Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Minn. Officials Look for Ways to Teach Immigrants What Tornado Sirens Mean
May 2 2006 // Officials in Minnesota are looking for ways to teach new immigrants what tornado sirens mean. Mao Thao had no idea what it meant the first time she heard a tornado siren go off. The recently arrived Hmong refugee spoke no...
La. Commissioner Launches Storm Awareness Tour in Lake Charles
May 1 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon will kick off a statewide storm awareness tour in Lake Charles on May 2. His visit will include a trip to areas hit hard by...
Insured Losses to Top $100 Million in Texas Hail Storm
Apr 26 2006 // The hailstorm that struck Central Texas on April 21 is expected to exceed $100 million in insured losses, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. Baseball-size hail pounded the city of San Marcos smashing vehicles at...
Poe Dropping Storm-Damaged Homes
Apr 24 2006 // Florida insurance officials confirmed that complaints filed recently against troubled Poe Financial Group came from people who said their policies were dropped before their homes were repaired. A condominium association in...
Bulletins Issued, Hotline Accepting Calls About Tenn. Tornados
Apr 17 2006 // Tennessee Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Paula A. Flowers has announced that her department is ready to assist consumers and insurance companies as they work to rebuild the communities affected by last week’s...
Deadly storms hit Midwest again in new round of spring tornadoes
Apr 17 2006 // The new round of tornadoes hit the Midwest less than one month after a similar grouping of twisters, high winds and damage hit a five-state area on March 12. News Currents Another round of deadly storms hit the Midwest...
10 Deadly storms hit Midwest again in new round of tornadoes
Apr 17 2006 // Claim counts include March and April storms N1 U.S. tort costs reach a record $260 billion, study reports Cost exceeds other countries’ by large margin N1 Private companies at increased risk of liability...
Mo. Senate Votes to Bar Insurers from Canceling Policies Due to Storm Claims
Apr 13 2006 // The Missouri Senate voted Tuesday to bar insurance companies from canceling policies, refusing to renew policies or raising rates as a result of weather-related claims. Sen. Charlie Shields, (R-St. Joseph), offered the...
Federal Judge in Mississippi ‘Storm Surge’ Case Upholds Home Insurance Flood Exclusion
Apr 13 2006 // A federal judge in Mississippi has upheld the water damage exclusion in homeowners insurance policies in a ruling welcomed by insurers. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter, Jr. of the Southern District of Mississippi denied a...
Storms Kill One in Georgia, Cause $15M in Damages
Apr 12 2006 // A string of four twisters that swept through Georgia killed at least one and cut a swath of devastation from the Alabama line up to Gainesville, state officials said. Drake Walker, an 11-year-old from Sycamore, was killed...
Insured Losses from March Tornadoes in Mo. Hit $394 Million
Apr 12 2006 // As state and federal teams assess damage from last week’s severe storms, losses from earlier storms and tornadoes are becoming clear, according to an Associated Press news account. The first round of severe weather...
‘Tornado-like’ Storms Sweep Through Atlanta’s Suburbs
Apr 10 2006 // Storms swept through the Atlanta area early Saturday morning, causing “tornado-like” damage to homes and businesses in densely-populated suburbs, state officials said. Authorities said the storms damaged homes...
Thousands of Claims Anticipated After Tenn., Ky. Tornado
Apr 6 2006 // The cleanup is underway in the aftermath of a large F-3 to F-4 tornado that tore a swath of death and destruction on Sunday evening through northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky, leaving 18 people dead and hundreds...
Cleanup Begins After Storms Demolish Scores of Ark. Homes
Apr 5 2006 // Cheryl Ward stood next to her demolished house in Marmaduke, Ark., and put things in perspective. “None of this means anything when you’ve got one kid and your kid is safe,” she said. Nearly two-thirds of...
Death Toll 28 in 2nd Round of Deadly Storms to Hit the Midwest
Apr 4 2006 // Another round of deadly storms hit the Midwest Sunday evening, causing 28 deaths, massive damage and power outages in 8 states. The states affected were Ill., Ind., Iowa, Mo., Ohio, Tenn., Ark., and Ken. The new round of...
Top Meterologist Predicts 17 Named Storms Will Form in Atlantic Basin
Apr 4 2006 // A well-known meteorologist is predicting that 17 named storms will form in the Atlantic Basin during the 2006 hurricane season, and the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season will be much more active than the average 1950-2000...
PIA Texas Expresses Support for Windstorm Bonds
Mar 31 2006 // The Texas Insurance Professionals (PIA Texas) association reported that it has addressed a letter to Texas Gov. Rick Perry in support of the proposal that the state authorize the sale of $800 million in bonds in order to...
Galveston, Texas, Schools Boost Insurance to Brace for Storms
Mar 31 2006 // The Galveston, Texas, school board voted to triple its insurance payments to keep up with higher rates for windstorm coverage. With hurricane season approaching, the coastal district will pay $1.3 million in premiums to...
Okla. Agent Allegedly Fails to Remit Tornado Victims’ Premiums
Mar 31 2006 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department suspended a Locust Grove, Okla., insurance agent’s license for failing to send in premium payments for several victims of this month’s tornado in Delaware County, the...
Texas Joint Committee on Windstorm Coverage Selected
Mar 30 2006 // Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and Speaker Tom Craddick recently released the names of Senate and House of Representatives appointees to the Joint Select Committee on Windstorm Coverage. The Joint Select...
