As a Floridian, I know my travel plans during hurricane season might be affected. But wherever you live, a hurricane could have an impact on your planned travel, so it’s a good idea to know how your travel insurance plan will cover you if it does.
Here are a few things to know when buying travel insurance for trips during hurricane season.
Hurricane season basics
When talking about hurricane season, most people are referring to the Atlantic hurricane season, which is June 1 through November 30, with the peak being mid-August to mid-October.
When storms reach a certain threshold in sustained windspeed, they get a name, mostly to make them easier to talk about. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) rotates through six lists of names, using 21 of the 26 letters in the alphabet as the first letter of each name. Before the season starts, predictions about the season come out from experts like the
<p>For example, my annual policy with Allianz includes hurricanes in its definitions both of a natural disaster and severe weather. To help you find a policy that includes hurricane coverage, insurance aggregator
