First the lights started flickering in her living room the other night last week. Then the wind ripped a hole through the roof of Danielle Cherry’s two-bedroom home along Highway 427 in Prairieville, La. In the weeks ahead, Cherry and…
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Hurricane Nicholas, the 14th-named storm of the current Hurricane season and the second hurricane to make landfall in the United States this year, may serve as a harbinger of what is likely to still come, according to the National Oceanic…
After learning the total premium to insure his home would double from a year ago, Karlos Horn was “flabbergasted.” Horn, a 35-year-old law student who owns a four-bedroom, single-family home in Hendry County, Fla., said his adjusted $200-per-month premium is…
Despite early doldrums, the federal government is upping the ante on another active Atlantic hurricane season in 2021. As the hurricane season enters the peak months of September, and October, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is now predicting…
As Hurricane Irma approached Florida, a Miami attorney moved a prized art collection to the second floor of his home, hoping to minimize water damage from what seemed like an imminent storm surge. Even though the hurricane took a different…
After Hurricane Ivan damaged their coastal home in Pensacola, Fla., in 2004, Calvin and Elizabeth Moore went to work, shoring up the roof and windows. The upgrades did little to prevent significant damage some 15 years later when Hurricane Sally…
To celebrate the Buccaneers’ Super Bowl victory in February, Tampa officials hosted a festive boat parade along the city’s Riverwalk for fans and players. One celebrant stood out among the others. Super Bowl LV Most Valuable player Tom Brady showed…
As Tropical Storm Isaias ripped across the Eastern shore the first week of August, Chad Barrick could see a section of the roof lifting just a bit
