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AccuWeather Puts Total Damage and Economic Loss From Helene at $145B to $160B

AccuWeather increased its estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Helene to between $145 billion and $160 billion. This update is an increase from AccuWeather’s preliminary estimate late last week of total damage and economic loss of …

Helene Unleashes Floods and Knocks out Power to Millions

Tropical Storm Helene is triggering dangerous rain and flooding across the US South, where it has killed at least six people and cut power to over 4 million customers after coming ashore in Florida as a major hurricane. More than …

Hurricane Helene to Hit as Cat 3, and Early Estimates Forecast $3-$6B in Insured Losses

Hurricane Helene is expected to hit Florida as a Category 3, and a property data firm estimates that nearly 25,000 residential properties with a combined reconstruction cost value of $5.6 billion are at risk to storm surge flooding—a reinsurer estimates …

AccuWeather Says Storm Expected to Hit Gulf Coast to Become Category 3 Hurricane

A weather service said a brewing storm headed toward the Gulf Coast is expected to become “a large hurricane with a major storm surge threat and impacts that will reach hundreds of miles inland from where this storm makes landfall.” …

Florida Braces for Potential Gulf Hurricane Strike This Week

The U.S. Gulf Coast from Mississippi to the Florida Panhandle is at risk of a hurricane strike by the end of the week as a patch of turbulent weather in the Atlantic becomes more organized. Currently a swirl of thunderstorms …

AccuWeather Estimates $7B in Damage and Economic Loss from North Carolina Storm

AccuWeather on Wednesday issued a preliminary estimate of the total damage and economic loss from an unnamed storm that struck North Carolina starting last week at $7 billion. Storm effects are continuing to be felt, and some areas have yet …

European Cities Brace for Peak of Floods as Cleanup Starts

Cities from Budapest to Wroclaw in Poland are racing to build up their defenses as floodwaters peak over the coming days. The floods that unleashed destruction across central Europe are receding in many places after the torrential rain from Storm …

Coastal Carolina Gets 1,000-Year Rainfall Event From Storm System

Parts of North Carolina saw something Monday that has not been seen in hundreds, or perhaps 1,000 years – 18 inches of rain in half a day. That’s “once in every 1,000 years!” the National Weather Service said on social …

Francine Knocks Out Power to Hundreds of Thousands in South

Francine knocked out power to more than 400,000 homes and businesses and canceled hundreds of flights across the US South after coming ashore as a hurricane. The storm has weakened to a tropical depression with winds of 35 miles (55 …

Storm Forming in Gulf of Mexico Forecast to Hit U.S. as Hurricane

A tropical storm forming in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is threatening to unleash powerful winds and heavy rain as it makes its way toward the US where it will likely hit Wednesday as a hurricane. The system already has …