Latest Windstorm Headlines
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Oklahoma City Mayor: Up to 13K Homes Hit by Tornado
May 24 2013 // Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb. At least 24 people died when the tornado laid waste to Moore on May 20. The Oklahoma Insurance...
76 Tornadoes in May Caused $2B-$5B in Insured Losses: Eqecat
May 24 2013 // Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused anywhere from $2 billion to $5 billion in insured losses, disaster modeling company Eqecat said. The firm said most of the losses were attributed to the...
Moore, Oklahoma Tornado Damage Estimated at More than $2B
May 23 2013 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a preliminary estimate suggests the cost of the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore could be more than $2 billion. Spokeswoman Calley Herth told The Associated Press...
Top 10 U.S. Insurers in Tornado-Stricken States: SNL Financial
May 23 2013 // The Moore, Oklahoma tornado, which killed 24 people, was the deadliest to touch down during a nearly weeklong outbreak across the U.S. Midwest. The states hardest hit have been Kansas, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma,...
Lloyd’s Report Highlights Solar Storm Threat as Emerging Risk
May 23 2013 // “A large solar storm could leave tens of millions of people in North America without electrical power for several months, if not years, potentially costing trillions of dollars,” according to Lloyd’s...
Oklahoma Schools Destroyed by Tornado Lacked ‘Safe Rooms’
May 22 2013 // In Moore, Oklahoma, an area residents call Tornado Alley because it’s struck by more ferocious twisters than anywhere in the U.S., two schools destroyed by yesterday’s storm lacked “safe room”...
Oklahoma Tornado Damage Likely to Exceed Joplin – Commissioner
May 21 2013 // The damage from Monday’s tornado in a suburb of Oklahoma City is likely to exceed that caused by the 2011 twister in Joplin, Missouri, that killed 161 people, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak said. In an...
Update: Oklahoma Tornado Was EF5
May 21 2013 // A new assessment by the National Weather Service indicates peak winds in the tornado that hit the Newcastle/Moore Okla., area on May 20 reached the 200 mph to 210 mph range, putting it into the classification of an EF5...
Storms Generate Iowa Tornado Damage, No Injuries
May 21 2013 // A storm system carrying high wind, hail and Iowa’s first tornadoes in nearly a year moved through the state Sunday, damaging some homes and knocking out power to thousands. No one was injured. Iowa had gone 358...
‘Major Disaster’ Declared in Wake of Deadly Oklahoma Tornadoes
May 21 2013 // An estimated EF4 tornado with a wind range of up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, Okla., on May 20, leaving behind massive devastation and at least 24 confirmed dead. Earlier media reports...
Tornadoes Prompt State of Emergency Declaration in Oklahoma
May 20 2013 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency after tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding wrought devastation throughout her state on May 18 and 19. Beginning on Saturday, numerous...
Golf and Country Clubs Weather the Storm
May 20 2013 // Snow in October, hurricanes in the Northeast and record-setting “derechos” in the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic regions are a sampling of the unusual weather that is changing the way insurance carriers evaluate...
Midwest AGs Go After Storm-Chasing Roofing Companies
May 20 2013 // The attorneys general of Illinois, Kansas and Ohio are targeting storm-chasing roofing companies in their states with legal actions. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit against a Chicago-area home repair...
May 16 Storm Produced 4 Tornadoes in Louisiana
May 19 2013 // A powerful thunderstorm in the afternoon on May 16 produced four tornadoes as it moved into Louisiana from Texas The National Weather Service, in a survey released Saturday, says all tornadoes had winds of 90 mph to 100...
NWS: At Least 16 Tornadoes in Recent North Texas Outbreak
May 17 2013 // At least 16 tornadoes have been confirmed in the outbreak in North Texas on May 15, federal weather officials say. Survey teams were sent to Johnson County, Hood County, Parker County, Ellis County and Montague County, the...
Tornadoes Spin Through Texas Towns After Dark, Killing Six
May 16 2013 // At least six people were killed and 100 injured when tornadoes ripped through north-central Texas after dark and authorities said the death toll could rise as rescuers search through the rubble of destroyed homes. At least...
Midwest AGs Go After Storm-Chasing Roofing Companies
May 15 2013 // The attorneys general of Illinois, Kansas and Ohio are targeting storm-chasing roofing companies in their states with legal actions. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit against a Chicago-area home repair...
Mississippi High School Suffered $7M in Tornado Damage
May 15 2013 // Lamar County (Mississippi) School District officials said a Feb. 10 tornado caused $7 million in damage to Oak Grove High and its baseball and football facilities. The Hattiesburg-American reported that the district has a...
Hail Storm Damage to Mississippi Government Property Estimated at $25 Million
May 10 2013 // The Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy in Pearl isn’t the most aesthetically appealing place to train officers these days, its director, Pat Cronin, concedes. The March 18 hailstorms that struck...
Hurricane Center Working to Improve Storm Surge Forecasts After Wet 2012
May 9 2013 // Last year’s hurricane season drove home some big lessons, according to the nation’s chief hurricane forecaster: Storm surge and flooding are dangerous and difficult to predict, and sometimes it’s even...
