Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
2008 a Record Year for Storm Damage in Georgia, Says Insurance Chief
May 28 2008 // Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine says 2008 has turned into a record year for storm damage in Georgia, with more than $400 million in insured losses during the first five months. Oxendine said that documented insurance...
With Storm Season Looming, It’s Time to Update Disaster Kits
May 28 2008 // Living on a canal in Treasure Island, Fla., just six blocks from the Gulf of Mexico, Dennis and Martie Fagan don’t mess around when it comes to preparing for hurricane season. Around this time of year, they take...
Colorado Tornado, Hail Damage Adds Up To Estimated $147M in Damage
May 28 2008 // Colorado residents in Windsor and surrounding communities are starting the process of repairing and rebuilding their homes, following May 22’s tornadoes and hail and wind storm. Meanwhile insurance companies have...
Tornadoes Kill 1 Child in Minnesota; Iowa Twister Kills 6
May 27 2008 // While most of the country was celebrating Memorial Day with picnics and parades, people in two states were fighting to stay alive. A town official says a 2-year-old child has died and 20 are missing after a severe storm...
Colorado Residents Cleaning Up After Tornadoes, Hail
May 23 2008 // Colorado residents affected by powerful storms are beginning to sort through the wreckage and pick up the pieces. According to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association, it is too early to estimate the total...
Weather Officials Confirm Tornado Touched Down in South Carolina
May 23 2008 // The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in Bamberg County on May 20. Forecasters say the twister had winds up to 90 mph and moved from just north of Olar to near Ehrhardt in the late afternoon. The...
Tornado Strikes Northern Colorado
May 22 2008 // A large tornado struck Northern Colorado on May 22, 2008, striking several areas in the town of Windsor, which is about 80 miles north of Denver. Initial reports indicate one person was killed, but there were no official...
Financial Relief on the Way to Alabama for Tornado Damage
May 20 2008 // Residents and business owners in several northeast Alabama counties will get financial help to rebuild and repair property affected by the severe storms and tornado on May 11. Officials announced May 16 that beginning May...
Tornadoes Kill 15 in Southwestern Missouri; Governor Calls in National Guard
May 19 2008 // Category K-4 tornadoes that cut across three states on Saturday (May 10) night killed 15 people in southwestern Missouri. The hardest areas hit were in rural southwestern Missouri about eight miles north of Seneca and 10...
Alabama Students Hope Balloons Lead to Improved Tornado Warnings
May 19 2008 // Studying balloons’ payload could be first step toward programming Doppler radar to recognize tornado debris Three hot-air balloons dropped asphalt shingles, lumber, sticks, leaves and pine needles onto a north...
Damages Mount – again – In Storm-battered South Central States
May 19 2008 // Storms have caused more than $3 billion in damages this year, insurance group says As the town of Picher, Okla., began to climb out of the wreckage of the deadly tornadoes that swept across Southeastern Oklahoma, Missouri...
Oklahoma AG Warns of Fraud in Storm-Damaged Areas
May 16 2008 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s office is warning consumers in areas battered by recent storms to beware of fraudsters seeking to take advantage of storm weary property owners. Investigators in the...
Claims Pile up from Texas Storms
May 16 2008 // Back-to-back storm systems surprised Central Texas overnight on May 14-15 with intense winds and heavy hail damage in localized areas that has insurance agents and companies responding to thousand of property damage...
Weather Service Confirmed 15 Tornadoes Hit Georgia on Mother’s Day
May 16 2008 // The National Weather Service says that severe weather on May 11 spawned 15 tornadoes in central Georgia. The strongest of the so-called “Mother’s Day tornadoes” occurred in Treutlen County and was an EF3....
Feds Give Almost $5 Million to Rebuild N.D. Tornado Damaged School
May 15 2008 // State officials say the Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide nearly $5 million to rebuild the school in the town of Northwood after a tornado last August. The announcement came from the state’s...
Damage from April 17 Texas Storm Exceeds $200 Million
May 15 2008 // Insured losses from severe storms on April 17 that hammered areas west of Fort Worth, Texas, with softball size hail now exceed $200 million, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. An estimated 33,000 homeowner claims...
Recent Tornadoes Underscore Risks of Taking Shelter in Cars
May 14 2008 // Trapped in his car on the way to a friend’s wedding, Rick Rountree and his family never stood a chance once a tornado packing winds of 170 mph hit southwest Missouri. “It’s like taking a handful of...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner: Storm Damage at $50M and Growing
May 13 2008 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine said he estimated that violent weather across Georgia over the weekend caused more than $50 million in insured losses, with more than 6,000 homes...
Okla. AG: LaQuinta to Offer Free Rooms to Overcharged Ice Storm Victims
May 13 2008 // Oklahomans who were overcharged for hotel rooms during the December 2007 ice storms will receive free rooms or refunds after Attorney General Drew Edmondson settled a price gouging case against LaQuinta Inns. The...
Damages Mount, Again, in Storm-battered South Central States
May 13 2008 // As the town of Picher, Okla., begins to climb out of the wreckage of the deadly tornado that swept across Southeastern Oklahoma and into Missouri and beyond over the May 10 weekend, some are predicting that the town may...
