Nicole has weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall along the East Coast of Florida early Thursday as a Category 1 hurricane, flooding coastal buildings and knocking out power Read more
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Two tropical storms expected to become hurricanes
Tropical storms Martin and Lisa are both forecast to become short-lived hurricanes Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said, and a third storm could develop by the weekend. #lisa #hurricanes #nationalhurricanecenter Read more
How I survived Hurricane Ian
I’ve lived through earthquakes, wildfires and tropical storms. I have now survived Hurricane Ian hitting South Venice, Florida. In “Northanger Abbey,” when Jane Austen wrote, “There is nothing I would not do Read more
Hurricane Sandy: 10 lessons learned 10 years after the deadly superstorm
It’s been 10 years since Hurricane Sandy, the massive tropical cyclone that ranked among the biggest in U.S. history, slammed into the U.S. East Coast. Landfall came on a Monday Read more
How hurricanes are changing Puerto Rico’s real estate market
This article is reprinted by permission from The Escape Home, a newsletter for second homeowners and those who want to be. Subscribe here. © 2022. All rights reserved. In recent Read more
The IRS is stretching out penalty relief for Hurricane Ian victims who still need to file overdue 2019, 2020 tax returns
Hurricane Ian victims in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina are still trying to get their bearings after last month’s epic wind, water and flooding caused billions of dollars in Read more
Jobless claims drop to three-week low of 214,000 as Hurricane Ian effects fade
The numbers: The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits fell by 12,000 in mid-October to a three-week low of 214,000, as more people who couldn’t work after Hurricane Read more
‘It’s pretty much business as usual’: Florida towns in Hurricane Ian’s path targeted by opportunistic real-estate hunters
Less than a month after Hurricane Ian caused widespread devastation to southwestern Florida, investors and other buyers are scouring for housing deals in a region where home prices have soared in recent Read more
What Hurricane Ian has done to the used car market
Hurricane Ian may have flooded 50,000 cars, according to a new estimate. Ian made landfall in late September as a Category 4 storm, crossed the state from west to east, Read more
Jobless claims rise to highest level since August in aftermath of Hurricane Ian
The numbers: Initial jobless benefit claims rose 9,000 to 228,000 in the week ended October 8, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal has Read more