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Insurance & Technology August 19, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Hurricane Bill Now Category 4, Expected to Miss U.S., Bermuda Latest forecasts indicate that neither the U.S. or Bermuda likely to be affected by Hurricane Bill, though Nova Scotia could feel the effects of the storm early next week, according to some scenarios.
Insurance & Technology June 29, 2010 Nathan Golia	Alex Expected to Make Landfall as Hurricane In a statement, Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions noted Alex's similarity to 2008's Hurricane Dolly.
Insurance & Technology August 17, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Warming Atlantic Delivers Three Tropical Cyclones, First Hurricane of the Season Tropical Storm Bill is predicted to become a major hurricane between 48 and 60 hours, as it moves to the northwest from a position east of the Lesser Antilles.
Insurance & Technology August 30, 2010 Anthony O'Donnell	Hurricane Earl to Intensify to Category Three Hurricane Insurers are watching the storm, which will strike the Virgin Islands later today and has the potential to affect the U.S. mainland, with North Carolina at greatest risk.
Insurance & Technology August 12, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell	Stormy Weather Hurricane Dennis provoked an early debut of technologically driven tools and strategies demonstrating the evolution of CAT-related solutions, or simply representing such technology's increasing availability.
Insurance & Technology June 1, 2010 Anthony O'Donnell	First Named Storm of Hurricane Season Hits Central America Guatemala hit hardest as that country and Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras declare a state of emergency in response to conditions such as widespread flooding, mudslides and the opening of large sinkholes.
Popular Mechanics July 29, 2008 Laurie J. Schmidt	To Test Houses vs. Hurricanes, Lab Will Simulate 155-mph Storm Rather than wait for another Katrina, Stephen Leatherman and his colleagues at the International Hurricane Research Center in Miami are putting a full-scale hurricane inside a lab.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Tekla S. Perry	Hurricane Watchers Hit Their Mark Hurricane Katrina, despite the tremendous problems with the evacuation of New Orleans, provided a vivid example of today's more skillful hurricane predicting.
Geotimes July 2003 Christina Reed	La Nina predicted to boost hurricane season This year's hurricane season is promising strong activity due to a confluence in time of La Nina, which is expected to arrive this summer, with a multidecadal pattern of tropical rainfall that supports hurricane activity.
Geotimes September 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Rita: Could Have Been Worse The Category-3 storm was not nearly as devastating as Hurricane Katrina, but damage from wind, fire and flooding still prevent some residents from returning to their homes and businesses.
Geotimes April 2005 Laura Stafford	New Seasonal Hurricane Prediction Scientists are proposing a new method for assessing the probability of a "good" or "bad" hurricane season, which could give insurance companies the ability to plan in advance what sort of protection they may need for their clients.
Geotimes August 2005	Hurricane Outlook Updated With high activity early in the season, in addition to ripe oceanic and atmospheric conditions, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revised its hurricane outlook. The new outlook indicates an increase in the number of expected hurricanes.
InternetNews September 19, 2005 Paul Shread	Focus Turns to Fed, Oil Prices Stocks spent Monday on the defensive on fears of higher oil prices and interest rates... Oil spiked as another storm headed for the Gulf of Mexico... HP rose on acquisitions... etc.
The Motley Fool September 10, 2004 Rich Duprey	Insurers Eye Ivan the Terrible How will companies and investors fare if the storm spawns moderate damage?
Geotimes October 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Loop Current Enhances Wilma The onslaught of hurricanes this season has provided researchers with ample data to study how the "Loop Current" in the Gulf contributes to hurricane strength.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Seth Jayson	Category 5 Investing Hurricanes are deadly and deathly frightening, but they can also make you money. Here's what investors should be watching as Hurricane Dean approaches Mexico.
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Paul Shread	Oracle Stumbles As Database Sales Stall Shares of Oracle tumbled 8% Friday... The broader market finished mixed as Hurricane Rita weakened... The Nasdaq rose 6 to 2116, the S&P edged higher to 1215, and the Dow slipped 2 to 10,419... etc.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2011 Tim Beyers	Hartford Financial Services Group Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of Hartford Financial Services Group surged more than 12% in early trading on news that damage from Hurricane Irene wouldn't be as costly as expected.
Geotimes July 2006 Megan Sever	Stormy Debate on Hurricanes and Global Warming Last year, several studies linked rising sea-surface temperatures -- possibly caused by increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases -- to increased hurricane intensities. But new research is suggesting that warming may not be to blame.
Popular Mechanics September 3, 2008 David R. Baker	Early Checkup Shows Little Oil Platform Damage From Gustav The Noble Clyde Boudreaux, a semisubmersible floating oil-drilling platform, sinks pilot wells in the ultradeep waters of the Gulf of Mexico for Shell Oil.
Geotimes December 2005 Naomi Lubick	Global Climate Affects Storms? Experts caution that drawing a direct link between climate change and hurricane behavior is not yet possible, and that the El Nino-Southern Oscillation may have more of an impact on storm intensity and occurrence.
Insurance & Technology September 2, 2010 Katherine Burger	Earl's Impact: AIR Worldwide Estimates $50 to $150 million in Insured Losses in Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, and St. Martin Insurers watch Hurricane Earl, which weakens to Category 3 as it approaches Carolinas.
Geotimes February 2007 Richard J. Murnane	Science, Catastrophe Risk Models and Insurance An appreciation of how scientific research is used in the insurance industry's catastrophe risk models provides some insight on the relationship between geoscience and insurance.
Bank Systems & Technology January 31, 2006 Ivan Schneider	Vicious Hurricane Cycle Although one can hope that the upcoming hurricane season will defy the predictions that have accompanied the start of the decades-long hurricane cycle, the banks in the Gulf Coast must do more than hope. They must plan, and plan for the worst.
Insurance & Technology January 14, 2008 Anthony O'Donnell	Pacific Northwest Storm Challenges Insurers The geographical breadth of December 2007's Pacific Northwest storm challenged insurers' catastrophe management teams to anticipate claimants' needs.
AskMen.com Daniel Harrison	Conquer Cabo San Lucas Situated on the southern tip of Mexico's Baja peninsula, Cabo San Lucas is the latest party-town offering from our neighbors to the south.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	NASA Airborne Laser Mapping Systems Studies Katrina Damage Through a cooperative research program NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are exploring the use of airborne laser mapping systems to quantify coastal change along the entire coastline affected by Hurricane Katrina.
InternetNews August 29, 2005 Paul Shread	Stocks Stage Reversal Tech stocks led the way higher Monday after Hurricane Katrina appeared to do less damage than feared.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2006 Robert Aronen	Ready for the Hurricanes? A look at what hurricane season means for investors in the oil patch.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Wilson & Keliger	Flood or Hurricane Protection?: The New Orleans Levee System and Hurricane Katrina Why was the New Orleans levee system so vulnerable to failure in Hurricane Katrina?
Popular Mechanics August 29, 2008 Kristen Hays	Katrina Lessons in Mind, Oil Companies Prep Platforms for Gustav When Hurricane Katrina roared through the Gulf of Mexico three years ago, it ripped the drilling rig atop Royal Dutch Shell's Mars platform from its clamps and slammed it back onto the top deck in a crumpled pile of steel.
Insurance & Technology December 23, 2005 Maria Woehr	Forecasting Disaster Benfield, a London-based reinsurance and risk intermediary, in partnership with Tropical Storm Risk, an independent research organization, developed ReMetrica, a new modeling methodology to help carriers with investments affected by the weather in the U.S. manage risk effectively.
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Tim Gray	Hurricane Rita Stirs up Scammers Storm likely to be a fertile breeding ground for phishers.
InternetNews September 21, 2005 Paul Shread	Stocks Plunge On Rita, Rate Fears Stocks tumbled for the third straight day on fear of rising interest rates and oil prices... The Nasdaq fell 24 to 2106, the S&P lost 11 to 1210, and the Dow tumbled 103 to 10,378... etc.
BusinessWeek January 16, 2006 Adam Aston	The Worst Isn't Over Smarter science is helping companies and insurers plan for hurricanes. The bad news: This year could be another doozy.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Wendy's Stormy September The fast food purveyor suffers more hurricane damage. Investors were already prepared for this news last week.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Can Stocks Weather the Storms? Katrina leaves behind short-term investment winners. But how much battering can a company take?
IEEE Spectrum March 2007 William Sweet	Protecting The Big Easy From The Next Big One U.S. Army engineers face New Orleans's dilemma.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2011 Eric Dutram	Three ETFs to Watch During Hurricane Season These ETFs might see some movement as hurricane season begins.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Christopher Barker	Lehman and AIG Weren't the Only Storms This Week Hurricane Ike damaged oil rigs and shut-in significant refinery production.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Arlene Came Early An early start to the summer storm season may be bad news for travel and oil exploration stocks.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Dennis No Menace to Wal-Mart The world's largest retailer credits an early storm with a strong start to July. The company is performing well and it won't be long before that is reflected in the stock.
IDB America December 2002 Peter Bate	In the hurricane's aftermath How a deadly storm led the Dominican Republic to overhaul its standards for responding to natural hazards
Geotimes August 2005 Naomi Lubick	Hurricane Katrina Hits Hard One of the largest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. Gulf Coast region since Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane Katrina left a trail of devastation behind it as it touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2011 Travis Hoium	Offshore Drillers Get Back to Work After Storm Scare After a weekend of weather scares, oil platforms and rigs are headed back to work.
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Robert Gall & David Parsons	It's Hurricane Season: Do You Know Where Your Storm is? Souped-up satellites, supercomputers, and superior science might soon mean you really can trust the weather report.
Popular Mechanics March 6, 2006	Hurricane Katrina August 28, 2005 Video Conference The transcript here suggests that, contrary to popular perception, federal authorities were alert to the risks posed by Katrina and fully engaged in planning for the disaster.
Reason April 2007 Ronald Bailey	Bad Blow Hurricanes and global warming is a hotly debated area with no definitive conclusions.
Geotimes November 2005 Megan Sever	The Increasing Costs of U.S. Natural Disasters Population trends, mitigation efforts and federal disaster relief policies all contribute to encouraging high-risk land use and ultimately to making our society more vulnerable to the costs of natural disasters.
Fast Company November 2004 Chuck Salter	Chatter: Stormy Weather How quickly can a clever phrase become a cliche? Following the path of the movie title "Perfect Storm" is a good example.