Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Katrina Now a Tropical Storm; High Winds, Flooding, Possible Tornadoes Still a Threat
Aug 29 2005 // The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Katrina to a tropical storm in the last few hours and issued warnings from Lake Ponchartrain and the mouth of the Pearl River, eastward to the Alabama/Florida border. All other...
General Casualty to Pay $5 Million in Wisc. Tornado Claims
Aug 26 2005 // General Casualty Cos. said today it expects to pay out about $5 million in losses on the nearly 60 claims that have been filed as a result of tornados last Thursday in southeastern Wisconsin. More than 30 of the claims are...
Weintraub Arrested in Miami for Selling Bogus Windstorm Insurance Policies
Aug 25 2005 // Allen E. Weintraub of Miami, Fla. has been arrested for collecting more than $100,000 for worthless hurricane insurance he sold to at least 45 consumers. The arrest was announced by Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO, who...
FAIA to Study ‘Another Avenue’ to Cover Florida’s Windstorm Risk
Aug 24 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents has announced it will study “another avenue” for covering hurricane wind damage in Florida and would like to establish its own “vehicle” to insure...
Insurers Counting Claims from Wisc. Tornado Strike
Aug 23 2005 // American Family Insurance of Madison, Wisc., which insures about one of every four homes in Wisconsin, has $10.3 million in claims and expects that figure to increase to $12 million. American Family reported receiving 320...
Tropical Storm Risk Reports More Hurricanes on the Way for U.S.
Aug 15 2005 // As the hurricane season recently entered its third month, a London-based storm forecaster reports that a higher-than-usual number of hurricanes are expected to hit the United States this year. Tropical Storm Risk increased...
Safety Group Requests Federal Aid to Protect Communities from Windstorms
Aug 8 2005 // There are clear opportunities for the federal government to support research into making homes and businesses safer from violent windstorms and to remove barriers to developing hazard resistant construction. That was the...
Safety Group Requests Federal Aid to Protect Communities from Windstorms
Aug 8 2005 // There are clear opportunities for the federal government to support research into making homes and businesses safer from violent windstorms and to remove barriers to developing hazard resistant construction. That was the...
Valley Residents Repairing Storm Damage May Need to Have a Windstorm Inspection Done
Jul 27 2005 // In order to retain or acquire Windstorm Insurance from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) residents of Texas’14 coastal counties, which include Cameron and Willacy Counties, must obtain a Windstorm...
Could This Hurricane Season Break 21-Storm Record?
Jul 27 2005 // The United States has already experienced seven named storms in less than six weeks, at this rate, 22 systems would form by Nov. 30, which would break the 21-storm record established in 1933. According to the National...
Hurricane Emily Moves Towards Mexico-U.S. Border; Storm Weakens, But Still a Threat
Jul 18 2005 // Having lost some of her punch, Hurricane Emily moved on Monday into the Gulf of Mexico where warmer water temperatures could give her one more strong shot of power as she moves towards the Mexico-U.S. border. The storm...
FEMA, NEMA Aid Neb. Residents Following May Storms
Jul 17 2005 // Sixty days after severe storms and flooding struck central Nebraska, many counties and towns continue to work restoring their damaged roads, water drainage systems and infrastructure. Thirty eligible applicants for federal...
Hurricane Emily on the Prowl in Yucatan; Texas Coast Prepares for Storm This Week
Jul 17 2005 // The season’s second major hurricane set its sights on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and the tourist haven of Cancun on Sunday, with the Category 4 storm possibly visiting the Texas Gulf Coast later this...
Tropical Storm Emily Fast Moving; Expected to Become a Hurricane Soon
Jul 13 2005 // Tropical Storm Emily had 60 mph winds early Wednesday morning and was continuing on its path into the Caribbean. The National Weather Service reported at 5 a.m. its eye was 260 miles southeast of Barbados at latitude 11.1...
Hurricane Center Watching Tropical Storm Emily
Jul 12 2005 // Tropical Storm Emily, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, developed late on Monday but was still far out in the ocean and several days away from posing a threat to any inhabited areas. Emily, given...
He’s Now Tropical Storm Dennis; Heavy Rains, Tornadoes Main Concern Inland
Jul 8 2005 // Hurricane Dennis slammed into the northern coastline of the Gulf of Mexico between Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach, Fla. on Sunday afternoon shortly after 3 p.m. (EDT) packing top sustained winds of 120 mph. The storm...
Tropical Storm Cindy Heads for Northern Gulf Coast
Jul 5 2005 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a tropical storm warning for the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Intracoastal City, La., to Pascagoula, Miss., including the city of New Orleans and Lake...
Ill. AG Tracks Down ‘Storm Chaser’ Roofing Company
Jun 17 2005 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed suit against a Cook County roofing company that last year allegedly swept into neighborhoods damaged by recent storms and accepted nearly $49,000 in deposits and total...
Storms Led FEMA to Online Innovations
Jun 15 2005 // Working in cooperation with the State of Florida, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) used technological innovations to help meet some of the challenges brought by...
After Tropical Storm Arlene: Fla. Panhandle, Alabama Report Only Minimal Damage
Jun 12 2005 // Initial damage reports in Gulf Shores, Ala. were minimal after Tropical Storm Arlene came ashore on Saturday afternoon dropping more than 5 inches of rain and taking basically the same path as Hurricane Ivan last...
