Tropical Storm Paula brought winds and heavy rain to the Cuban capital on Thursday, turning some low lying streets into shallow rivers, bending palm trees and sending waves crashing against the city’s famed Malecon sea wall. Paula lost its status as a category one hurricane just before making landfall in Cuba’s western tobacco growing area, [...]
Hurricane Karl reached hurricane force in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday after dumping heavy rain on the Yucatan Peninsula. It was expected to strengthen more before hitting Mexico’s coast near a port and an oil hub sometime Friday. Karl strengthened into a hurricane Thursday over the Gulf of Mexico, the newest in a rare trio [...]
Tropical Storm Julia grew in the far eastern Atlantic into the fifth hurricane of the Atlantic season while Hurricane Igor weakened slightly but remained a dangerous Category 4 storm, forecasters said. The two hurricanes did not yet pose any immediate threat to land or energy interests. Tropical Storm Julia reached hurricane status with maximum sustained [...]
Florida residents are crossing their fingers no hurricanes target the state this year as we enter the heart of the season.But there’s a different kind of storm brewing that could be brutal on your wallet.It’s rate hike request time for many property insurance carriers, including Citizens, Florida’s public insurer of last resort.Citizens’ governing board announced [...]
(Reuters) – The Atlantic storm season could produce as many as 14 hurricanes this year, the U.S. government’s top climate agency predicted on Thursday, setting the scene for potentially the most intense season since 2005. In its first forecast for the storm season that begins next Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast [...]
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