Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
No State Emergency Funds for Private Storm Shelters in Missouri
Feb 6 2012 // Missouri’s State Emergency Management Agency has rejected funding for individual storm shelters, but SEMA says it will earmark $20 million to build community safe rooms in Joplin. Assistant City Manager Sam Anselm...
Early Tally: January Storms Cause $38M Damage In Oregon
Feb 2 2012 // Preliminary assessments indicate the wind, rain and snow that hit Oregon in mid-January caused an estimated $38 million in damage to nine counties. The Oregonian reported that figure is expected to grow. Flooding was...
Talk of ‘Tornado Tourism’ Stirs Anger in Joplin, Missouri
Feb 2 2012 // Eight months after a tornado laid waste to much of this city, Joplin, Mo., is wrestling with an emotional question: Should the community market its devastated neighborhoods to tourists? When the convention and visitors...
Storm Cost Seattle $1.35 Million
Jan 31 2012 // The Seattle Transportation Department says the mid-January storm cost the city of Seattle $1.35 million—more than half of its annual snow budget of $2.2 million. KOMO reported transportation officials briefed the city...
Oklahoma Officials Learn Lessons from 2002 Ice Storm
Jan 31 2012 // Communications have been modernized, utility outage response has improved and emergency response officials in north-central Oklahoma are better prepared for natural disasters 10 years after one of the worst ice storms in...
Weather Service Documents 10 Tornadoes in Alabama
Jan 27 2012 // The National Weather Service has now documented paths of destruction from at least 10 tornadoes in the outbreak of storms across central Alabama early Monday. Recently completed surveys show that tornadoes struck in Perry...
Severe Storms Drench Texas, at Least 3 Tornadoes Reported
Jan 26 2012 // Buckets of rain and powerful winds that likely spawned several tornadoes swept across Texas on Jan. 25, forcing drivers to abandon cars on flooded roads but not dropping enough water to make up for a historic dry...
Alabama Rescuers Search Homes for Tornado Survivors
Jan 24 2012 // Searchers in the Birmingham area were going from house-to-house early Monday in an effort to rescue people trapped in their homes after storms moved across the Midwest and South, prompting tornado warnings in a handful of...
Alabama Tornado Recovery Report Delayed
Jan 24 2012 // The severe weather prompted Alabama Governor Robert Bentley to cancel a meeting this week where he was supposed to receive a study from a group of community and corporate leaders that studied Alabama’s response to...
Pacific Storm Brings Winter Back to West
Jan 23 2012 // The remnants of a Pacific storm that moved into the West are continuing to create weather hazards and bring back winter-like conditions following a long period of warm weather throughout the region today into tonight,...
Texas Tornadoes Hit Homes, Mall
Jan 23 2012 // Forecasters say two tornados hit the Houston area during early January thunderstorms that flooded roads and knocked out power. The National Weather Service said a tornado with 95 mph winds touched down on Jan. 9 in Mission...
Ohio Property Insurance Rates Expected to Rise After Storms
Jan 20 2012 // Ohio’s relatively low rates for property insurance are expected to rise in 2012 due to the damaging storms of recent years. An insurance agent in Middletown in southwest Ohio says Mother Nature has had her way with...
Ice Storm Adds to Weather Woes in Pacific Northwest
Jan 20 2012 // A deadly ice storm swept across the Pacific Northwest on Thursday, adding to the misery of residents struggling with power outages and treacherous roads since an earlier record snowfall. Washington’s governor...
Report: Joplin Might Not Have Debt From Tornado
Jan 18 2012 // A new report says the city of Joplin, Mo., might not end up with any debt related to the May 22, 2011, tornado. The report from the city finance director estimated that costs to the city, including damage to city property,...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Names New Controller and VP of Claims
Jan 18 2012 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) recently named Pete Gise as controller and David Williams as vice president of claims. As controller, Gise manages financial reporting, accounts receivable processing and...
P/C CEOs Look Back on the Financial Storm That Was 2011
Jan 17 2012 // A panel of CEOs at a recent industry forum looked back and shared their thoughts on 2011, the year of record-high catastrophe loss for many carriers. Ohio Mutual Insurance Group CEO James Kennedy said that small- and...
Virginia Gets $19M in Federal Funding to Fix Storm-Damaged Roads
Jan 13 2012 // Virginia is getting more than $19 million in federal funding to repair roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the funding from the Federal...
Connecticut Governor Seeks Storm Exercises, Utility Standards
Jan 13 2012 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced this week that he will propose legislation that could lead to new performance standards for all utilities and could penalize them with fines if they fall short in their response...
2 Tornados Confirmed in Houston Area From Storms
Jan 12 2012 // Forecasters say two tornados hit the Houston area during recent thunderstorms that flooded roads and knocked out power. The National Weather Service said a tornado with 95 mph winds touched down on Jan. 9 in Mission Bend,...
Illinois Gets $7.7 Million in Federal Storm-Repair Aid
Jan 11 2012 // Illinois is getting more than $7.7 million to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by last year’s flooding and windstorms. Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin announced that the money will be...
