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Hurricane Willa To Make Landfall Today, May Hit The Valley as a Tropical Depression

Hurricane Willa will make landfall off the coast of Southwest Mexico as a Catagory 3 hurricane with the cities of Mazatlán and popular vacation spot, Puerto Vallarta, in the path of the storm. With it, experts say that Hurricane Willa will have devastating winds and rain flooding. Earlier Monday, Hurricane Willa actually reached Catagory 5 winds, however, […]

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Hurricane Michael Now a Category 4; Strongest Hurricane To Hit Area in 100 Years

In the course of 24 hours, Hurricane Michael has grown into a historically dangerous Category 4 hurricane that will bring a life-threatening storm surge and winds of over 155 miles per hour, just shy of a category 5. Meteorologists now say that Michael will be the most powerful Hurricane the Florida panhandle has seen in a

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Hurricane Michael Gaining Strength; To Make Landfall In US By Wednesday

Hurricane Michael is expected to make landfall in Florida by Wednesday and will be a “dangerous” category 3 hurricane when it does. Officials at the National Hurricane Center say that Hurricane Michael “could produce three life-threatening hazards along portions of the northeastern Gulf Coast: storm surge, heavy rainfall, and hurricane-force winds” as experts predict that

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Tropical Development Could Turn Into Hurricane Joyce; RGV In Path

Meteorologists are keeping an eye on some tropical development in the Carribean Sea, currently named “Invest-95” that could potentially grow into a tropical depression, tropical storm, or this season’s next hurricane and head anywhere between the Rio Grande Valley and Houston. According to the National Hurricane Center, the tropical development is expected to move into

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TWIA Hiking Up Premium Rates By 10% After Hurricane Harvey Claims

TWIA’s board of directors, in a 5-4 vote, proposed a 10% hike in all residential and commercial policies for 2019 coverage. This proposed hike would affect 213,278 policyholders to date and, if approved by the Texas Commissioner of Insurance, the average premiums per policy would increase from $1,589 per year to $1,745. Residents of cities such

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Texas Hospital That Charged Patient $109K For Heart Attack Care Has Reduced The Bill To $332

Last week, Chad Terhune of Kaiser Health News wrote about Drew Calver, the 44-year-old Texas teacher who suffered a heart attack, had health insurance and was still stuck with a nearly $109,000 hospital bill. Calver’s insurance covered approximately $55,000 for a four-day stay at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, TX. From the article: The total bill $164,941

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Hurricane Harvey – One Year Later

It’s hard to imagine that it has already been one year since Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Southeast Texas coast. The entire country watched in horror as images of Harvey’s abominable destruction poured onto our television screens and all over social media. Cities like Rockport, Port Aransas, Aransas Pass, Ingleside all entirely destroyed, while

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HOSPITAL BILL FRAUD ALERT: Man Has Same Procedure Twice at the Same Hospital, Gets Two Different Prices: $339 and $3,484

George Hahn of Malvern, Pennsylvania, had two echocardiograms from Paoli Hospital, using the same exact insurance only one year apart and received two drastically different bills. The first year, the procedure cost $339. The next year, the same exact procedure cost $3,484. How is that possible? Did the cost of an echocardiogram grow over 928% in

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My Insurance Denied My Storm Damage Claim. What Should I Do?

Receiving an insurance claim denial letter in the mail is probably one of the more disheartening experiences a homeowner can face. You’ve just been through a traumatic storm event such as a hail storm, a hurricane, or a tornado that left your home in shambles. You did everything right; you’ve paid your monthly premiums on time and

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How To Win A Storm Damage Claim

Stop us if you’ve seen this before: Your home was absolutely wrecked by a hailstorm, a hurricane, or a flood. Shortly after the storm, you call your insurance to open up a storm damage claim. A few days pass and an adjuster, after a number of reschedulings, has finally come by to inspect your house. You

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