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Hurricanes

  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Death toll tops 225 in US states hit by Hurricane Helene

    Torrential rain and mudslides in inland regions leave many unaccounted for in remote mountain communities

    A destroyed car sits amidst debris in front of a destroyed home in Barnardsville, North Carolina
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Natural disasters
    Biden accuses Trump of ‘lying’ over White House response to Hurricane Helene

    About 600 people still missing in south-eastern US as president vows to deliver all the help his government can

    Debris floats following Hurricane Helene in the Lake Lure in North Carolina
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Death toll climbs as tropical storm Helene devastates south-east US

    Power outages hit five states with floods estimated to have caused damage costing billions of dollars

    A rooftop of a Sunoco gas station destroyed by Hurricane Helene in Perry, Florida
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Helene death toll grows as US braces for multibillion-dollar insurance costs

    Millions left without power as storm sweeps through south-eastern states from Florida

  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Climate change
    UN climate chief calls for action after hurricane wrecks his grandmother’s home

    Simon Stiell warned countries faced ‘endless debt cycles’ as they borrowed to rebuild after climate disasters

    Simon Stiell comforts a resident of Carriacou, Grenada, in a home with the ceiling and a wall ripped out
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Texans swelter after Hurricane Beryl knocks out power

    Houston’s main utility struggles to restore service two days after storm pushed millions of households offline

    Employees check hallways in the Hilton Galveston island resort after the hotel lost power with Hurricane Beryl’s arrival
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Oil & Gas industry
    Hurricane Beryl strikes at heart of US energy industry

    Category one storm hits Houston, leaving millions without power and killing two people

    A vehicle abandoned in flood water on a highway after Hurricane Beryl swept through Houston
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Hurricane Beryl goes into record books as earliest category five storm

    Record sea temperatures fuel destruction across Caribbean and Mexico, Gulf coast and Texas

    Damaged buildings and uprooted trees after Hurricane Beryl hit St Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Insurance
    Insurers braced for losses as Hurricane Beryl breaks records

    Industry executives warn storm’s size and early arrival raises risks for rest of season

    Properties flattened by Hurricane Beryl on Union Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Monday, 30 October, 2023
    Natural disasters
    ‘Nightmare’ hurricane Otis leaves 39 dead in Mexico

    Storm strengthened at extraordinary rate, leaving authorities unprepared

    Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, centre, and members of his cabinet visit the Kilometro 42 community, near Acapulco  on Wednesday
  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    Swiss Re AG
    Swiss Re forecasts $1.3bn in claims from Hurricane Ian

    Zurich-based reinsurer predicts third-quarter loss of $500mn

    Damaged boats that were hit by Hurricane Ian at a Fort Myers Beach dock in Florida, US
  • Friday, 7 October, 2022
    Florida
    How ‘monster’ Hurricane Ian devastated Florida’s once booming south-west

    Storm tore through a corner of the US state that was once the nation’s hottest housing market

    A resident clearing debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Florida
  • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
    ExplainerClimate Capital
    How to read a hurricane map

    The ‘cone of uncertainty’ and why it is misunderstood

    A satellite image shows Hurricane Orlene on October 1
  • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
    The Big Read
    The new era of stronger hurricanes: bigger storms, better forecasts

    The US is investing in supercomputers to predict how badly storms like Hurricane Ian will strike the east coast

    Hurricane Ian photographed from space with part of the International Space Station seen in the left of the picture
  • Friday, 30 September, 2022
    Death toll hits 21 in Florida as Hurricane Ian hits South Carolina

    Millions of homes without power because of storm Biden calls ‘an American crisis’

    Fort Myers Beach, Florida, was among the hardest-hit zones as Hurricane Ian passed through
  • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
    Major disaster declared in Florida after Hurricane Ian slams US state

    Biden discusses federal response with governor Ron DeSantis as power outages hit 2.6mn people

    Wrecked boats in Fort Myers, Florida
  • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
    More than 2.6mn without power after Hurricane Ian batters Florida

    Cyclone packed winds near 150mph as it made landfall on US state’s south-west coast

    Traffic lights blow in the wind in Fort Myers, Florida, on Wednesday ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Ian
  • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
    Natural disasters
    Hurricane Fiona leaves more than 1mn without electricity in Puerto Rico

    White House pledges support for territory that suffered billions in damages from 2017 storms

    A man rides a horse in a flooded street on September 19 2022 after Hurricane Fiona caused massive flooding in Puerto Rico in in Toa Baja
  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    Natural disasters
    Louisiana power outages caused by Hurricane Ida could persist for weeks

    Lack of electricity forces hospitals burdened by Covid surge to run on generators

    Crews work on downed power lines in Waggaman, Louisiana on Tuesday
  • Monday, 30 August, 2021
    Natural disasters
    Oil companies on US Gulf coast survey Ida’s damage to refineries

    Energy markets muted in aftermath of hurricane despite more than 1m struggling without power

    Downed power lines in Metairie, Louisiana on Monday
  • Monday, 30 August, 2021
    Ida leaves 1m without electricity after battering US Gulf Coast

    At least one person dead as Louisiana and Mississippi suffer widespread flooding

    A man passes by a section of roof that was blown off of a building in the French Quarter of New Orleans by Hurricane Ida on Sunday
  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    New Orleans utility downgraded as hurricane approaches

    S&P lowers credit rating of Entergy unit hours before Delta makes landfall in Louisiana

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    Climate change
    Wildfires, hurricanes and vanishing sea ice: the climate crisis is here

    Scientists warn extreme, weather-related events around the world show the economic and social costs of a warming planet

  • Saturday, 29 August, 2020
    Lex
    Atlantic storms: designations of destruction Premium content

    Reaching letter L in the alphabetical list of storm names so early in the year is unprecedented

  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    Hurricane Laura slams into Louisiana near US refining centres

    Governor tells residents to stay indoors because of chemical fire close to the city of Lake Charles

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