Tag: flooding

Hurricane Ian’s Economic Impact to Be Significant: Here Are the Most Expensive Hurricanes in US history

Hurricane Ian is poised to become one of the most expensive hurricanes in U.S. history. According to Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler and director of research and development at Enki Research, the economic losses and damages in the Sunshine State could total between $45 billion and $70 billion. This would rank as the sixth most…


Hurricane Ian Expected to Rank Among the Most Costly Storms in History

Hurricane Ian is poised to become one of the most expensive hurricanes in U.S. history. According to Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler and director of research and development at Enki Research, the economic losses and damages in the Sunshine State could total between $45 billion and $70 billion. This would rank as the sixth most…


Hurricane Ian Is Expected to Rank Among the Most Costly Storms in History

Hurricane Ian is poised to become one of the most expensive hurricanes in U.S. history. According to Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler and director of research and development at Enki Research, the economic losses and damages in the Sunshine State could total between $45 billion and $70 billion. This would rank as the sixth most…


Hurricane Ian Is Expected to Rank Among Most Costly Storms in History

Hurricane Ian is poised to become one of the most expensive hurricanes in U.S. history. According to Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler and director of research and development at Enki Research, the economic losses and damages in Florida could total between $45 billion and $70 billion. This would rank as the sixth most expensive hurricane…


Hurricane Ian Poised to Rank Among Most Costly Storms in US History

Hurricane Ian is poised to become one of the most expensive hurricanes in U.S. history. The economic losses and damage in Florida could total $45 billion to $70 billion, according to Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler and director of research and development at Enki Research. That would rank as the sixth most expensive hurricane on record. In the coming…


2.5 Million Ordered to Evacuate as Florida Braces for Category 4 Hurricane Damage

HAVANA—Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it hits Florida, where officials ordered 2.5 million people to evacuate before it crashes ashore Wednesday. Ian made landfall at 4:30 a.m. ET Tuesday in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio…


2.5 Million Ordered to Evacuate as Florida Braces for Hurricane Ian

HAVANA—Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane Tuesday and left 1 million people without electricity, then churned on a collision course with Florida over warm Gulf waters expected to strengthen it into a catastrophic Category 4 storm. Ian made landfall in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province, where officials set up 55 shelters,…


Hurricane Ian Strikes Cuba, Florida Braces for Category 4 Damage

HAVANA—Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it hits Florida on Wednesday. Ian made landfall at 4:30 a.m. ET Tuesday in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province, where officials set up 55 shelters, evacuated 50,000 people, rushed…


Hurricane Fiona Heads to Bermuda, up to 8 Dead in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Hurricane Fiona strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday as it headed toward Bermuda after carving a destructive path through the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where the storm left most people without power and up to eight dead. After making landfall in Puerto Rico on Sunday, Fiona caused devastating…


Hurricane Fiona Slams Turks and Caicos as Category 3 Storm

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—Hurricane Fiona bore down on Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a powerful Category 3 storm, threatening the Caribbean archipelago with heavy rains and life-threatening flooding after cutting a path of destruction through the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. On Tuesday morning, the storm slammed Grand Turk, the…