Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Cat Fund May Borrow Billions Next Year, Even Without Another Storm
Oct 28 2022 // The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund is well equipped to handle losses from Hurricane Ian, which are now estimated to cost the fund about $10 billion, but it could mean the fund will have to borrow billions next year –...
Fierce Storms Batter Northern France, Ripping Off Roofs, Cutting Power
Oct 25 2022 // Tornado-like storms that tore through northern France sheared off part of a church roof, felled trees and power lines and left scores of people without a safe place to live, authorities said Monday. One person suffered...
Snow Storm Hits Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Causing Power Outages
Oct 20 2022 // It’s beginning to look a lot like winter in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with snow falling and high winds toppling trees and causing power outages. MLive reported that as much as 18 inches (45 centimeters) of...
Storm Batters Maine Coastal Communities
Oct 17 2022 // A storm packing strong winds and heavy rain lashed the New England coast on Friday with the greatest impact in Maine, where more than 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. The storm brought a gust of 72 mph (116 kph),...
How Uninsured Residents of Maryland’s Smith Island Help Each Other in Tornado Recovery
Oct 17 2022 // The aftermath of the tornado that struck Smith Island is still visible two months after it carved a destructive path through the sparsely populated Chesapeake Bay archipelago. The EF1 tornado began as a waterspout that...
Search for Victims Done, Florida Coast Begins Recovery from Storm
Oct 12 2022 // An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian’s onslaught, and Brenda Palmer’s place is among them. By the...
Arizona Tornado Damaged Homes, Power Lost in Dust Storms
Oct 5 2022 // Up to 10 homes were damaged after a tornado touched down in northern Arizona Monday while around Phoenix, dust storms caused downed power lines, fires and cut power to thousands, authorities said. The National Weather...
Video Shows Ian Storm Surge Devastated Part of Florida; Losses Mounting
Oct 3 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv FORT MYERS, Fla. – Dave Lusk, who lives on San Carlos Island, sandwiched between Fort Myers and devastated Fort Myers Beach, Florida, told the story of how his daugther and her family...
Storm Noru Brings Floods to Thailand, Forcing 5,000 People to Seek Shelter
Sep 30 2022 // Water up to waist-high flooded some riverfront neighborhoods and other areas of Thailand on Thursday after a tropical depression dumped heavy rains and knocked down trees, causing at least one death. The heaviest rainfall,...
Storm Ian Weakens as Millions Left Without Power
Sep 29 2022 // Ian was downgraded to a tropical storm as it continued to move northeastward across central Florida, with a massive and deadly surge of water and catastrophic winds that are poised to make it one of the costliest storms in...
Intensifying Storms Are Fueling a Record $17 Billion Bond Barrage
Sep 29 2022 // Bonds sold to help US utilities recoup losses from natural disasters are seeing an unprecedented boom, with the latest burst of issuance generated by the deadly February 2021 storm that paralyzed Texas as it struck a large...
$52B Movable Barriers, Storm Gates Eyed for Waterways Hit by Sandy
Sep 29 2022 // A decade after Superstorm Sandy pummeled New York and New Jersey in one of the costliest storms in U.S. history, the federal government is proposing a $52 billion plan to build movable barriers and gates across bays,...
Tampa, Now a Major Insurance, Financial Services Hub, Empties Out Ahead of Storm
Sep 27 2022 // Tampa, one of the fastest-growing financial services hubs in the US, began emptying in a matter of hours Monday after officials ordered an evacuation of the Gulf Coast Florida city and parts of the surrounding area before...
Hurricane Fiona Hits Nova Scotia as One of Region’s Strongest Storms
Sep 26 2022 // Fiona, the most powerful storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, roared ashore in eastern Nova Scotia early Saturday as one of the strongest systems ever to hit the region, knocking out power, toppling trees...
Update: Hurricane Fiona Roars Toward Atlantic Canada as New Storm Threatens Florida
Sep 23 2022 // After lashing Bermuda, Hurricane Fiona is racing north toward Eastern Canada, threatening to become the most powerful storm ever to hit the region. A second system, meanwhile, is developing in the Caribbean and may strike...
Flood Waters Receding After Storm Batters Western Alaska
Sep 20 2022 // Floodwaters were receding in parts of western Alaska battered by the worst storm in a half century, leaving behind debris flung by powerful Bering Sea waves into beaches and seaside communities. The remnants of Typhoon...
Storm Battering Western Alaska Caused Widespread Flooding
Sep 19 2022 // A powerful storm sweeping north through the Bering Strait on Saturday caused widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for higher ground. The force...
Puerto Rico Begins Restoring Power After Storm Snuffs Grid
Sep 19 2022 // Power is slowly being restored to parts of Puerto Rico Sunday after Atlantic storm Fiona clipped the island as a Category 1 hurricane, knocking out electricity to the entire US territory and causing “catastrophic...
Tropical Storm to Brush Puerto Rico Before Turning North, East of Florida
Sep 16 2022 // Tropical Storm Fiona, the season’s sixth named storm, was expected to graze Puerto Rico before turning north and staying east of Florida, and forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm...
Severe Storms Blamed in 3 Deaths in Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas
Aug 31 2022 // Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South were blamed for the deaths of three people, including two children in Michigan and Arkansas as well as a woman...
