The National Hurricane Center projects that
Irma will be Category 4 when it hits Florida.
Now, as Hurricane
Irma heads toward Florida, we can only hope that area patients are able to get their doses.
Statewide, Florida property owners filed 924,439 claims related to Hurricane
Irma, with estimated insured losses of $ 8.6 billion, state records show.
There have already been dozens of
Irma - related pollution notices describing the streets, homes, and neighborhoods that have been drenched with wastewater.
The numbers from the second record - breaking storm that hit the US this summer, Hurricane
Irma, meanwhile, are still rolling in.
«Since
Irma never really happened, they thought Maria would be the same.»
If you are experiencing psychological distress during Hurricane Harvey or Hurricane
Irma, or you need help accessing medication, please call the 24 - hour Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990.
Your small business clients who suffer inventory shrinkage — whether it's from a natural disaster like Hurricane Harvey or
Irma, or theft or simple mismanagement — must account for the event on their financial books.
So far, a total of 80 deaths have been reported in Texas after Harvey, and there have been at least 42 deaths in Florida as a result of
Irma.
Universal spokesman Travis Miller attributed the increase to Hurricane
Irma, noting the company has received nearly 80,000
Irma claims overall, including many from Palm Beach, Broward and Miami - Dade counties.
In this case, FEMA merely extended a smaller contract it had with the company to feed Hurricane
Irma survivors in the US Virgin Islands.
That's why the Florida Department of Health is warning locals to take precautions and avoid the polluted water
Irma left behind.
4 Represents the estimated impact to the 2017 reported results from Hurricane
Irma and Hurricane Maria.
These images are meant to give you an idea of what some Florida communities are dealing with as they recover from the worst of
Irma.
And the whole Eastern Caribbean region is also still reeling from the effects of Hurricane
Irma.
Florida, for example, lined up 20,000 utility workers from across the country well before Hurricane
Irma made landfall.
As Maria charged in, PREPA decided not to invoke mutual aid agreements with other public utilities the way Florida did for
Irma.
It's been less than two weeks since Hurricane
Irma slammed into the Eastern Caribbean as a Category 4 storm, devastating many of the tiny islands in its path before barreling into Florida.
5:16 p: Eye of Hurricane
Irma is over Naples.
With
Irma's last - minute course change, many insurers breathed a sigh of relief as the storm caused less damage than expected, but the industry as a whole is facing growing anxiety about future tallies.
«
Irma will likely bring periods of heavy rain to much of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia, South Carolina, and western North Carolina early next week, including some mountainous areas which are more prone to flash flooding,» the hurricane center reports.
Compared to the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in the state of Texas, or the havoc that
Irma will almost certainly unleash on Florida, it was a minor event.
As Hurricanes Harvey and
Irma continue to cause flooding and other damage, some of the same risks apply as people are forced from their homes into shelters or into other temporary living arrangements that may not be safe.
After Harvey dissipated and before
Irma made landfall, stock prices for insurance companies tanked as much as 16 percent as they braced for the bill.
Earlier in the week,
Irma sustained 185 mph winds for more than 24 hours, a record length of time for a hurricane in the Atlantic.
And a late addition to the hundreds of official meetings and side events during the ministerial week is a high - level session Monday on the devastation caused by Hurricane
Irma.
Hurricane
Irma sideswiped Puerto Rico on Sept. 6, leaving more than 1 million people without power but causing no deaths or widespread damage like it did on nearby islands.
At Homeowners Choice, the increase in
Irma suits corresponded with a decrease in suits related to «Assignment of Benefits,» an affidavit that gives contractors the power to invoice and sue insurers while standing in policyholders» shoes, Patel noted.
Even if
Irma degrades to a tropical storm by the time it reaches Georgia, «there still can be a 10 to 12 foot storm surge,» Needham says.
But even those can be inadequate, when faced with an especially strong hurricane, like
Irma.
And
Irma was a Category 5 storm for around 3 days — which is also nearly a record.
We've now seen four extremely strong storms in quick succession — Harvey,
Irma, Jose, and Maria.
When Hurricane
Irma was advancing toward Florida in early September, weather officials were looking at a very scary scenario: an extremely powerful Category 4 or 5 storm hitting with 150 mph winds, flooding rains, and up to 15 feet of storm surge for coastal cities like Miami and Tampa.
Patel expects the number of
Irma suits against his company to peak late in the second quarter or during the third quarter of the year, he said.
Hurricane
Irma sparks increase in lawsuits against largest insurers between first quarters of 2017 and 2018:
If the increase in
Irma suits affects rates for wind insurance the way AOB suits have driven up costs for all - perils coverage over the past two years, policyholders won't feel it until the summer of 2019, Patel said.
On Thursday,
Irma grazed by the north shore of Dominican Republic and Haiti and started to pummel Turks and Caicos and the Southeastern Bahamas.
But last August, less than a month before Hurricane
Irma hit, the state lifted the first moratorium, suggesting that the facility had undergone «necessary corrections.»
Of the 1,266
Irma - related claims filed against Citizens in January and February, 59 percent challenged the company's decisions about the scope of damages, asserting that the amount of money paid to restore homeowners to their pre-loss conditions was inadequate.
It was just two days ago that Hurricane
Irma paid a punishing visit to Florida after thrashing several Caribbean islands for much of last week.
Jose is expected to graze by (by not directly strike) some of the very same eastern Caribbean islands devastated by
Irma.
The Caribbean islands, which have been in the crosshairs of Hurricane
Irma — and now Hurricane Maria — have suffered a huge amount of damage.
Jimmy Farach, president of the Florida Association of Independent Public Adjusters, blamed insurers for the increase in
Irma - related lawsuits.
Nova High was in need of some help after its baseball field and facilities suffered significant damage when Hurricane
Irma swooped through South Florida more than a week ago.
CNN reported that because of claims from Harvey and
Irma, German reinsurance firm Munich Re is facing a quarterly loss and will miss its annual profit target.
Irma is currently churning with sustained 130 mph winds.
Even if
Irma downgrades, it's still dangerous.
An initial package of $ 7.85 billion for Harvey victims was agreed upon, but with total costs expected to be as high as $ 190 billion — more than the combined costs of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy — and with Hurricane
Irma yet to make landfall in Florida, the federal aid amount could eventually run even higher.
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When Hurricane
Irma roared into Florida on Sunday and Monday, its winds and rains knocked out power for 6.5 million people in the state.