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New tropical threat may arise next week
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9/18/2024
AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter talks about the potential for tropical development in the Caribbean next week.
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This was a very damaging storm for southeastern North Carolina, so much so that our experts
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had taken a look at this and were ready to give an economic impact from our unnamed tropical
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rainstorm.
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Another billion-dollar disaster, more than billion-dollar disaster.
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This one AccuWeather experts preliminarily estimating $7 billion of total damage and
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economic loss.
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This is a very holistic review of not only just the damage, but also business interruption,
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supply chain interruption, cost of recovery, many different aspects that we're looking
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at here.
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And the other thing to point out was the flooding damage.
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Remember, flooding damage is particularly costly because not only do you have to deal
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with the damage, but also be concerned about mold and mildew, secondary effects.
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And oftentimes, flood damage is not covered by homeowners insurance.
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You'll need to have separate insurance cover from the National Flood Insurance Program.
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That's going to be an issue for homeowners across North Carolina.
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And John, you know, let's take a look at this graphic here because we want to give this
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some reference points from our tropical rainstorm compared to other storms.
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Absolutely.
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And remember, Francine AccuWeather estimated just last week $9 billion in total damage
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and economic loss.
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So our unnamed storm here that brought to all of these impacts, similar cost to Francine,
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but under Debbie and Beryl.
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And the other number to compare to put this event into context is Florence from 2018.
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In similar area, North Carolina, that resulted in $50 to $60 billion of total damage and
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economic impact because it brought catastrophic flooding, but over a much wider area.
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The flooding with this storm was similar, but it was a very focused area to just a county
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or two.
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Let's go ahead here, John, some news here from the forecasting department here as we
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made a decision just a short time ago.
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Our experts, our hurricane experts meeting, we decided to upgrade the risk for development
01:59
in the Northwest Caribbean next week to a high risk.
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This is ahead of all other sources.
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The government and other sources are just talking about a low risk, but our experts
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are very concerned that this pattern is going to yield a tropical storm and eventually a
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hurricane.
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Yeah, the other bullet points here, we're thinking the Northwest Caribbean by the middle
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part of the week and also history and meteorology give us some clues about intensification.
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They sure do.
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And in this kind of a setup, this is very favorable for the storm to develop into a
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hurricane and move into the Gulf of Mexico.
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And of course, our greatest concerns, as we've been talking about for a couple of days, are
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from Louisiana to Florida.
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Do not let your guard down, even all the way back to Texas in this type of pattern.
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Frequently check with the AccuWeather forecast here in the coming days.
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AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter.
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