Hurricanes

Florida has sued a company that issues climate change assessments of property risks including flooding that the state alleges are deceptive, deviate from the federal flood insurance assessments, and are depressing home sales.

How a mobile home rolled in high winds during testing in FIU’s Wall of Wind. As structural and wind engineering researchers, we have been working on this problem for a decade. Our recent Wall of Wind experiment was the first time the federal design requirements for manufactured homes had ever been put to the test in a controlled environment with sensors and videography to capture the effects.

Florida has asked for a major disaster declaration from the White House a week after Hurricane Isaias tore through a swath of the Panhandle and was blamed for six deaths.

Hurricane Isaias brought the first hurricane strike to parts of Florida's central and eastern Panhandle since Michael in 2018. Eight years later, changes to North Florida's building standards are part of Michael's lasting legacy.

Hurricane Isaias shattered the peace of one of the quietest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record as it grew into 2026’s first Atlantic hurricane and made landfall on the northern Gulf Coast near Destin, Fla., late on Oct. 9. As an atmospheric scientist who has studied hurricanes for years, I can tell you that wind shear and the climate phenomenon known as El Niño both play important roles.

Local emergency personnel are working to clear smaller local roads and remove debris from residential areas. Meanwhile, Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed Isaias led to six deaths in the state.

Hurricane Simon is still pounding Mexico's Pacific coast as it remains offshore. Authorities said Monday that five people have died in Mexico due to the hurricane and the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel. Rachel caused street flooding and other damage in Mexico's Baja California state. Four people died after Rachel swept through over the weekend and at least six were missing.

Isaias strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane on Friday and is expected to make landfall near Pensacola by Saturday morning.

While most of the current discussion on improving AI for weather focuses on the models or new hardware, the data is crucial.

Landfall, direct hit, strike and indirect hit describe different relationships between a hurricane and a location — and the terms can overlap. Hurricane Milton shows why the path of the center is only one part of a storm’s story.

Colorado State University released their updated predictions for the 2026 hurricane season. However, they expect even fewer named storms compared to their last forecast in June.

For over a decade I’ve been researching how property markets adapt to the changing financial realities of climate change in Florida, the Netherlands and beyond. On this street, I saw a community slowly unraveling as climate shocks – and the subsequent market responses to them – have reshaped the cost of living.