Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tornado Hits Iowa Boy Scout Camp, 4 Killed, 48 Seriously Injured
Jun 12 2008 // Adding insult to already enough injury–Iowa was hit again on June 11 with another round of deadly storms. This tornado roared through a remote camp area hitting the Little Sioux Boy Scout camp in Western Iowa....
Rocky Mountain Insurance Asssociation Cautions Against Scams Following Tornado
Jun 12 2008 // Colorado consumers need to be aware of an insurance scam that appears to be operating in the aftermath of the Windsor tornado, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association. In one case reported to the...
Iowa Storms Yield $160 Million in Insurance Claims
Jun 11 2008 // Storms that hit Iowa during the Memorial Day weekend have led to about $160 million in claims, according to an insurance information company. The New Jersey-based Insurance Services Office’s property claims unit...
Possible Tornado Damages Dozens of Mobile Homes in Florida
Jun 10 2008 // Florida officials said a possible tornado that moved through northern Lee County damaged about 50 mobiles homes, but no one was seriously injured. North Fort Myers Fire Chief Terry Pye said at least eight homes were...
Storms Cause Flooding in Indiana, Damage in Wisconsin and Illinois
Jun 9 2008 // The death toll now stands at eight in the Midwest as tornadoes, severe thunder storms and flooding hit Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin over the last five days. The forecast for all three states call for more of the...
Iowa Tornado Toll Estimated at Nearly $6 Million
Jun 5 2008 // The deadly EF5 tornado that ripped through northeastern Iowa did more than $6 million in damage. That’s according to a preliminary estimate from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Iowa Homeland Security and...
Central American Storms Kill at Least 9 Persons, Aid Rushed to Flood Areas
Jun 5 2008 // Flash flooding carried away houses and ripped a child from his father’s grasp in Belize, while falling trees killed two people in Honduras on Tuesday, raising the death toll from Central America’s twin tropical...
Storms, Hail and High Winds Batter Kansas, Indiana, Ohio
Jun 5 2008 // Authorities say lightning from a line of strong thunderstorms crashing through the Midwest ignited a large fire at a petroleum terminal in downtown Kansas City, Kan. City fire Capt. Stan Castaneda says lightning struck a...
Oklahoma Hail Damage Claims From Recent Storm Could Top $20M
Jun 5 2008 // Hail damage claims from this past weekend’s storm could easily top $20 million, an insurance industry source says, matching the cost of a similar area storm in April. Meanwhile, nearly 1,260 electric company...
Meteorologists Confirm Tornado Touched Down in Northwest Ohio
Jun 4 2008 // Two of the three tornadoes that traveled through northwest Ohio early on May 31 destroyed homes and left a path of debris, meteorologists said. The National Weather Service said one tornado with winds up to 130 mph touched...
Oklahoma Town Surveys Damage From Severe Storm
Jun 4 2008 // Local officials and insurance adjusters in Mannford, Okla., are assessing widespread damage from a June 1 hailstorm that pounded more than 1,000 homes and vehicles. City Manager Mike Nunneley said every home – about...
Tornado Warning Sirens Send Illinois Lawmakers Running for Cover
Jun 2 2008 // Tornado warning sirens chased lawmakers to the statehouse basement, a semitrailer was blown from a roadway and homes and an airport building were damaged as severe storms battered parts of Illinois and Indiana on late on...
Storm Ready
Jun 2 2008 // Forecasters predict that the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season will be an active one for hurricane and tropical storm formation. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s most recent forecast calls for 12 to...
$50M in Insured Losses Expected From May Storm in Austin
Jun 2 2008 // Earlier North Texas storms rack up more than $200 million in damages Trees downed in May 14 storm damaged this house in central Austin. Back-to-back storm systems that surprised Central Texas overnight May 14-15 with...
Colorado Residents Cleaning Up After Tornadoes, Hail
Jun 2 2008 // Colorado residents affected by powerful storms that struck the northern part of the state about 80 miles north of Denver on May 22, 2008, are beginning to sort through the wreckage and pick up the pieces. According to the...
Storm Ready
Jun 2 2008 // Forecasters predict that the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season will be an active one for hurricane and tropical storm formation. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s most recent forecast sees 12 to 16...
Residents, Agents Pitch In as Minnesota Town Recovers from Storm
May 29 2008 // Crews in Hugo, Minn. worked to restore electricity and natural gas and insurance agents went door-to-door as this small suburb got back on its feet after the devastating storm that killed a toddler and flattened...
Deadly Iowa Tornado Rated State’s Strongest in 32 Years
May 29 2008 // A tornado that leveled half a town in northeast Iowa and killed seven people was the strongest to hit the state in 32 years, the National Weather Service said on May 27. The twister, three-quarters of a mile wide with...
Insured Damage from Recent Georgia Tornado Tops $40M, State Reports
May 29 2008 // State officials say damage from the tornado that hit north metro Atlanta last week now totals more than $40 million. The tornado that touched down on May 20 caused extensive damage in Cherokee, Cobb, north Fulton and...
Wisconsin Avoids Upper Midwest Storms that Hit Iowa, Minnesota
May 28 2008 // Wisconsin emergency-management officials breathed a sigh of relief on May 25 as a series of storms that caused death and destruction in two neighboring states left Wisconsin with only minor damage. The series of...
