Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Storm Tears Roofs Off Buildings in Northern Missouri
May 10 2023 // TRENTON, Mo. (AP) – Severe storms tore the roofs off several buildings in northern Missouri and pelted the region with softball-sized hail. Grundy County Emergency Manager Glen Briggs told KSHB television that...
Southern California Got Snow, Rain, Tornado in Spring Storm
May 5 2023 // An unseasonably cold storm coated Southern California mountains with snow, dumped heavy rain elsewhere and spawned a small tornado Thursday as spring struggled to shake the grip of an exceptionally wet winter. More than 4...
Nevada Puts March Winter Storm Costs at $10.6M
May 3 2023 // State emergency managers are projecting clean-up and repair costs of at least $10.6 million following severe winter storms that affected rural parts of Nevada in March. Nevada Division on Emergency Management spokeswoman...
Dust Storm Causes Crashes in Illinois, Leaving at Least 6 Dead
May 3 2023 // DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) – A windstorm in central Illinois kicked up dangerous clouds of blinding dust off farm fields Monday, causing numerous crashes that killed at least six people on Interstate 55, police said. The...
Recovery Continues After Tornado Hits Palm Beach Gardens
May 2 2023 // A tornado touched down in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Saturday as a powerful storm system brought intense rain and powerful winds to the state, overturning cars, damaging homes and snapping tree branches. The National...
Virginia Beach Tornado Causes $15M in Residential Damage; No Reports of Injuries
May 1 2023 // The Virginia Beach community in southeastern Virginia was hit by a tornado on Sunday, April 30, just minutes before 6:00 pm. City Manager Patrick Duhaney declared a state of emergency. Officials said there were no reported...
Mississippi Tire Plant Partly Covered, Will Reopen in June After Tornado
May 1 2023 // A northeast Mississippi tire plant that was damaged by an April tornado is expected to restart production in June. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said this week that it was likely to take several months for its Cooper Tire...
Federal Housing Aid to Help Rebuild From Kentucky Storms
Apr 28 2023 // An infusion of federal funding will help build hundreds of homes in Kentucky communities devastated by tornadoes and floods in 2021, Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday. Four counties hardest hit by the storms – Graves,...
A Record Start to the 2023 U.S. Tornado Season
Apr 27 2023 // The U.S. has experienced a record number of tornadoes in the first three months of 2023 according to preliminary data from the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center (NWS SPC), delivering an active start to the...
Disaster Declaration Approved for Texas Counties With Damage From Winter Ice Storms
Apr 25 2023 // President Joe Biden issued a disaster declaration Saturday for 13 Texas counties, freeing federal relief for areas damaged in last winter’s crippling ice storms. Disaster relief will be available for state agencies,...
Tornado, Small Earthquake Hit Upstate New York
Apr 25 2023 // A minor magnitude 3.6 earthquake shook parts of upstate New York on Sunday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of significant damage. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the earthquake struck at 2:10 p.m. with...
California to Meet 100% of Water Requests Thanks to Storms
Apr 24 2023 // California will provide 100% of the water requested by cities and farms for the first time in years thanks to winter storms that filled reservoirs and runoff from a record snowpack, regulators announced. The State Water...
Central Oklahoma Tornadoes Kill 3, Cause Widespread Damage
Apr 20 2023 // A tornado outbreak on in central Oklahoma left three people dead and caused heavy damage Wednesday night. Three fatalities were reported in McClain County, where a tornado hit the town of Cole. Another tornado touched down...
Insured Losses from Mississippi Tornado Nearing $100 Million
Apr 20 2023 // Insurance losses from the March tornado that carved a path of destruction through parts of Mississippi are approaching $100 million, and uninsured losses will likely exceed that number, the state insurance department...
TWIA to Maintain $4.6B Total Funding for 2023 Storm Season
Apr 19 2023 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TIWA) Board of Directors on Tuesday elected to forego additional reinsurance beyond the $2.24 billion it selected in January, bringing the insurer of last resort’s total...
Church Tried to Exclude Named Storms, But Appeals Court Says Coverage Due Anyway
Apr 18 2023 // In 2015, the Shilo Christian Center in Melbourne, Florida, cut its property insurance premiums in half by asking its insurer to drop coverage for named windstorms. Hurricane Matthew struck the next year, ripping the roof...
Two Tornadoes Confirmed in Georgia Towns
Apr 17 2023 // The National Weather Service confirmed two weak tornadoes touched down last week in middle Georgia. No one was reported injured in either storm. A tornado with top winds of 90 mph touched down on the southeast edge of...
Mississippi City Faces Tough Road Rebuilding After Tornado
Apr 17 2023 // The scent of the Mississippi Delta’s soil took hold of Charlie Weissinger’s psyche at an early age, and he has chased it ever since. Weissinger, 37, works at a bank to support his farming addiction in Rolling...
Goodyear’s 2nd-Largest Plant Still Recovering After Mississippi Tornado
Apr 14 2023 // Production at a large north Mississippi tire plant has ground to a halt in the wake of a damaging tornado, pausing operations at one of Goodyear’s largest production facilities in North America. Storms that dropped...
AccuWeather: Storms May Have Delayed California’s Wildfire Season
Apr 12 2023 // The massive rainfall and snow California received this winter will likely delay the upcoming wildfire season for the state – though all that moisture is unlikely to curtail it much if at all, a wildfire report out today...
