Tropical Storm Fay Leaves About $400M in Insured Losses Behind July 15, 2020 By Jim Sams Tropical Storm Fay managed to cause about $400 million in insured losses after coming ashore in Atlantic City, New Jersey...
Skies Go Gray Over Florida, Gulf of Mexico on African Dust Blobs June 26, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan Summer brings long hot days and afternoon thunderstorms across the U.S. Now you can add African dust to the mix....
Oil Refineries, Offshore Drillers Face Hurricane Challenges Amid Pandemic June 5, 2020 By Erwin Seba HOUSTON — As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in...
Tropical Storm Lands in South Carolina Ahead of Atlantic Season May 27, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan The Atlantic’s second storm of 2020 made landfall just east of Charleston, South Carolina, with the official start of the...
Owner’s Latest Claim for Damaged Yacht Hits Shoal in Federal Appellate Court December 20, 2019 By Jim Sams James Shackleford paid $120,000 for a 65-foot sailboat in 2009, hoping to fix up the vessel and one day sail...
Busy Hurricane Season Does Less Damage, but Leaves Ominous Signs November 25, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The Atlantic Ocean has spawned lots of storms this season while doing much less damage than prior years. But warming...
`Back-Loaded’ Hurricane Season Bearing Down on U.S. Coast August 16, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan Don’t be lulled by a quiet June and July, the real Atlantic hurricane season is about to kick off. The...
Flooded Mississippi a Threat as Hurricane Season Heats Up August 15, 2019 By Jeff Martin and Janet McConnaughey NEW ORLEANS — The river that drains much of the flood-soaked United States is still running far higher than normal,...
Tropical Storm Barry May Form in Gulf of Mexico Later This Week July 9, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan A tropical storm may loom in the Gulf of Mexico late Wednesday or early on July 11 as a low...
U.S. Hurricane Season Is Unnecessarily Dangerous June 11, 2019 By Eric Roston Forecasters are expecting this year’s North Atlantic hurricane season to be roughly average, with about 14 named storms including six...