2004 Hurricane Season May Be Costliest on Record
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Jeanne had amassed a staggering toll before striking Florida. The storm killed more than 1,600 in Haiti, wandered aimlessly east of the Bahamas for a few days, and then took aim at Florida.
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MIAMI The nation&#39;s top hurricane forecaster says this year&#39;s deadly storm season was a case of the nation&#39;s luck running out -- adding that future years will likely bring more frequent and more powerful storms.
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The 2004 hurricane season is expected to be costly for insurers, with early estimates of $8bn (Â£4.5bn) of losses from just one of the storms that have hit the United States this year.
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The year 2004, punctuated by four powerful hurricanes in the Caribbean and deadly typhoons lashing Asia, was the fourth-hottest on record, extending a trend since 1990 that has registered the 10 warmest years, a U.N. weather agency said Wednesday.
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ATLANTA -- Hurricane season has battered Florida, but it's been more than kind to the Weather Channel, which posted its biggest ratings month in history for September.
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Insurance payments to victims of Hurricane Frances are expected to reach &#36;4.4 billion, making it the fourth most costly storm in U.S. history, an insurance industry group said on Thursday.
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With the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season just a few hours away, researcher William Gray released his newest forecast Thursday still showing an expection for 17 major storms and nine hurricanes, five of them intense.
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Estimates range from $3B to $10B following second major storm to hit Florida within a month. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Losses from Hurricane Frances are now forecast to make it the fifth-costliest storm in US
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this season&#39;s busy season of landfalling Atlantic hurricanes has seen a few less-than-perfect calls by tropical
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Insurers could face their biggest ever hurricane damages bill following a spate of storms in the Caribbean, an industry body says.
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The killer storm that slammed into Florida on August 13 made two things clear: Hurricanes can still surprise forecasters, and the rest of the 2004 hurricane season probably is going to be quite active.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 30, 2004 - Consumers were tight-fisted with their money amid soaring gasoline costs last month while hurricane-related disruptions sent applications for jobless benefits to their highest level in seven months.
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The mammoth hurricane may give a boost to some businesses, but long-term economic challenges loom. By Richard Luscombe | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor.
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Hurricane Charley has reportedly brought out the worst in some merchants, as the Florida attorney general&#39;s office has been inundated with complaints about price gouging. Among the travesties cited are a $10 bag of ice in Orlando, $3 ...
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Damage to Florida's $62 billion  agricultural sector from the worst hurricane season in decades  will probably be around $3 billion when all the toppled citrus  trees, shattered greenhouses and fallen fruit are counted, the  state government said Thursday.
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Hurricane Jeanne has the potential to be the most expensive storm to hit the United States in a year of expensive storms. Risk Management Solutions
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Insurance adjusters and meteorologists are still crunching numbers and analyzing data, but the 2004 U.S. hurricane season will likely go down as one of the most active on record.