Hurricane Damage

Una honda tropical en el Atlántico Central sigue organizándose y muy posiblemente se convierta en una depresión tropical en los próximos dos días. El lunes, por la tarde, se encontraba a 900 millas al este de las Antillas Bajas, dirigiéndose al oeste a...

Standing in front of a large picture window, nine stories up in a downtown Fort Lauderdale hotel, I saw the storm roar in. Below, the surface of New River began churning and frothing. Boats bucked at their moorings. Then the winds came in sideways,...

How to file an insurance claim Try to call your insurance agent immediately. Begin making temporary repairs to prevent further damage. Save all receipts. Do not attempt to make permanent repairs until an insurance adjuster has inspected the home. Most...

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The problem: A West Baltimore sidewalk damaged after a tree was toppled by Hurricane Irene has not been repaired. The backstory: Irene wreaked plenty of havoc across the Baltimore area, taking down tree limbs and utility poles. One street tree that fell...

The beach boys wouldn’t write a hit song about just any gust of wind, the Santa Ana winds are living up to their reputation this year. We’re talking 150-miles per hour through the Sierra Mountains. The winds blew into southern California...

Dominion Virginia Power is preparing for hurricane season and urging its customers to get ready, too. With meteorologists predicting an active hurricane season, the company is working with state and local authorities and double-checking its inventory...

Gov. Bob McDonnell has asked federal emergency authorities to reconsider their decision to deny aid to Virginia for the August earthquake that rattled the East Coast andcaused substantial damage at its epicenter. In a 13-page letter Friday to President...

Virginia is getting federal help to pay for repairing roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood said Monday that Virginia will receive more than $2.1 million from the...

A Citizens Property Insurance panel approved 30 recommendations Wednesday to help the state-backed insurer downsize and lower its financial risk to Floridians. The changes will be discussed at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Many would reduce Citizens&...

Did you know your garage door may be the most vulnerable part of your home to hurricane damage? That's because it is typically the largest opening in a home. If left unsecured, the garage door is susceptible to 100-plus-mph winds that can cause it to...

Tucked behind a ruined grain elevator at a pier along an industrial stretch of Baltimore's waterfront lies a still-gleaming white vessel that was once one of the nation's proudest maritime achievements — the only nuclear cargo and passenger ship...