Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tornado Damages Dozens of Homes in Ocala
Apr 23 2015 // Authorities say a tornado touched down in an area of north Florida where dozens of homes were damaged by wind and failing trees. The Ocala Star Banner reported that no one was injured but at least a half dozen homes...
UPDATE: Claims, Loss Estimates from Australia Storm Climb
Apr 23 2015 // Australia’s Insurance companies are sending assessors into storm-ravaged regions of New South Wales to accelerate the claims process. Insurance Council of Australia CEO Rob Whelan said assessors were visiting...
Insurers Declare Catastrophe for Storm Battered Parts of New South Wales
Apr 22 2015 // The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) this morning declared a catastrophe for storm-affected parts of New South Wales [NSW], in particular the Central Coast, Hunter, Greater Sydney Metropolitan and Illawarra...
Industry, Consumer Group Spokesman Express Opposition to Texas Windstorm Bill
Apr 20 2015 // It’s not often you find an area of agreement between the property/casualty insurance industry and consumer advocacy organizations, but a Texas bill addressing the state’s coastal windstorm insurance pool has...
Pacific May Signal South Tornadoes
Apr 20 2015 // Southern states might look to the Pacific for an idea of what the future holds for tornado activity. The waters of the Pacific Ocean may provide some clues about tornadoes in the South, according to a paper in the journal...
Alabama Implementing New Weather Service for More Precise Tornado Warnings
Apr 10 2015 // As tornado season begins in the Tennessee Valley, the National Weather Service is implementing a warning system designed to give more specific information on approaching storms. Piloted last year in the Midwest, the...
Midwest Storms Continue; At Least 1 Killed in Illinois Tornado
Apr 10 2015 // One person was reported killed and several others injured when a large tornado swept through Northern Illinois on April 9. The Illinois towns of Fairdale, Rochelle and Kirkland sustained major damage. Fairdale, a community...
RMS Releases Updated Europe Windstorm, North Atlantic Hurricane Models
Apr 10 2015 // RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe risk management firm, has released updated RMS Europe windstorm models and North Atlantic hurricane models. The 15.0 RMS Europe Windstorm Models’ hazard and vulnerability...
Midwest Hammered by Severe Storms; More Expected Today
Apr 9 2015 // States in the Midwest were slammed on Wednesday by violent storms that produced high winds, hail and tornadoes. The severe weather is expected to continue today. Large and destructive hail have caused the most damage so...
Windstorm Niklas Was Costliest Non-U.S. Event in Q1 2015: Impact Forecasting
Apr 9 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, released the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide...
Spring Forecast Warns of Severe Thunderstorms, Hail, Tornadoes
Apr 8 2015 // It’s again the time of year when a mix of cool air from Canada, warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and a touch of energy off the Pacific can all wrap together to unleash storms across the U.S. Midwest and...
Texas Windstorm Insurer: Private Carrier, UPC, Interested in 60K Policies
Apr 6 2015 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) announced that a carrier participating in its depopulation program has signaled an interest in taking over around 60,000 TWIA policies. TWIA is the property insurer of last...
1 Dead as Severe Storms, Tornadoes Sweep Across Oklahoma
Apr 6 2015 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak said more than 1,100 homeowners insurance claims had been filed by the day after severe weather crossed the state in late March, leaving one dead and many injured in the wake of...
Storm Surge Alerts to Begin on Atlantic Coast This Hurricane Season
Apr 2 2015 // As the people of New Orleans, New Jersey and New York know all too well, much of the death and damage caused by hurricanes isn’t from the wind. It’s from the storm surge. When the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season...
Number of Deaths From Oklahoma Tornadoes, Storms Rises to 4
Apr 1 2015 // The death toll from tornadoes and strong storms last week in Oklahoma has risen to four people. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner had earlier said that one person died when the severe weather struck a mobile home...
Storms Sweep Through Oklahoma with Tornadoes, Hail
Mar 26 2015 // Oklahoma Attorney General Pruitt announced that Oklahoma’s Emergency Price Stabilization Act is now in effect for 25 Oklahoma counties after Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency due to tornadoes, severe...
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Warned of Hail, High Wind-Packing Storms
Mar 25 2015 // While there has been a curious lack of tornadoes throughout the country’s midsection, that may soon change, according to federal weather forecasters. A cold front approaching Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri is...
Texas Windstorm Insurer: Private Carrier Interested in 60K Policies
Mar 24 2015 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) announced that a carrier participating in its depopulation program has signaled an interest in around 60,000 policies that currently are on TWIA’s books. TWIA is the...
As West Bakes and Northeast Shivers, Elsewhere Tornadoes Almost Disappear
Mar 24 2015 // The same weather pattern that made the West warm and dry and the Northeast cold and snowy has contributed to keeping the rest of the U.S. relatively free of tornadoes so far this year. In the first two months of 2015,...
Solar Storm Jolts Earth; No Damage Reported
Mar 19 2015 // A severe solar storm smacked Earth with a surprisingly big geomagnetic jolt Tuesday, potentially affecting power grids and GPS tracking while pushing the colorful northern lights farther south, federal forecasters said. So...
