Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Okla. AG Warns of Potential Storm Scams
Apr 3 2007 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson is alerting consumers of the potential for home repair scams following recent severe weather in his state. “We have seen in the past that fraudsters sometimes roll in with the...
Georgia Towns Hit by Storms Receive Additional Federal Aid
Apr 2 2007 // President Bush has authorized additional relief for Georgia communities hit by tornadoes and severe storms earlier this month, saying the federal government would pick up the full tab for debris removal and other eligible...
Texas Storms Damage Dozens of Homes
Apr 2 2007 // Thunderstorms hammered parts of Texas early on March 31, blacking out thousands of customers and spinning out tornadoes. The same group of storms sent a twister through a small town west of Waco late on March 30 and caused...
Tornadoes Kill 2 people in Oklahoma, 1 in Colo.
Mar 30 2007 // An early spring storm swept across the central U.S. early on March 29, spinning off tornadoes that killed an Oklahoma couple in a home that was blown to pieces and a Colorado woman whose small town was nearly destroyed. A...
Fla. Considers Storm Supply Tax Break, New Claims Law Glitch
Mar 30 2007 // Flashlights, radios, tarps and other hurricane supplies would be tax free for 12 days at the beginning of hurricane season, under a measure the Florida House has under consideration. Floridians received a similar tax break...
Restoration work continues after Florida tornadoes
Mar 26 2007 // With the final death toll standing at 20, the tornadoes that slammed central Florida on Feb. 2 have been dubbed “Ground-Hog Day Tornadoes” by The Florida State Emergency Response Team. The groundhogs in Sumter,...
Insurer Delivers First Check to Aid Tornado-Stricken Ala. Town
Mar 21 2007 // Representatives from a Boston-based insurance company personally presented a $2 million check to Gov. Bob Riley and Enterprise city officials as the first installment toward the coverage of two Enterprise schools damaged...
Orlando Attorney Elected President of Windstorm Insurance Group
Mar 19 2007 // Attorney Janice A. Kelly was recently elected as the 2007- 2008 president of the Windstorm Insurance Network, Inc., a non-profit organization comprised of almost 1,000 individuals and groups interested in windstorm-related...
Ga.: Losses from March 1 Storms Top $210 Million
Mar 19 2007 // Damage from March 1 storms that ripped through southwest and central Georgia reached $210 million in insured losses, making it the state’s worst disaster in that category. The losses exceeded $150 million caused by...
Ga. Releases $3 Million For Local Storm Response
Mar 9 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue released $3 million from the state’s emergency discretionary fund to cover past and future expenses incurred by local governments in responding to last week’s severe weather. Preliminary...
Wis. American Family Pays Record $1.1 Billion in Storm Claims
Mar 8 2007 // A string of spring storms across the Midwest caused American Family Insurance Co. to pay a record $1.1 billion in storm losses last year. Other insurers, including the nation’s largest insurer, State Farm Insurance,...
Iowa Winter Storm Damage Tops $65 Million; Governor Seeks Federal Aid
Mar 5 2007 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver sent a letter to President Bush, requesting a presidential disaster declaration for 46 Iowa counties. Damage assessment for potential eligible expenses from winter storms that battered parts of Iowa...
March in Like a Lion in Alabama; Tornadoes Bring Death, Damage
Mar 2 2007 // A preliminary bulletin issued by Alabama Emergency Management Agency late Thursday reported that there were 17 confirmed deaths in Coffee County and one confirmed death in Wilcox County due to damage caused by tornadoes...
Tornadoes Reported in Four States; 27 Injured in Arkansas
Feb 27 2007 // Authorities went door to door in search of an unknown number of people who remained unaccounted for after severe storms swept through southern Arkansas, shredding home and businesses and injuring at least 27...
Should windstorm be added to the NFIP?
Feb 26 2007 // U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., recently introduced the Multiple Peril Insurance Act, which would offer windstorm coverage as an option for consumers within the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The bill has sparked...
Agents welcome windstorm debate; insurers warn against subsidies
Feb 26 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (the Big “I”) says the debate over windstorm coverage is crucial for consumers and independent agents and brokers in many regions around the...
Editor’s Note: Should windstorm be added to the NFIP?
Feb 25 2007 // The agents’ association is concerned about lack of markets and affordable windstorm coverage for both homeowners and businesses, which it believes has reached crisis proportions in some states. U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor,...
8 Agents welcome windstorm debate
Feb 25 2007 // Insurers warn against subsidies 10 Safeco to cut homeowners, commercial rates 200,000 Calif. customers to benefit, company says 10 Ariz. lawmakers move to raise burden of proof on ER suits Identical bill vetoed by Gov....
Okla. Gov. Seeks Winter Storm Assistance for 20 More Counties
Feb 22 2007 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry said Feb. 19 the state has asked for federal public assistance for 20 more Oklahoma counties that were battered by winter storms last month. “The ice and snow storms caused serious hardships...
Wash. Counties Declared Federal Disaster Areas for December Storms
Feb 21 2007 // President Bush has declared a major disaster in 19 Washington counties and approved federal money to help with state and local recovery efforts from the Dec. 14-15 winter storm. The federal money is intended to help with...
