More South Floridians homeowners find themselves stuck in a financial bind, paying for a home insurance policy that every year is on the rise. Add to this, a report released on Wednesday stating that climate change could cause some areas [...]
Last week, Florida was seriously impacted by another hurricane. Hurricane Idalia spared South and Central Florida but roared into the Big Bend region of North-West Florida as a strong Category 3 with winds up to 125mph. Thankfully, the storm [...]
CEDAR KEY, Fla. — As cleanup begins in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia, the storm has served as a stark reminder that Florida’s insurance industry remains in flux. Idalia made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend just before 8 a.m. Wednesday [...]
When Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida Wednesday morning, it became the eighth major hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast in the last six years. And it may not be the last; Atlantic hurricane season hasn’t yet peaked, and the Gulf of Mexico has been historically [...]
Idalia inflicted a record storm surge and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands after making landfall in Florida, Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 storm, the strongest to touch down in Florida’s coastal Big Bend region in more [...]
When a hurricane undergoes rapid intensification, its maximum sustained winds increase by at least 35 mph in 24 hours or less – driving up the danger the storm could pose to life and property. “Rapid intensification is associated with a [...]
Adding insult to injury, Florida property damage insurance complaints rise in the wake of Hurricane Ian. It’s been nearly 10 months since Hurricane Ian ravaged Southwest Florida, resulting in more than 520,000 insurance claims. ABC Action News learned 15% of [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. — It's been six months since Hurricane Ian crushed the southwest Florida coast as a high-end Category Four hurricane. It was the deadliest storm in nearly a century and one of the costliest weather events on record. Those [...]
Homeowners have faced a tough decision since the storm —continue living in unsuitable conditions or cut losses and move on. Renters have disappeared, and most of the mobile homes they occupied have been demolished. The remaining, marked with a red [...]
As the planet warms, hurricanes are changing. They are getting stronger faster, bringing more flooding rain, pushing farther inland after they make landfall and tracking farther north in general. According to a new report from nonprofit organization First Street [...]
