4, 2019 By Erik Wasson and Steven T. Dennis The House cleared a $19 billion disaster-aid plan for areas hit by hurricanes, Midwest floods and California wildfires on Monday...
CoreLogic Says 7.3 Million Homes, $1.8 Trillion at Risk from Hurricane Storm Surge May 30, 2019 The Atlantic hurricane season, which begins Saturday, puts 7.3 million homes at risk with an estimated reconstruction cost of $1.8...
Atlantic Could Spawn 8 Hurricanes in 2019, U.S. Government Says May 24, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan As many as eight hurricanes may form in the Atlantic in 2019, a “near normal” season following two years of...
U.S. Forecasters Predict Near Average 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season May 23, 2019 U.S. forecasters expect the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season beginning June 1 to be near average in the number and intensity...
Wave of New Tech Firms Targeting Farms as Weather Wars Mount April 15, 2019 By Lydia Mulvany and Brian K. Sullivan When surprise hailstorms hit the 6,000 acres Trevor Scherman plants each year with peas, wheat, canola and lentils, his first...