For the second time in two weeks, Tampa General Hospital is getting ready to keep water at bay. Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall Wednesday and will test the hospital’s flood barrier. It takes dozens of facilities workers to …
Milton is on track to deal a devastating blow to Florida’s vibrant Tampa Bay region, potentially delivering the first direct hit from a hurricane in a century just as residents and businesses were beginning to pick up the pieces from …
Moody’s RMS Event Response on Monday released an estimate showing total U.S. private market insured losses from Hurricane Helene could be between $8 billion and $14 billion. Moody’s puts its best estimate at $11 billion. The estimate represents insured losses …
Hurricane Milton is on track to become a catastrophic Category 5 storm as it rakes Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on a path toward Florida’s western coastline, where evacuations are underway in a region still recovering from Helene’s devastation. The storm’s top …
Total insured loss from Hurricane Helene is now estimated at between $10.5 billion and $17.5 billion—a figure that continues to grow as more damages are assessed, pushing catastrophe modelers to continually revise estimates upward. The estimate out from CoreLogic on …
When Hurricane Helene barreled ashore last week, it caused devastating flooding across the southeastern U.S., including in the Shore Acres area of St. Petersburg, Florida. The neighborhood saw 6 feet of storm surge, which flooded roads and homes. It was …
AccuWeather has increased its estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Helene in the U.S. to between $225 billion and $250 billion. The update accounts for new verified information, including the loss of life, the immediate and …
Privately insured losses from Hurricane Helene will be about $6.4 billion from wind, storm surge and inland flooding in nine states, according to Karen Clark & Co., a well-regarded storm modeling and analytics firm. The figure includes residential, commercial and …
President Joe Biden said he directed the Pentagon to send up to 1,000 active duty troops to help with recovery operations in North Carolina ahead of a trip to one of the states hardest hit by Hurricane Helene to survey …
Cotton growers are facing devastating losses and delays from Hurricane Helene just as harvest was beginning, marking the latest blow to profits in an already weak market. The storm ripped through the cotton-growing regions of Georgia and the Carolinas after …