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Tropical storm Chantal forms, takes aim at Caribbean islands
The third named tropical storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season has formed in the Atlantic ocean and is heading west-northwestward towards the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. Tropical storm Chantal...
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Tropical storm Dorian, fourth of season, forms in Atlantic
The fourth named tropical storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season has formed today in the eastern Atlantic ocean, not far to the south and west of Cape Verde. It’s the first named storm of 2013 to...
View ArticleForecasters reduce hurricane season predictions, slightly
Two of the forecasters we follow for their updates on the Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season have reduced their predictions for the number of storms that will intensify to hurricane or severe...
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Tropical activity increasing, tropical storm Erin likely within a day
The Atlantic and Caribbean tropics are heating up and forecasters suggest that storm formation will become increasingly likely over the coming days. The race is on to see who will claim the name of...
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Tropical storm Gabrielle forms in Caribbean, no threat to U.S.
The seventh named tropical storm of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season has formed in the Caribbean. Yesterday a tropical depression intensified into tropical storm Gabrielle, which currently sits close...
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Tropical storm Humberto set to become hurricane
The tropical Atlantic has warmed up and the latest and eighth storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, tropical storm Humberto, is spinning in the mid-Atlantic with winds of 60mph and forecasts...
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Tropical storm Ingrid threatens Mexico with rainfall, MultiCat cat bond looks...
Tropical storm Ingrid, the ninth named storm of the 2013 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season, has formed in the far western Gulf of Mexico. Tropical storm Ingrid is expected to head for the...
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Tropical storm Karen forms, first hurricane threat to Gulf coast of 2013
The eleventh named storm, tropical storm Karen, of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season has formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico beween Cuba and Mexico and is forecast to become hurricane Karen before...
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What if a Super Typhoon Haiyan hit Miami?
As we approach the last weeks of a relatively benign Atlantic hurricane season, which officially ends 30th November, we shift our thoughts across the world to the potential devastation that may be...
View ArticleQuietest hurricane season in decades to lower reinsurance prices: Fitch
The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season, now officially over, will go down in the records as a season resulting in a particularly low-level of insured losses. Ratings agency Fitch said yesterday that it...
View Article2014 Atlantic hurricane season activity forecast to be near-normal
The first quantitative forecast for the 2014 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season has been published by Tropical Storm Risk (TSR). The early forecast calls for Atlantic hurricane season...
View ArticleBeware uncertainty in hurricane season forecasts: Guy Carpenter
One of the world’s leading global risk and reinsurance broking specialists, Guy Carpenter (GC), has warned that despite 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season forecasts predicting lower than average activity,...
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Tropical storm Arthur, first of season, threatens east coast hurricane winds
The first storm of the 2014 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season formed today. Tropical storm Arthur is currently sitting off the U.S. east coast with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Arthur...
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Arthur becomes Cat 1 hurricane, some additional strengthening likely
Arthur, the first named storm of the 2014 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season, has now reached Category 1 hurricane status, with maximum sustained winds currently around 75 mph but further...
View ArticleHurricane Arthur insured losses not expected to exceed $250m: RMS
Risk modelling firm RMS said this morning that it estimates that the insured losses from recent hurricane Arthur, the first of the U.S. season, will not exceed $250m from wind damage and coastal...
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Tropical storm Bertha with 50mph winds a Caribbean rainfall threat
The second named storm of the 2014 Atlantic Tropical Storm & Hurricane Season has formed and is taking aim at the Caribbean islands, with maximum sustained winds of 50mph and possible rainfall...
View ArticleTSR increases its forecast for 2014 Atlantic hurricanes to six
Tropical Storm Risk (TSR), the academic initiative which partners with re/insurance industry and science to provide tropical weather forecasts, is the second forecaster so far to increase their...
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Hawaii threatened by two hurricanes, Iselle and Julio
Hawaii is being threatened by two hurricane landfalls in the coming days, as first hurricane Iselle makes its way towards a direct hit on Big Island, before hurricane Julio follows along just a couple...
View ArticleNOAA lowers its 2014 Atlantic hurricane season forecast
The U.S. NOAA has released its latest update for its forecast for the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The forecast from the NOAA now calls for an even greater likelihood of a below normal season, with...
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Tropical storm Cristobal forms, not expected to impact U.S. coastline
Tropical storm Cristobal, the third named storm of the 2014 Atlantic Tropical Storm & Hurricane Season, has formed in the eastern Caribbean and weather models have converged on a track between the...
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