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NU Online News Service: 2008 Is 3rd Highest Loss Year
NU Online News Service: According to Munich Re, 2008 was the third most expensive year for insurers on record in terms of catastrophes. The Munich, Germany-based reinsurance carrier said a large number of tropical cyclones and the earthquake in Sichuan, China, made the year one of the most devastating on record. This was despite the fact that the number of...
Hurricane Gustav Threatens Gulf Coast, Causes Higher Gas Prices
On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf Coast region is gearing up for Hurricane Gustav. The National Hurricane Center says that this storm is expected to become a "major hurricane." At 2:00pm EST today, then tropical storm Gustav had sustained winds of 70 mph with gusts even higher. Predictions show Gustav making landfall around 8 am Tuesday, Sept. 2nd...
One Year After Hurricane Katrina
I was just reading a special report conducted by the Red Cross to commemorate the one year "anniversary" (for lack of a better term, as anniversary usually has positive connotations) of Hurricane Katrina. Everywhere in the news today you will find then and now pictures, and it's amazing how much the City of New Orleans and other areas devastated by...
Better News For Atlantic Hurricane Region Homeowners: Forecasters Downgrade Hurricane Season Threats
Good news for homeowners that live in the Atlantic hurricane region: As a follow-up to our May InsWeb Blog post "2006 Hurricane Season Alert: 4 to 6 Major Hurricanes Predicted," the same government agency that issued the alert at the end of May recently downgraded the threat, as this year's hurricane season won't be as bad as predicted.
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