Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Heavy Rain, Potential Flooding Could Come From California Storm
Dec 2 2014 // A Pacific storm will dump heavy rains across drought-stricken Southern and Central California, threatening the area with mudslides and floods. The storm will also leave snow across the Sierra Nevada mountains that may...
Illinois Man Promises Neighbors Spot in Underground Tornado Shelter
Dec 1 2014 // The 1,200-pound steel cylinder in James Trudeau’s driveway certainly struck his Bourbonnais, Ill., neighborhood as odd, at least at first. Even Kankakee County’s planning department wasn’t sure what to...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Launches Depopulation Portal
Dec 1 2014 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has initiated a process whereby interested insurance companies may access information on TWIA insured properties in an effort to move policies to private insurers. The...
Insurers’ Winter Storm Losses to Climb Due to Polar Vortex: I.I.I.
Nov 26 2014 // Insured losses from winter storms in the U.S. will climb well above $2.5 billion in 2014, double the annual average over the previous two decades. The Insurance Information Institute says the polar vortex will be...
Desktop Hurricane Tool Shows Storm Risk in Neighborhoods
Nov 7 2014 // When a hurricane comes ashore, there are so many dangers: tree-snapping winds, torrential downpours and even tornadoes spawned by the tempest itself. But it’s the wall of water that tropical systems push onto land,...
Lake Michigan Storm Clean Up Continues
Nov 6 2014 // Crews are working to clean up debris that was strewn along Lake Michigan during a storm last week. Strong winds blew tree trunks, branches, tires, wooden pallets, ladders and other items across beaches in Michigan and...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Expert Panel to Meet
Nov 4 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association expert panel will hold a public meeting on Nov. 12 to discuss the progress of the panel’s work thus far. Attendees will have...
Jury Finds Texas Windstorm Insurer Adequately Paid City for Ike Claims
Nov 3 2014 // Texas’ wind and hail insurer of last resort in coastal areas announced that a judgment has been entered in its favor in a lawsuit brought by League City in Southeast Texas. The judgment signed on Oct. 16, 2014, by...
Zombie Storms Cause Damage After Hurricanes
Oct 31 2014 // A hurricane may lose its name, its structure and even its place on National Hurricane Center tracking maps. None of that is a guarantee the storm’s meteorological energy won’t keep making mischief. While still...
Tropical Storm Heads to Mexico’s Western Coast
Oct 31 2014 // With just about a month left in the eastern Pacific’s hurricane season, Mexico is once again the target of a tropical system on its western coast. The latest system, Tropical Storm Vance, was drifting west in the...
2 Years After Sandy: Sea Bright, N.J., Prepares for Next Big Storm
Oct 30 2014 // Sea Bright, New Jersey, is a great example of how difficult it is to truly prepare a Jersey shore community for the next big storm. The low-lying community on a narrow strip of sand between the ocean and the Shrewsbury...
Mississippi County Seeks to Turn April’s Tornado Tragedy Into Opportunity
Oct 29 2014 // Six months after a devastating tornado, Winston County’s hospital is still operating out of tents and shipping containers, home rebuilding is sputtering along and it may be another year before a new plywood mill...
Texas to Hold Hearing on Windstorm Association Maximum Limits
Oct 27 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance has scheduled a public hearing to consider the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s (TWIA) petition related to the maximum limits of liability for windstorm and hail insurance...
Louisiana Parish Still Working on Tornado Damage Estimate
Oct 27 2014 // The tornadoes that hit Louisiana’s Ouachita Parish on Oct. 13 did millions of dollars in damage, but officials don’t know whether it will be enough to qualify the parish for help from the Federal Emergency...
2 Years After Superstorm Sandy: Are We Ready for Next Big Storm?
Oct 27 2014 // After Superstorm Sandy, officials in New York and New Jersey vowed to make sure the unprecedented destruction wouldn’t happen again. Two years later, would it? There are some concrete signs of tougher protections,...
Washington City Takes Stock Of Damage Following Tornado
Oct 27 2014 // The southwest Washington city of Longview tallied the damage Friday from a rare tornado that tore off roofs, broke windows and uprooted trees, leaving residents and officials in disbelief. No one was injured in the...
Georgia Estimates Insured Storm Damage at $6 Million
Oct 22 2014 // The Georgia Insurance Commissioner said consumers have reported multimillion dollar insured losses from a storm that included several tornadoes. Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said that reported damage from last week’s...
Jury Finds Texas Windstorm Insurer Adequately Paid City for Ike Claims
Oct 21 2014 // Texas’ wind and hail insurer of last resort in coastal areas announced that a judgment has been entered in its favor in a lawsuit brought by League City in Southeast Texas. The judgment signed on Oct. 16, 2014, by...
Hannover Re Sees Storm Losses Stabilizing Reinsurance Prices in Germany
Oct 21 2014 // Hannover Re, the world’s third- largest reinsurer, expects more than 5 billion euros ($6.4 billion) in losses from two storms to sustain prices for coverage in Germany. “Heavy loss expenditures, especially in...
Ana Turns From Hawaii, Downgraded To Tropical Storm
Oct 20 2014 // Hawaii residents started to relax Sunday after days of keeping a cautious eye on Hurricane Ana, which was downgraded by late afternoon into a tropical storm. After being dangerously close for several days the closest Ana...
