As the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season gets underway today, most forecasters indicate it will be a busy year for storms, with a high likelihood of a hurricane making landfall along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.
PropertyCasualty360.com’s Claims Channel Editor Christina Bramlet is twittering every day about breaking news and timely topics. Check out the latest claim-related tweets.
As a new hurricane season begins Wednesday, FEMA is working to determine how much money it overpaid or mistakenly awarded to victims of the destructive 2005 hurricane season.
A total of 881 tornadoes have been documented in 2011, and at least 305 of them hit the U.S. between April 25 and 28, making it the largest outbreak in history.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it expects 12-18 named storms during the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins in less than two weeks.
Another weather forecasting team is predicting an active hurricane season for 2011, calling for an above-average number of storms to form in the Atlantic Hurricane Basin.
Funding from the federal government is paving a path toward revolutionizing the modeling of storm surge, a Texas University scientist told members of a Senate committee at a hearing held Monday.