Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alabama Man Pleads Guilty in Tornado Fraud Case
Nov 17 2011 // A west Alabama man has pleaded guilty to fraudulently claiming disaster benefits following the April 27 tornadoes in Alabama. Officials say 47-year-old Robert Lee Spires entered his plea before U.S. District Judge L. Scott...
Tornado Damages Buildings in Southern Indiana Town
Nov 16 2011 // A tornado struck a southern Indiana town on Nov. 14, tearing the roof off the police and fire headquarters and leaving debris piled on the courthouse square. The National Weather Service said the nighttime storm damaged...
Connecticut Hearing to Look at Insurers’ Storm Response
Nov 14 2011 // State lawmakers want to learn more about how the insurance industry responded to the two recent storms to hit Connecticut — the remnants of Hurricane Irene and the October nor’easter. The legislature’s...
Powerful Storm Damages Roofs in Nome, Alaska
Nov 10 2011 // High winds and surging waves pummeled Alaska’s western coast Wednesday, churning the Bering Sea and forcing residents of Nome and isolated native villages to seek higher ground inland. “We do have some reports...
Texas Lawmaker Uses Jewish Slur in Windstorm Hearing, Then Apologizes
Nov 7 2011 // A Texas state lawmaker on Nov. 3 used a Jewish slur during a legislative committee hearing while telling officials not to delay or cheat people out of legitimate property insurance claims. Rep. Larry Taylor, of...
Accident Fund Will Cover Comp Claim for Joplin Tornado Survivor
Nov 7 2011 // Michigan-based Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America says it will honor the workers’ compensation claims for a man injured during the tornado outbreak in Joplin, Mo., earlier this year. Mark Lindquist, a social...
Accident Fund Will Cover Comp Claim for Joplin Tornado Survivor
Oct 25 2011 // Michigan-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America now says it will honor the workers’ compensation claims for a man injured during the tornado outbreak in Joplin, Mo., earlier this year. Mark Lindquist, a...
More Dust Storms Expected as Texas Drought Lingers
Oct 24 2011 // The towering wall of billowing red dust roaring across the blue West Texas sky on Oct. 17 took Monroe Debusk back more than eight decades to the Dust Bowl years when he was growing up on his family’s cotton farm. The...
FEMA Warns N.Y. Residents to Avoid Scams in Wake of Tropical Storm Lee
Oct 17 2011 // New York residents are urged to be alert for potential fraud during recovery and rebuilding efforts following Tropical Storm Lee, officials with the New York State Office of Emergency Management (NYSEMO) and the Federal...
New Billing, Commission System at Texas Windstorm Pool Starts Jan. 1
Oct 13 2011 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) will be implementing a new billing and commission system beginning Jan. 1, 2012. In a bulletin to insurance agents, TWIA said under the new system it will assume the...
Tornado Damages Homes, Post Office in San Antonio
Oct 11 2011 // A small tornado touched down in San Antonio early on Oct. 9, damaging several homes and a post office. The overnight storm dumped more than 3 inches of rain on the city and left thousands without power, the San Antonio...
Tornadoes Offer Lessons in Disaster Response and Planning
Oct 5 2011 // In a year marked by a high number of severe and devastating natural catastrophes, one thing is evident — while rare, some situations are not survivable. For instance, if people or structures happen to be located directly...
Tornadoes Offer Lessons in Disaster Response and Planning
Oct 3 2011 // In a year marked by a high number of severe and devastating natural catastrophes, one thing is evident – while rare, some situations are not survivable. For instance, if people or structures happen to be located...
Oklahoma Governor Announces Storm Shelter Rebate Offer
Sep 30 2011 // Oklahoma homeowners will be eligible for a cash rebate of up to $2,000 for the installation of a qualified tornado shelter under a program announced by Gov. Mary Fallin. Using $1 million in federal grant money, the program...
Kansas Storm Damage Insurance Claims Set Record
Sep 30 2011 // Spring and summer storms in Kansas have led to more than $1 billion in insurance claims this year. The Kansas Department of Insurance reported that the 197,000 claims have been filed for property and crop damage. The...
Tornado Repairs Tracked in Minneapolis
Sep 29 2011 // City inspectors are fanning out across north Minneapolis, where some homes remain damaged four months after a tornado strike, to assess what can be done to help residents before winter arrives. ‘There are a number of...
Hurricane Center Tracking Hurricane Hilary off Coast of Mexico; Atlantic Storms
Sep 27 2011 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking Hurricane Hilary in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula. The NHC’s latest bulletin, issued at 2:00 a.m. PDT,...
Alabama Names Tornado Recovery Panel
Sep 19 2011 // Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has chosen the president and CEO of Protective Life Corp., Johnny Johns, and the publisher of The Birmingham News, Pam Siddall, to lead his Tornado Recovery Action Council. Retired aerospace...
Georgia Tornado Damage Estimated at $15M
Sep 12 2011 // Authorities estimate that a recent tornado and strong storms in north Georgia inflicted at least $15 million in damage. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said that the damage estimate was preliminary and could grow as...
Storm Nate Fizzles After Landfall in Gulf of Mexico
Sep 11 2011 // Storm Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday as it moved farther inland across the coffee and sugar growing state of Veracruz, in the Gulf of Mexico. Nate, which could still dump one to two inches of rain over...
