Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Update: Hurricane Melissa Bears Down on Jamaica as Category 5 Storm
Oct 28 2025 // Hurricane Melissa is churning toward Jamaica as the island’s worst-ever storm, with high winds and flooding rains already pummeling coastal areas in the hours before landfall. Melissa’s top winds reached 185...
Update: Hurricane Melissa Churns Toward Jamaica as Category 5 Storm
Oct 27 2025 // Hurricane Melissa plowed toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm, threatening to bring widespread destruction to the island. Melissa’s top winds reached 165 miles (266 kilometers) per hour, up from 160 mph...
TWIA Committee Recommends Method for Determining PML for 2026 Storm Season
Oct 24 2025 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee has developed a recommendation to the TWIA board on a method to determine the association’s 1-in-50 probable maximum loss for...
Tropical Storm Melissa Brings Heavy Rain to Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica
Oct 23 2025 // Tropical Storm Melissa began dumping heavy rain on Hispaniola on Tuesday as forecasters warned of a significant flood risk in parts of the Caribbean region later this week. The rains snarled traffic in the Dominican...
New Zealand Issues Rare Red Warnings Amid Destructive Spring Storm
Oct 23 2025 // New Zealand’s weather agency issued rare red wind warnings and officials declared a state of emergency in the Canterbury region as a powerful spring storm brought destructive gales and heavy rain to the South Island...
What to Know About Recovery Efforts in Alaska Following Storm
Oct 23 2025 // The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong is complete, and officials and local leaders are turning attention to trying to stabilize...
Alaska Storm Damage So Bad Many Evacuees Won’t Go Home for at Least 18 Months
Oct 20 2025 // Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months, Gov. Mike Dunleavy...
Storm Fengshen Kills Eight in Philippines as It Heads for China
Oct 20 2025 // Tropical storm Fengshen has killed eight people in the Philippines, authorities said, warning it could intensify as it heads for China and Vietnam. Known locally as Ramil, the storm caused torrential rains, floods and...
Storm System Threatens Central and Southern US With Hail and Damaging Winds
Oct 16 2025 // As many as 22 states face the risk for severe thunderstorms, hail and damaging wind gusts over the next several days, meteorologists say. A front over the Central/Southern Rockies is expected to move northeastward,...
New York City And Northeast Brace for Flooding Rains From Weekend Storm
Oct 10 2025 // New York City and the Northeast are in the crosshairs of a massive coastal storm that’s poised to bring high winds, surging tides and heavy rain throughout the region starting Sunday. Drenching rain and strong winds...
DOL Awards $890K to Texas for Disaster Recovery Jobs After July Storms
Oct 8 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor announced the award of $890,000 in grant funding to Texas to support disaster-relief jobs and employment training services for residents suffering from the aftermath of severe storms. On July...
EF5 Tornado That killed 3 in North Dakota was Nation’s First in 12 years
Oct 8 2025 // A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first confirmed on American soil in...
Tropical Storm Jerry Is 10th Storm in Atlantic Hurricane Season
Oct 8 2025 // Tropical Storm Jerry formed in the Atlantic east of the Caribbean, becoming the 10th system in the 2025 hurricane season. Jerry, with top winds of 45 miles (72 kilometers) per hour, was about 1.315 miles east of the...
Storm Threatens to Disrupt Transport Systems Across Northern UK
Oct 2 2025 // The first named storm of the season is forecast to hit the UK and Ireland with heavy rain and gale-force winds on Friday and Saturday, disrupting transport in northern regions. Amber and yellow alerts have been issued for...
Hurricane Humberto Will Allow Storm Imelda to Veer Away From US
Sep 29 2025 // Hurricane Humberto will likely bulldoze a path for Tropical Storm Imelda to veer away from the coastal US Southeast, sparing the region from a direct strike. Category 4 Humberto’s winds rose to 145 miles (233...
Part of Hospital’s Roof Ripped Off as Damaging Storms Hit Oklahoma
Sep 26 2025 // Storms carrying heavy rain and damaging winds ripped part of the roof off a hospital in eastern Oklahoma on Tuesday afternoon, forcing some patients to be evacuated, according to county officials. The Northeastern Health...
Storm Ragasa Nears Vietnam After Soaking Southern China
Sep 25 2025 // Tropical Storm Ragasa is moving toward northern Vietnam, threatening to drench the capital of Hanoi with heavy rain, after weakening overnight as the system tracked across southern China. The storm was near Beihai, packing...
Forecasters Give Tropical Storm in Atlantic a Name, Say it Should Strengthen Soon
Sep 19 2025 // Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed Wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean but was far from land, forecasters said. The center of Gabrielle re-formed from its morning position and was located about 990 miles (1,600 kilometers) east...
Hong Kong Braces for Twin Storms as Forecasters Predict Super Typhoon
Sep 19 2025 // Hong Kong is facing a period of heavy rain and strong winds as two storms brew in warm tropical waters, with one system forecast to intensify into a super typhoon next week. A tropical depression is currently spinning in...
Tornadoes Destroyed Several Homes in Southeastern Utah
Sep 16 2025 // Tornadoes destroyed several homes in southeastern Utah over the weekend, but authorities said there were no reports of people injured. A storm produced two tornadoes in San Juan County in southeastern Utah over the span of...
