Forecasters from Colorado State University have reduced their prediction of hurricane activity to an average number of storms. ...more

April 8, 2009

The 2008 hurricane season just ended, but researchers already are predicting another busy season in 2009. ...more

December 11, 2008

The 2008 hurricane season just ended, and researchers at Colorado State University today issued a forecast for another busy season in 2009. ...more

December 10, 2008

On Sunday, the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season came to a soggy end. Although this year's season was one of the deadliest on record, most of the death and destruction was visited on islands in the Caribbean. That doesn't make that toll any less horrible. As a practical matter, however, the fact that no major hurricane hit Florida for a second straight year was a good thing for Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and the Legislature. ...more

December 3, 2008

Lady Frances, a cheerful canine companion of undetermined origin and age, is Raquel Aluisy's poster pup for the importance of hurricane preparedness. ...more

August 17, 2008

Lady Frances, a cheerful canine companion of undetermined origin and age, is Raquel Aluisy's poster pup for the importance of hurricane preparedness. ...more

August 16, 2008

With a third of the hurricane season in the books and the busiest 10 weeks ahead, William Gray and his team of forecasters have boosted the number of storms expected this season ...more

August 5, 2008

This has been a sad few weeks for residents of our nation's Heartland as flooding has caused the failure of numerous levees along the Mississippi River creating untold damage, destruction and loss of life. Many residents no doubt also have received some additional bad news - the destruction of their home by flooding is not covered by their standard homeowners insurance policy. ...more

July 13, 2008

The government may house disaster victims in trailers again this hurricane season as a last resort, despite promises never to use them again because of high levels of formaldehyde found in trailers used after the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. ...more

June 3, 2008

A new generation of building codes, enhanced and tweaked from the destructive experience of recent storms, is one thing disaster planners and building officials are counting on to prevent that from happening. ...more

May 23, 2008