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Post-mortem upgrade: Hurricane Michael now Category 5 storm
According to a recent report by the Sun Sentinel, weather forecasters upgraded Hurricane Michael from a Category 4 storm to a Category 5. This makes the storm the fourth hurricane on record to hit the United States as a Category 5. After National Hurricane Center...
Survivors of Hurricane Michael in the Florida Panhandle fear they have been forgotten
Six months after Hurricane Michael hit the Panhandle, there are still concrete blocks, rebar, and pipes and planks mounded on the side of the road and the landscape is stripped of trees and plants. Government agencies have cleared the roads and utilities have restored...
Florida Senators Introduce Bill to Bring More Business to Disaster Impacted Areas
A new bill, introduced by both of Florida's senators, is aimed to bring new business into the area and would create more opportunity and an economic push in the panhandle. The bill would allow governors to nominate areas affected by the 2018 hurricanes and California...
AccuWeather’s early prediction for the 2019 hurricane season is in: Here’s what it says
One of the first predictions for this year's hurricane season was recently released by AccuWeather, with a forecast calling for five to seven hurricanes. Although that number of storms is slightly lower from last year, which was eight, including Hurricane Michael that...
US Air Force: Nearly $5B needed for hurricane, flood damage
The U.S. Air Force detailed the needs and costs to rebuild two Florida Panhandle Hurricane Michael ravaged bases, costing nearly $5 billion. They are Tyndall and Offutt. Like many homeowners in the Panama City Beach area, Hurricane Michael dished out a combination...
Hurricane Michael turned millions of trees into kindling. Could wildfire be the next disaster?
We are so concerned about the wellbeing of local Panama City Beach locals, their property, air quality and impact on wildlife and the environment. As a Florida-based property insurance dispute resolution law firm we have seen it so many times, even months after the...
Window manufacturer originates idea in Florida Legislature to offer tax holiday on Hurricane resident windows and doors
Window manufacturer originates idea in Florida Legislature to offer tax holiday on Hurricane resident windows and doors There is no question that certified hurricane resistant doors and windows help defend Florida homes during hurricanes and tropical storms. Just ask...
FEMA data breach exposes personal data of 2.3 million survivors to contractor
WHYY reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) wrongly released the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and the California wildfires to a contractor that helps in providing temporary housing to those...
In Support of Florida’s Independent Restoration Professionals
As experienced Florida insurance litigation attorneys, it is our experience that homeowner insurance claims are often underpaid causing an increase in assignment of benefits lawsuits between water mitigation and restoration companies and insurance companies. Florida...
Hurricane Michael Insurance Losses Top $6 Billion
Northwest Florida is still recovering from Hurricane Michael. According to numbers posted on the state Office of Insurance Regulation website, estimated insured losses have climbed to more than $6 billion in March. Like damaged and destroyed businesses, homeowners who...
Hurricane Michael debris could leave major fire threat for parts of Northwest Florida
According to a Pensacola News Journal story in an interview with Florida State Forester Jim Karels, he warned Gov. Ron DeSantis and members of the Cabinet that without being able to clear damaged and destroyed Florida Panhandle forest acreage impacted by Hurricane...
Destroyed structure frozen in time
News Channel 7 shoots video of Calloway Village Square showing that several family owned Florida Panhandle businesses were totally destroyed and there is little evidence that they will ever come back. Residents are looking for signs that the new normal may be...
Still reeling from Hurricane Michael, Liberty County faces another tragedy in electrocution
A tragic electrocution accident took the lives of a beloved high school baseball coach and his wife while they were driving a boom truck to help get Liberty High School’s baseball field back in order after it was damaged during Hurricane Michael. Killed were Corey...
Trump grants Florida additional funding for Hurricane Michael recovery
In a meeting two days ago between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump, FEMA decided to grant an additional 45 days of emergency protective support for Florida Panhandle areas devastated by Hurricane Michael, including local government support and...
Hurricane Michael Victims left out of President’s National Emergency Declaration which diverts $3.6 billion from military construction accounts
The need is there for Hurricane Michael victims, but the four months after the storm hit, still no federal funding has been included in congressional bills or President Trump’s Emergency Declaration nor has it been a part of the Compromise Funding bill known as the...
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