Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alabama Coast Evacuated for Isaac; Georgia Warned on Flooding, Tornadoes
Aug 28 2012 // Coastal Alabama is under a mandatory evacuation order as Isaac churns through the Gulf of Mexico. Gov. Robert Bentley ordered residents of southern Baldwin and Mobile counties to begin evacuating starting 8 a.m. Monday,...
New Jersey Looks Back on Tropical Storm Irene One Year Later
Aug 27 2012 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s blunt warning a year ago to “get the hell off the beach!” kicked off what became the costliest natural disaster in the state’s history, causing more than $1 billion...
Tropical Storm Isaac Threatens Haiti; Oil Rigs Shut; Southeast Prepares
Aug 24 2012 // Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened on Friday as it took aim at flood-prone Haiti, but it was not expected to become a hurricane until it barreled into the Gulf of Mexico early next week. On its current path, forecasters...
Joplin Tornado Spurs Change in Missouri Mutual Insurance Rules
Aug 23 2012 // State regulators say mutual insurance companies that provide property coverage to rural Missourians will be financially stronger because of a new reinsurance requirement. Missouri Department of Insurance reports that a new...
Tropical Storm Isaac Strengthening; Floridians, Citrus Growers Begin to Worry
Aug 22 2012 // New York orange juice futures jumped more than 5 percent on Wednesday after U.S. forecasters warned Tropical Storm Isaac would strengthen into a hurricane and could hit the south coast of citrus-rich Florida by Monday. The...
Texas Wind Pool: $800M Available for Claims Should Storm Hit Coast
Aug 21 2012 // Going into the peak time of the year for hurricane development, Texas’ property insurance company of last resort in coastal areas has around $800 million in available cash to immediately handle claims in the event a...
Texas Windstorm Pool: Fax Problems Due to Provider Connectivity
Aug 21 2012 // Agents who place insurance with Texas’ property insurer of last resort in coastal areas apparently have been having difficulty faxing policy changes to the company. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association says the...
Storms Flood Streets, Collapse Buildings in Dallas
Aug 20 2012 // Strong thunderstorms dumping as much as 4 inches of rain flooded streets, trapped drivers and collapsed buildings in Dallas on Aug. 18. Authorities have not confirmed any deaths related to the storms, but people told...
Tropical Storm Helene Weakens as it Passes over Mexico’s East Coast
Aug 20 2012 // Tropical Storm Helene made landfall off the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday and weakened into a tropical depression as it plowed up Mexico’s east coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The depression was about 65...
Predictive Modeling Firms Wiped Out by Surprise Storms
Aug 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 20, 2012. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Goofy Gordon Going Wrong Way; Storm Heads for Europe
Aug 17 2012 // The most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami focuses on highly unusual Tropical Storm Gordon. It’s not unusual as a tropical storm, except for one detail – Gordon is heading directly east...
New Storm Hits North Philippines; at Least 2 Dead
Aug 16 2012 // A second tropical storm in as many weeks battered the northern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least two people, as forecasters warned that the still-reeling capital could see more flooding. Meanwhile, President...
5 Hurt as Storms Move Through Southern Oklahoma
Aug 15 2012 // Authorities say several people were injured and some structures were damaged when severe thunderstorms moved through southern Oklahoma. Calera officials told the Durant Daily Democrat on Aug. 13 that five people were taken...
New Storm Dumps More Rain on Flood-battered Philippines
Aug 14 2012 // A new storm is dumping more rain in the flood-battered northern Philippines a week after nearly 100 people died in a monsoon deluge that submerged half of the sprawling capital city. Rescuers evacuated flood-prone areas in...
June, July Ohio Storm Losses Rise to More than $400M
Aug 13 2012 // Insured losses from a round of summer storms in late June and early July have risen to more than $400 million, a state-based insurance information group reported. Property casualty insurers are reporting losses of at least...
Storm Damages 21 Homes in Oklahoma’s Comanche County
Aug 9 2012 // Authorities say 21 homes in Comanche County were damaged by a summer storm that brought high winds and large hail. The storm moved into the area Tuesday night and authorities said no one was injured. Lightning from the...
AIR Update on Typhoon Haikui, as Storm Hits China
Aug 9 2012 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide Typhoon Haikui, the 11th typhoon of 2012 Pacific season, made landfall in Hepu Township in Xiangshan County of China’s Zhejiang Province at 3:20 am local time...
Ohio Weather Officials Confirm Weekend Tornado
Aug 8 2012 // Weather officials have confirmed what many residents of a northeastern Ohio town suspected: A tornado touched down there over the weekend. The National Weather Service said severe weather that caused damage to a section of...
Deadly Storms Inspire Indiana Shelter Inventors
Aug 7 2012 // When tornadoes tore through southern Indiana and other Midwest states in March, killing at least 13 people and nearly demolishing Henryville, Bob Gray and Steve Clingaman knew they were working on a project worth investing...
Fort Wayne Storm Damage Nearly $2M, Likely To Rise
Aug 6 2012 // A severe thunderstorm that toppled thousands of trees in Fort Wayne, Ind. has cost the city nearly $2 million for cleanup work that continues more than a month after the storm. Fort Wayne mayor’s spokesman Frank...
