Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana City Urging Property Owners to Cleanup Tornado Damage
Mar 16 2014 // Owners of structures damaged by tornadoes that hit Kokomo, Ind., in November are being urged to start removing the debris or begin rebuilding. The city’s code enforcement section has begun sending letters to owners...
Weather Service in Oklahoma Runs Social Media ‘Tornado Drill’
Mar 13 2014 // Melody Holeman has no TV and lives in such a rural part of the Oklahoma Panhandle that she can’t even pick up a signal on the weather radio that the Red Cross gave her. When powerful storms barrel through the area,...
Oklahoma Kids Get Helmets for Tornado Protection
Mar 10 2014 // As many as 34,000 students and workers in the Moore school district in Oklahoma soon will have access to helmets to protect them during severe weather. Moore Helmets for Schools, a group of volunteers headed by the mother...
Kansas Researcher Seeks Clue to Some Tornadoes’ Paths
Mar 10 2014 // Weather officials in Kansas will be watching major thunderstorms this year for a clue about wind speeds that may help indicate the path of potential tornadoes. The research stems from tornadoes last year in Kansas and...
Oklahoma Congressman’s Proposal Would Extend Lead Time for Tornado Warnings
Mar 10 2014 // An Oklahoma congressman has proposed legislation that would make the protection of people and property a priority for federal weather forecasters and extend the lead time for tornado warnings. Oklahoma Insurance...
California Storms Didn’t End Drought, Says Task Force
Mar 5 2014 // The state’s Drought Task Force says two recent storms that washed over drought-stricken California were welcome, but that the state still needs a lot more rain. California Natural Resources Agency Secretary John...
Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting Releases Updated European Windstorm Model
Mar 5 2014 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has launched its new European windstorm model. The model, which has been in development for the last three years, “offers an...
Alabama Churches Destroyed by Tornado in 2011 Reopen Their Doors
Mar 4 2014 // Two Alberta churches that were destroyed by the tornado that decimated that section of the city on April 27, 2011, have reopened their doors after being displaced for nearly three years. “The fact that this is home...
Oklahoma Congressman’s Proposal Would Extend Lead Time for Tornado Warnings
Mar 3 2014 // An Oklahoma congressman has proposed legislation that would make the protection of people and property a priority for federal weather forecasters and extend the lead time for tornado warnings. Oklahoma Insurance...
South Carolina Tallies Damage from February Storm
Mar 3 2014 // The damage tally from the February winter storm that left South Carolina coated in ice and buried in snow is more than $100 million so far, and the state is expected to qualify as a federal disaster area. Initial estimates...
Ohio Insurance Institute: Early January Storm Could Be One of State’s Costliest
Mar 2 2014 // Ohio insurance officials say the early January deep freeze, accompanied by heavy snow and ice, will end up being one of the costliest winter storms in the state in recent decades. Preliminary figures released by the Ohio...
Texas Seeks Comments on Rule Extending Time to File Windstorm Claims
Feb 28 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance is seeking informal comments on a draft rule outlining how a policyholder with the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association may request additional time for filing a claim with TWIA. Insurance...
School Storm Shelter Measure Stalls in Oklahoma House Committee
Feb 28 2014 // The author of legislation asking voters to decide whether to fund storm shelters in public schools has failed to get it out of an Oklahoma House committee. Democratic Rep. Joe Dorman of Rush Springs asked the House Rules...
Winter Storm Leads to 1,000 Crashes, 2,300 Spinouts in Minnesota
Feb 26 2014 // State troopers last weekend responded to nearly 1,000 crashes across Minnesota, plus another 2,300 vehicles that spun out or ran off the road. Driving conditions remained difficult early Saturday afternoon. Road crews were...
Georgia’s Latest Winter Storm Brought $25M in Damage: Hudgens
Feb 20 2014 // The latest winter storm to pound Georgia with ice and snow caused an estimated $25 million in damage. State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said that’s the dollar amount of claims filed with property/casualty...
On Second Thought, Make That 14 Atlantic Storms in 2013
Feb 18 2014 // The National Hurricane Center has added one subtropical storm to last year’s tally of tropical weather. Forecasters said that as part of a routine review of data from the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, a short-lived...
Durability of Oklahoma School Storm Shelter Tested in Demolition
Feb 17 2014 // An excavator tore down an aging former school in rural Oklahoma, but it was what was left standing that drew a crowd. After the ceilings and concrete walls of the old Little Axe middle school came down with ease, a...
Storm Dumps More Snow on Northeast After Icing Southeast for 2 Days
Feb 13 2014 // The winter storm that cut electricity to more than half a million customers across the South and grounded 10,000 flights this week turned its power on the U.S. Northeast, bringing heavy snow from Virginia to Maine. In...
Moore, Joplin Mayors: Majority of Tornado-Stricken Homes Being Rebuilt
Feb 12 2014 // Mayors from two communities hit by deadly EF5 tornadoes in recent years say more than three-quarters of residents who were displaced have rebuilt their homes or intend to do so. It’s been almost three years since the...
UK Battered by Relentless Winter Storms, Floods: AIR Analysis
Feb 12 2014 // A report from catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide notes that “since October 2013, the United Kingdom has been experiencing a seemingly endless succession of severe winter storms that have produced multiple...
