Climate change was a key driver of the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene, a group of scientists said this week.
Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 major hurricane west-southwest of Perry, Taylor County, Florida on Sept. 27, with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour, bringing hurricane-force winds, damaging storm surge, and heavy rainfall to the Louisiana coastline.
Modelers have come in with similar insured loss estimates from the event. The latest estimates came from Verisk, which said insured losses in U.S. for Hurricane Helene will range between $6 billion to $11 billion. AccuWeather last week increased its estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Helene in the U.S., and now says