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Florida Outperforms As Hurricane Forecast Improves: Muni Credit
With the Atlantic hurricane season days away, bonds of Florida’s largest real-estate insurer are rallying the most in nine months as forecasters assess a below- average chance the state will be hit by a major storm. Buyers are demanding...
Know Your Evacuation Zone This Hurricane Season
Sarasota emergency management officials encourage residents to know which evacuation zone they live in to be prepared for hurricane season.
Tropical Storm Forecast Kick-starts The 2012 Hurricane Season
The 2012 hurricane season might get an early start, with the possibility of a tropical depression or storm in the western Caribbean some time next week, according to a cutting-edge forecast Tuesday by federal scientists. The Climate Prediction...
Florida Hurricane Conference is This Week
Florida’s now gone six seasons without a hurricane, which is good or bad, depending on how you view a craps table. The Florida Governor’s Hurricane Conference, which begins today with training sessions, has its formal opening session...
Insurers Paying Out Less In Weather Disasters
As weather disasters strike with more frequency, U.S. homeowners first get hit with the destruction or total loss of property. Many are then hit with the unexpected loss of homeowners insurance policies as insurance companies re-evaluate their...
Hurricane Forecasters Call for Slightly Below-average Year
With the start of the 2012 hurricane season two months away, the forecasting team at Colorado State University has predicted a slightly below-average season.