Sentences with phrase «hurricane wind damage»

Florida statutes mandate that insurance carriers offer home owners coverage for hurricane wind damage.

Everything is needed and it is doubtful that insurance will cover their loss due to flood — not direct hurricane wind damage.

Homeowners without flood insurance could only make insurance claims based on hurricane wind damage.

Not exact matches

Businesses should note that many standard policies don't even cover wind damage from a hurricane or utility disruptions from a storm, so review your policy's fine print to understand your coverage.

As Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico early Wednesday morning, the powerful Category 4 storm is expected to leave «catastrophic damage» with winds up to 155 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

Wind damage from hurricanes is covered by property insurers; flood damage is not.

September 2017 — Present / Virgin Islands On September 6, Hurricane Irma slammed into the US Virgin Islands as a category 5 hurricane.The islands suffered severe wind and flood damage, reducing many areas to rubble.

With wind gales as strong as 160 mph, Hurricane Maria blasted through the country, damaging 90 % of all structures and knocking out all power, water and telecoms.

In August, Hurricane Harvey unleashed unprecedented rainfall across Texas causing severe wind and flood damage in the southeast of the state.

The extent of the damage is unknown given that dozens of municipalities remained isolated and without communication after Maria hit the island Wednesday morning as a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds, the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years.

Immediately after Hurricane Irma's eye passed over the Florida Keys, massive damage to the Lower and Middle Keys was apparent where hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed by high winds and a huge storm surge.

Hurricane Harvey was one of the worst in Texas» history, but even as the winds die down, the damage from rain remains.

With strong, damaging winds, Hurricane Maria has destroyed homes and critical infrastructure just two weeks after Hurricane Irma cut through the Caribbean.

The Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier was closed Friday because of apparent damage from the winds of Hurricane Matthew Thursday night.

When the rainy season began, the Olympics were just winding down, and by the time the damage was done, Hurricane Sandy was carving its own swath of destruction.

Weevils have attacked the plants in the past, damaging the local crop, but the biggest threats to supply are the lack of large - scale producers (most locals just grow a few plants for their own use) and hurricanes, which dump heavy rains and pack a punch with fierce winds that destroy the fragile plants.

While the eye of Hurricane Maria has left Puerto Rico, powerful winds and intense rains are still pounding the island and further damaging its already crippled infrastructure.

«From the complete destruction of the Rockaway Boardwalk to recreational assets and natural habitats broken up by wind and water, New York City's parks were faced with unprecedented damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy,» Commissioner Mitchell Silver said.

Hurricane Maria caused catastrophic damage to Puerto Rico when it hit as a Category 4 storm Sept. 20 with winds of up to 154 mph.

Cuomo says he does not want to scare people, but he says there is concern that the storm predicted for Wednesday and Thursday could be potentially significant, and he says there are worries that debris that still litters many streets and yards from Hurricane Sandy could become projectiles in high winds, and that already damaged homes could be further effected.

When hurricanes strike, flooding causes more damage than the wind, and kills more people.

The results of this research could «impact our understanding of wind - based damage, such as the destruction by the recent Hurricane Irene,» he says, which toppled trees across a large swath of the northeastern United States in September.

As Hurricane Sandy battered the US eastern seaboard that night, the many universities, labs and research stations in its path would feel the effects of power outages, damaging winds and flooding.

Hurricane - force winds blasted Puerto Rico on 20 September, downing power lines and damaging buildings across the island.

According to Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson, offshore wind turbines could reduce onshore damage from hurricanes without sustaining significant damage themselves.

Hurricane graphics will also include an experimental visualization of how far damaging winds extend out from the center of a storm.

«We should use central pressure deficit, not wind speed, to predict hurricane damage.»

Pressure and wind speed have been used interchangeably to estimate potential damage from hurricanes for years, but the relationship between them has been a long - standing riddle in tropical meteorology.

A category 1 hurricane such as Matthew in 2016 might bring sustained winds no greater than 153 kph (95 mph) but still cause dozens of deaths and billions of dollars in damage.

«When you hear about hurricanes or tropical cyclones you think about storm surges and wind damage near the coast,» says Villarini, who also conducts research at the internationally renowned IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering.

Battered by two intensely powerful storms with sustained wind gusts of more than 150 miles per hour last year — first by Hurricane Irma and then by Hurricane Maria — Puerto Rico suffered widespread and catastrophic damage to its urban infrastructure.

September 11, 2017 • South Florida is assessing the wind and water damage after Hurricane Irma battered the state over the weekend.

Hurricane Harvey brought with it extremely damaging winds, heavy rains and extreme flooding.

In the days after Hurricane Sandy battered the Eastern Seaboard, educators across multiple states faced the daunting task of reopening thousands of schools amid widespread power outages, flooding and wind damage, and other aftereffects of a storm that caused one of the largest disruptions to schooling in the United States in recent years.

Once you pay your deductible, your hurricane insurance coverage will cover damage from wind, rain, lighting and debris.

What most people actually mean when they ask that question is whether High Point renters insurance covers damage from wind as a result of a hurricane.

If homeowners affected by Hurricane Irene or its less powerful incarnation, Tropical Storm Irene, experienced wind and flood damage, they could be in for a rude awakening when they file insurance... more

A Florida law dictates that property insurance policies must include coverage for wind damage from a storm that is deemed a hurricane by the National Hurricanhurricane by the National HurricaneHurricane Center.

If a hurricane blew a rock through your window and the rain came in and caused damage, that would typically be covered because the wind is the proximate cause of the loss.

Admittedly, hurricanes don't generally bring their full force down on Cary, but even the «leftovers» of a bad storm can cause significant damage from rain, wind, and other types of losses.

It's getting close to hurricane season again, and that means in many parts of the United States, houses are vulnerable to damage from winds and heavy storms.

If your homeowners insurance policy covers wind damage or other damages from hurricanes, claims may be subject to a separate deductible, often called a hurricane deductible or named - storm deductible.

If you live in a hurricane - prone region, your homeowners insurance policy may specifically exclude wind damage, particularly if it's linked to a hurricane.

But even if it's not required, we recommend you consider windstorm insurance if your house is located in a high - risk region, as direct damage from wind, hail and hurricanes are likely excluded from your home insurance policy.

Saving on Clearwater Homeowners Insurance Florida is often hit by major hurricanes, and the wind damage and flooding that ensues as a result drives your rates up.

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Shrimp, sea turtles, «sport fish,» teal & doves all get a break HOUSTON, Texas ---- As hard as Hurricane Harvey hit humans, pets, livestock, and some of the most vulnerable wildlife along the Gulf Coast of Texas and adjacent part of Louisiana, especially big birds who could not escape from the wind, early damage assessments indicate that -LSB-...]

«Our thoughts and prayers are with all the people and pets affected by this devastating storm,» said Susana Della Maddalena, executive director of PetSmart Charities, Inc. «These supplies will enable local animal welfare groups to help those who were hurt most by the damaging winds and water of Hurricane Sandy.»

There was wind and rainfall, but the hurricane caused only minor material damage to the company's Punta Cana hotels.