Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Storm Shelters Opening in Mississippi County Today
Dec 10 2013 // George County, Miss., will officially open two new storm shelters Tuesday in Agricola and Benndale. The county began the construction of the shelters two years ago. The $3.2 million project was paid for with a Federal...
Hurricane Strength Storm Xaver Slams UK, Northern Europe: AIR Analysis
Dec 6 2013 // A report from catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide notes that Winter Storm Xaver hit the north of Scotland last night, Thursday the 5th of December, with wind gusts of more than 140 mph (225 km/h), recorded in the...
PERILS Initial Loss Estimate for Windstorm Christian is $1.358 Billion
Dec 6 2013 // PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has issued its initial loss estimate for windstorm Christian, which affected Western and Northern Europe from 27 to...
University of Maryland Project Aims to Improve Storm Predictions
Dec 2 2013 // Scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory have a new project in the works that aims to better predict the intensity of storm surges on the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay...
Out of Joplin Tornado: Recommendations for Safety, Communication Standards
Dec 2 2013 // National standards should be set for building construction, storm shelters and emergency communications to reduce death and damage from tornadoes, a federal agency that studied the deadly 2011 tornado in Joplin, Mo., has...
50-Plus Tornadoes Pummel Midwest in Late Season Outbreak
Dec 2 2013 // In a rare late season outbreak, more than 50 tornadoes blasted across Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. on Nov. 17. Preliminary estimates by the catastrophe modeling firm RMS put insured losses from the...
Illinois AG Investigating Tornado Relief Scam
Dec 2 2013 // Illinois’ Attorney General has opened an investigation into a potential fundraising scam tied to tornado relief efforts in Washington, Ill., and other downstate Illinois communities. Lisa Madigan said the Charitable...
New Jersey Criticized for Holding Onto Storm Housing Aid
Dec 2 2013 // New Jersey officials said last month they have distributed just over one-third of the federal aid allocated for housing for families affected by Superstorm Sandy. The state’s Community Affairs Department released the...
Indiana Businesses Work to Recover from Tornadoes
Nov 22 2013 // Dan May has already found a location to temporarily set up his law office and his daughter’s art gallery that were destroyed by a tornado that swept through Kokomo, Ind., but he’s concerned about what other...
Count of Storm-Damaged Homes in Illinois Expected to Grow
Nov 22 2013 // State officials now say that at least 900 homes in Illinois were either destroyed or badly damaged by the tornado outbreak on Nov. 17. And that figure is likely to grow. Patti Thompson is a spokeswoman for the Illinois...
National Building, Communications Standards Recommended for Tornado Safety
Nov 21 2013 // National standards should be set for building construction, storm shelters and emergency communications to reduce death and damage from tornados, a federal agency that studied the deadly 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri,...
New Assessment: At Least 15 Tornadoes Hit Illinois
Nov 21 2013 // New damage assessments from the National Weather Service show that at least 15 tornadoes hit Illinois during the outbreak of violent storms on Nov. 17. Central parts of the state had the most with seven twisters, including...
Claims Filing Begins Following Midwest Storms
Nov 20 2013 // Two Illinois-based insurers say they’ve received about 6,000 claims so far from Sunday’s tornadoes and they expect that figure to climb. State Farm officials told The (Bloomington) Pantagraph they’ve...
Hundreds of Homes Destroyed by Midwest Tornado Outbreak: AIR
Nov 19 2013 // Hundreds of homes were flattened by the outbreak of intense late-season thunderstorms accompanied by high winds, quarter-to-baseball sized hail, and dozens of tornadoes that swept across the Midwest on Nov. 17, according...
Governor: Disaster Cited For Alaska Area Hit By Storms
Nov 19 2013 // Governor Sean Parnell has declared coastal western Alaska areas ravaged by storms state disaster zones. The governor made the announcement after meeting with residents in the Northwest Arctic Borough, Bering Straits...
Insured Loss for Midwest’s Rare November Tornadoes Could Top $1B: RMS
Nov 19 2013 // The Nov. 17 tornadoes in the Midwest could become the insurance industry’s first billion-dollar severe weather event to occur in November, according to catastrophe modeling firm RMS. According to Matthew Nielsen, RMS...
12 Indiana Counties Report Tornadoes or Damage
Nov 18 2013 // Severe thunderstorms packing tornadoes and heavy winds rolled across Indiana on Sunday, injuring at least one person and causing widespread damage. Gov. Mike Pence said 12 counties reported either tornadoes or damage after...
Storms Sweep Across Illinois, Kill at Least 5, Delay Flights
Nov 18 2013 // Tornadoes and thunderstorms swept through a 300-mile stretch of Illinois and other Midwestern states, killing at least five people, damaging hundreds of homes and disrupting air travel at O’Hare International...
Interest in Flood Insurance Rises Following Central Texas Storms
Nov 18 2013 // More than a foot of rain inundated parts of Central Texas beginning late on Oct. 30. In the aftermath of widespread flooding, insurance agents in Austin say interest in flood insurance coverage has risen dramatically,...
Arizona Legislator’s Close Call in I-10 Dust Storm Prompts Call for Action
Nov 18 2013 // An Arizona legislator had a narrow escape on Interstate 10 in November during a dust storm in Pinal County when chain-reaction collisions killed three people. State Sen. Steve Farley was driving back to Tucson after a...
