Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Colorado Under Blizzard Warning; Storm Rolls into Denver, Plains
Dec 21 2006 // A powerful winter storm brought heavy snow and strong winds to Colorado on Wednesday, prompting airlines to cancel hundreds of flights and forcing highway officials to close the state’s busiest east-west route from...
Pacific Northwest Storms Cause 14 Deaths, More Than $500 Million in Losses
Dec 20 2006 // The winter storm that struck the Pacific Northwest last week is responsible for 14 deaths and is receiving the unfortunate recognition of the worst winter storm in 13 years, according to catastrophe risk modeling company...
8 Texas commissioner allows windstorm rate hike
Dec 10 2006 // Although welcome, some think it’s not enough 9 Louisiana’s special session Despite protests, governor calls for 10-day session 10 Judge says water may be covered in New Orleans canal case Ambiguities in...
Tornado Hits London
Dec 8 2006 // A freak tornado struck a section of northwest London on Thursday morning, Dec. 7, tearing the roofs off and causing other damage to as many as 150 homes, wrecking a number of cars and leaving six people injured....
52,000 Residents Still without Power from Winter Storms in Ill., Mo.
Dec 8 2006 // High winds overnight and into Thursday increased the number of Ameren Corp. electric utility customers without power in Missouri and Illinois to more than 52,000, the majority of those in Illinois, Ameren spokeswoman Susan...
Mo. Department Issues Advice for Residents Recovering from Storms
Dec 5 2006 // The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP) has issued a notice to residents in several communities throughout Missouri that were impacted by last week’s heavy...
Miss. couple denied new trial on storm surge
Nov 20 2006 // A federal judge says he won’t order a new trial for a Pascagoula, Miss. couple whose lawsuit against their insurance company was the first case to be tried in Gulfport after Hurricane Katrina spawned hundreds of...
At Least 3 Dead in N.C. Tornadoes That Swept Across South
Nov 17 2006 // Thunderstorms that tore up homes and buildings across the South hit North Carolina early Thursday, killing at least three people and leaving thousands without power. Another person died Wednesday as a tornado swept through...
Texas Commissioner Agrees to Windstorm Rate Hikes
Nov 16 2006 // Although not as substantial as those sought by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin signed an order on Nov. 15 giving TWIA rate hikes of 3.7 percent for commercial property...
Judge Denies Miss. Couple New Trial on Storm Surge Coverage
Nov 3 2006 // A federal judge says he won’t order a new trial for a Pascagoula, Miss. couple whose lawsuit against their insurance company was the first case to be tried in Gulfport after Hurricane Katrina spawned hundreds of...
Storm Buries Colorado Mountains under 18 Inches of Snow, Blizzard
Oct 27 2006 // A powerful snowstorm dumped 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow in parts of the Colorado mountains and spread eastward Thursday, snarling traffic and shutting down dozens of school districts. A 125-mile (201-kilometer)...
AIR Sees Possible $50 Billion European Windstorm Insured Losses
Oct 26 2006 // Boston-based consultant and catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide Corporation has released a new analysis of European extratropical cyclones, which confirms that Europe could experience a winter storm resulting in insured...
Fla. Mandates Boost in Insurance Discounts for Storm Mitigation
Oct 5 2006 // Many Florida homeowners will get larger property insurance discounts — about double what they now receive — for improvements aimed at avoiding hurricane damage under a rule approved this week by Gov. Jeb Bush and the...
Post-storm season forecast
Sep 25 2006 // With lots of luck, the second half of the 2006 hurricane season will be as uneventful for most East Coast residents and businesses — and insurers — as the first half has been. Not that the first half...
Editor’s Note: Post-storm season forecast
Sep 25 2006 // If the immediate hurricane trend does continue, there may be another storm that the insurance industry will have to weather: a political storm. With lots of luck, the second half of the 2006 hurricane season will be as...
Texas agents urge legislators to address windstorm problems
Sep 25 2006 // The Texas Legislature’s Texas Joint Committee on Wind-storm Coverage and Budgetary Impact held a public hearing in Corpus Christi in late August, and two of the state’s agent associations–the Independent...
More than 2,200 Auto Claims Filed after Southern N.M. Storm
Sep 21 2006 // More than 2,200 automobile claims and 950 homeowner claims have been filed through insurance companies as a result of last week’s hailstorm in southern New Mexico, a trade association said. The Rocky Mountain...
N.D. Storm Causes $3 Million in Damage
Sep 15 2006 // An Aug. 24 storm that rolled across North Dakota left behind at least $3 million in damage, and the amount is likely to go higher as more claims are filed, Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman says. Poolman said earlier this...
Florence Becomes Season’s 6th Storm
Sep 5 2006 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami has designated Florence as the sixth named storm of the current season. According to the most recent (11:00 a.m. AST) bulletin, a tropical depression over the Central Atlantic Ocean...
Provo Recovering From Storm Damage
Sep 5 2006 // Most of the major damage to public facilities caused by a 12-minute storm in Provo, Utah, that caused $13 million in damages has been resolved. Provo city, which lost $1.2 million in trees and took a $1.3 million hit to...
