Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Only 4 Homes Insured in North Dakota Area Hit by Tornado
Aug 4 2008 // The number of homes found damaged or destroyed in tornado-ravaged Rolette County in North Dakota continues to rise. The state Department of Emergency Services says 12 homes have been destroyed and 18 have been damaged in...
Storm Edouard Shuts Gulf Coast Oil Port, Disrupts Shipping
Aug 4 2008 // Tropical Storm Edouard forced shut a huge U.S. offshore oil port, a refinery, some oil production and disrupted shipping as the storm raced toward the Texas-Louisiana coast Monday. Energy companies evacuated staff from...
Tennessee Utility, College Get Federal Relief for Tornado Damage
Jul 30 2008 // The federal government approved $5.7 million in disaster assistance funding for two Tennessee institutions that suffered tornado damage, Gov. Phil Bredesen said. These grants are part of the federal Public Assistance...
Hartford Insurance Results Dip in Q2 Due in Part to Tornado Claims
Jul 29 2008 // Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.’s earnings fell in the second quarter, hurt by claims from tornado damage. Operating earnings fell 9 percent to $696 million. Net income for the second quarter was down 13...
N.H. Calls on Insurers to Get More Claims Adjusters to Storm Victims
Jul 29 2008 // Last week’s severe tornadoes and thunderstorms in New Hampshire have prompted the state’s insurance chief to allow temporary emergency licensing of property/casualty claims adjusters to speed up...
Midwest Storms Prove Costly to Des Moines-based EMC
Jul 28 2008 // Des Moines, Iowa-based EMC Insurance Group reported that losses from Midwest storms cost the company more than $23 million in the second quarter alone. By comparison, storm losses in the second quarter of 2007 totaled...
New Hampshire Insurance Dept: Track Tornado Tree Damage
Jul 28 2008 // New Hampshire residents facing downed trees on their houses or in their yards from Thursday’s tornado could face some hefty bills. A typical homeowner’s insurance policy in New Hampshire covers only $1,000 for...
Insurance Payments Fall Short of Repair Costs after Tennessee Tornado
Jul 25 2008 // Tennessee officials razed fairgrounds bleachers damaged by a tornado in Clarksville, Tennessee. Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Cowling said the tornado on May 3 moved parts of the concrete bleachers 2 inches. A...
Storm Blows Off Roofs in San Antonio
Jul 25 2008 // Several roofs were reported blown off houses and businesses on San Antonio’s south side as the remnants of Hurricane Dolly blew through. There were no initial reports of injuries. The National Weather Service sent a...
Threat of Flooding Persists After Dolly Downgrades to Tropical Storm
Jul 25 2008 // Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, July 23 lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph (161 kph) and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated...
Severe Storm Kills 1, Damages Homes in Central New Hampshire
Jul 25 2008 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch declared a state of emergency in Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack, Strafford and Rockingham counties due to damage from severe weather and thunderstorms. The violent storms killed one person in the...
Greenville, Columbia Clean up after South Carolina Storms
Jul 24 2008 // Crews continue to clean up after strong storms knocked down trees and cut power to thousands of people in South Carolina. Some of the worst damage was in the foothills. At North Greenville University, officials said strong...
Storm Losses Erode W.R. Berkley Net Income in Q2
Jul 24 2008 // Insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corp. reported net income for the second quarter of $80 million, compared to $191 million for the second quarter of 2007. Second quarter results showed the combined ratio was 93.2%...
Insurers Say Major North Carolina Storm Could Cost Billions
Jul 23 2008 // Insurance companies say a major hurricane could lead them to pass billions of dollars in charges to homeowners across North Carolina because a state-created coastal insurance plan is underfunded. The News & Observer...
Louisiana Governor Seeks Disaster Status for May Storm Damage
Jul 23 2008 // After a rejection in June, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has again asked for the president to declare Caddo, Bossier and six other parishes federal disaster areas because of storms in May. Wind and rain caused more than $4...
Texas Windstorm Pool: No Policies Issued With Hurricane in the Gulf
Jul 22 2008 // With Tropical Storm Dolly roiling it’s way into probable hurricane status, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association issued a reminder to agents that once a “hurricane enters the Gulf of Mexico or is within the...
Tornado Threats Loom Large as Flood Waters Recede
Jul 21 2008 // Much has been written in the last six weeks about the 2008 Midwest Flood. Many are saying the devastation will rival the Great Flood of 1993, and that the crop damage will affect the food supply of this country. While that...
Midwest States High on List for Numbers of Tornadoes
Jul 21 2008 // While a rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to metropolitan areas most prone to tornadoes, Texas leads the states in the average total number of tornadoes per year in the continental...
Forecast: Tropical Storm Dolly to Become Hurricane, Hit Southern Texas
Jul 21 2008 // Tropical Storm Dolly churned toward southern Texas Monday, and forecasters said they expected it to grow into a hurricane before hitting land near the Mexican border later this week. The storm, with sustained winds of...
Tropical Storm Cristobal Rumbles off the Carolinas
Jul 21 2008 // Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, sent outer bands of intermittent rain lashing the eastern Carolinas July 19 as forecasters predicted it could dump...
