Travel insurance providers will not cover known events, such
as named tropical storms, named winter storms or volcanic eruptions.
Hurricane Maria was first
named a tropical storm on September 16, 2017, and developed into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean on September 17.
Graphic showing that we've been in an active period of tropical cyclone activity since 1995, where the average number
of named tropical storms has jumped significantly to 15.2 per year.
The
first named tropical storm of this season, Agatha, became active in Central America in late May and caused an estimated 15 deaths.
Hurricane Irma was first
named a tropical storm on August 30, 2017, and developed into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean on August 31.
The highly respected Colorado State University forecast for the coming season looks for only 7
named tropical storms and only 3 hurricanes, about 40 % less than average.
Thus far, according to the National Hurricane Center we've had one hurricane (Alex), one
named tropical storm (Bonnie, which just fizzled out and apparently hasn't caused any big problems for the Gulf oil spill like the media have been screaming), and one unnamed tropical depression (Tropical Depression Two).
They predict that 15
named tropical storms will form in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico this year, of which 8 will become hurricanes.
Among other common exclusions are
named tropical storms, sports injuries from adventure sports, death or illness of a pet, luggage delayed for less than 24 hours, etc..
Hurricane Dorian had been getting tracked for days prior to being
named a tropical storm, so even though it was not named until later that day, there was already knowledge of the storm.
On August 17, 2017, Hurricane Harvey became
a named tropical storm, and the storm developed into the fourth hurricane of the 2017 season.
On August 13, 2017, Hurricane Gert became
a named tropical storm, and the storm developed into the second hurricane of the 2017 season.
On September 5, 2017, Hurricane Jose became
a named tropical storm, and the storm developed into the fifth hurricane of the 2017 season.
On September 16, 2017, Hurricane Maria became
a named tropical storm, and the storm developed into a hurricane on September 17.
On Wednesday, September 28 at 2 pm AST, Tropical Storm Matthew was
named a tropical storm and has since evolved into a hurricane with a path toward Jamaica and Cuba.
On August 30, 2017, Hurricane Irma became
a named tropical storm, and the storm developed into the fourth hurricane of the 2017 season.
On June 25, 2017, Hurricane Dora became
a named tropical storm.
On September 6, 2017, Hurricane Katia became
a named tropical storm, and the storm developed into the sixth hurricane of the 2017 season.
On October 9, 2017, Hurricane Ophelia became
a named tropical storm, and the storm developed into a hurricane.
On September 16, 2017, Hurricane Otis became
a named tropical storm, and the storm developed into a hurricane on September 17.
On October 5, 2017, Hurricane Nate became
a named tropical storm, and the storm developed into a hurricane.
Updated: 09/29/2016 On Wednesday, September 28 at 2 pm AST, Tropical Storm Matthew was
named a tropical storm and has since evolved into a hurricane with a path toward Jamaica and Cuba.