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On February 8, 2013, Senator Jeff Brandes filed Florida Senate Bill 724, a comprehensive bill to overhaul Florida property insurance law [20] to avoid new "hurricane taxes" which would be necessary if another catastrophic hurricane ravaged the state. The proposal is unpopular among many Citizens customers because it would mandate more rate ...
A homeowner with windstorm insurance can often submit the results of a windstorm inspection to their insurer to obtain discounts on their windstorm insurance. In Florida, for example, premium discounts for certain favorable wind mitigation features are mandated by State law and can total 45% of the original policy's premium. In coastal parts of ...
Worst winter storm in more than 120 years blasted Gulf Coast states, including first-ever Blizzard Warning in Louisiana. New Orleans saw 8 inches of snow, making this the worst storm since 1895.
Straight-line wind damage inflicted transmission towers in Houston, Texas. As the derecho moved through the Greater Houston area, it produced wind gusts of up to 100 mph (161 km/h) in Downtown Houston. [2] The derecho was considered the worst damaging wind event to affect Houston in nearly 25 years.
The storm has spread dangerous snow and ice along 1,000 miles of Interstate 10 from central Texas to northern Florida and will go on to the coastal areas of Georgia and the Carolinas, AccuWeather ...
The FOX Forecast Center said parts of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi could receive 3-5 inches of snow on Tuesday, while most other locations will receive 1-2 inches.
House Bill 881 extends the My Safe Florida Home Program to more properties, waiving the wind-born region requirement. Also, the insured value of the eligible homes increased to $700,000, and the ...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott and some other politicians initially said renewable energy sources were the cause for the power outages, citing frozen wind turbines as an example of their unreliability. [47] Viral images of a helicopter de-icing a wind turbine said to be in Texas were actually taken in 2015 in Sweden. [48]