Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana Asks Recent Storm Victims to Report Damage
Jun 29 2010 // The Indiana Department of Homeland Security is asking state residents who sustained damage from recent storms and flooding to report it online. The agency wants everyone with damage since June 13 to report it at its Web...
BP Says Storm Waves Will Delay Oil Capture
Jun 28 2010 // BP Plc’s plan to increase oil-capture capacity this week at the Gulf of Mexico leak to up to 53,000 barrels a day will be delayed by high waves expected to be generated by Tropical Storm Alex, a company executive...
Aon Benfield, Cologne University to Study European Windstorms
Jun 25 2010 // Aon Benfield announced that it has signed an exclusive partnership with the University of Cologne – “a leading research centre with a long record of wind storms diagnostics, extreme weather modeling and impact...
Earthquake, Tornado, Storms Hit Canada’s International Summit Site
Jun 24 2010 // International leaders might be forgiven if they nervously eye the skies above and the ground below as they gather for summits of the Group of Eight and the Group of 20 in Canada’s province of Ontario this weekend. In...
Storm Management
Jun 21 2010 // The Atlantic hurricane season forecasts are in and they aren’t pretty. All the major forecasters have predicted the season will be much more active than last season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Storm Management
Jun 21 2010 // The Atlantic hurricane season forecasts are in and they aren’t pretty. All the major forecasters have predicted the season will be much more active than last season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
May Storms in Oklahoma Caused $1B in Damage
Jun 21 2010 // One of the most destructive weather months in Oklahoma history could end up having the state’s highest insurance loss payout in recent memory, industry experts have said. It will be months before all the claims are...
May 7- 8 Northern Ohio Storms Losses Top $31M
Jun 16 2010 // A series of storms on May 7 and 8 centered across the top half of the state caused at least $31.4 million in damages, according to preliminary insured loss estimates released by the Ohio Insurance Institute...
Emergency Declared in Wake of Oklahoma Flooding and Severe Storms
Jun 15 2010 // State officials in Oklahoma declared a state of emergency on June 14 for 59 counties following severe storms and flooding that began a day earlier. At the request of Gov. Henry, who is out of the state, Lt. Gov. Jari...
Oklahoma Calls on Insurers to Renew Policyholders After Storms
Jun 14 2010 // Recent storms throughout Oklahoma caused a tremendous amount of property damage and the Oklahoma Insurance Department says some insurers have been, or currently are, issuing nonrenewal notices to many of their insured....
Ohio Storm Victims Allowed 60-Day Leeway on Insurance Payments
Jun 14 2010 // Ohioans affected by the tornados that ripped through Wood, Fulton, and Ottawa Counties will be getting some relief when it comes to deadlines for paying their insurance premiums, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary...
$4.6 Million in Aid Approved Since Mississippi Spring Storms
Jun 10 2010 // Federal and state agencies have approved more than $4.6 million in the past five weeks to help people recover from tornadoes, floods and severe storms this spring in Mississippi. Of that total, more than $3.5 million has...
4 Killed in Midwest Storms; Property Damage Extensive
Jun 7 2010 // Tornados and thunderstorms that swept through the Midwest over the weekend killed at least four people in Ohio, sent several to hospitals, destroyed 50 homes and damaged scores more, as well a high school gymnasium where...
Storm Management
Jun 7 2010 // The Atlantic hurricane season forecasts are in and they aren’t pretty. All the major forecasters have predicted the season will be much more active than last season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Storm Management
Jun 7 2010 // The Atlantic hurricane season forecasts are in and they aren’t pretty. All the major forecasters have predicted the season will be much more active than last season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Insurers: May Storms in Oklahoma Caused $1B in Damage
Jun 4 2010 // Industry representatives say insurance companies likely will pay out more than $1 billion for property damage sustained during a stormy month of May in Oklahoma. An estimate by ISO’s Property Claims Services unit,...
Recent Colorado Storm Caused Estimated $70M in Insured Damage
Jun 4 2010 // The first major Colorado hail and wind storm of 2010 carries an estimated insurance price tag of $70 million, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association (RMIIA). Approximately 13,600 auto and...
2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season: 76% Chance Major Storm to Hit U.S.
Jun 3 2010 // The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will be even more active than feared, leading U.S. forecasters said Wednesday as they predicted 10 hurricanes, five of them major, with a 76 percent likelihood that a major hurricane...
Tropical Storm Agatha Kills 99 in Central America
Jun 1 2010 // The death toll in Central America from landslides and flooding triggered by the year’s first tropical storm surged to 99 on Sunday, as authorities struggled to clear roads of debris and reach cut-off...
Insurers Paid $768 Million in Losses from 2009 Colorado Windstorm
May 25 2010 // An insurance organization says a windstorm that brought two weak tornadoes, rain and hail to the western Denver suburbs last July caused $768 million in insured losses to vehicles and homes. The Rocky Mountain Insurance...
