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Climate Change and More Making Hurricanes Increasingly Destructive
A destructive storm rising from warm waters. Again. America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion-dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which menaced the U.S. ...
Hurricane Season Could Create More Stress for Pandemic-Hit Insurers
The official start of the Atlantic hurricane season on Monday could signal more steep losses for insurers and reinsurers, already battered by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their ...
Tropical Storm Dorian Could Reach Hurricane Strength Before Reaching Puerto Rico
Tropical Storm Dorian is expected to strengthen, potentially approaching hurricane status by the time it gets to Puerto Rico Wednesday, but it won't pack the same punch as other storms in recent ...
Tropical Storm Dorian Is Gaining Strength as Second System Starts Forming
Tropical Storm Dorian is gaining strength as it lumbers toward the Caribbean island of Barbados, potentially approaching hurricane strength by Tuesday. A second system is forming in the waters off ...
Super Typhoon Yutu Slams Into Northern Mariana Islands at Historic Strength
Super Typhoon Yutu battered the Pacific Ocean's Northern Mariana Islands with 178 mile (286 kilometers) per hour winds, making it the strongest storm to hit the U.S. territory since 1950. The storm's ...
As Hurricane Florence Approaches, Cat Bond Traders Are Trying to Understand Storm’s Risk
Catastrophe-bond investors are trying to assess the potential fallout from Hurricane Florence and whether they're in store for painful losses. If the storm's path of destruction -- which is aimed at ...
Insurers Tap Satellite to Monitor Property Changes, Fraud
After last year's three-hurricane punch, several U.S. agencies issued disaster fraud alerts. But the government isn't the only target of scammers after weather-related catastrophes. Property/casualty ...
1 Million-Plus Told to Flee Hurricane Florence as Mid-Atlantic States Brace for Storm
Florence was slightly weakened but not unbowed as it continued to barrel toward the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with forecasters saying they expect the storm to re-strengthen to near Category 5 ...