Together with Bob Johnson, the founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, Morgan Freeman has created an online auction to support a disaster preparedness program for this summer’s ensuing hurricane season. Called “PLAN!T NOW,” the program works with nonprofit, home-rebuilding, and federal climate science divisions, and offers scholarships to students whose lives have been affected […]
Earl’s Impact: AIR Worldwide Estimates $50 to $150 million in Insured Losses in Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, and St. Martin.
It may only be moving at 13 mph, but Hurricane Earl, now a Category 4 storm (the second-highest on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale), is currently on a steady path toward the U.S. East Coast, and residents of the Carolinas are being warned to monitor its progress carefully.
