Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Storm Éowyn Leaves Thousands Without Power, Grounds Flights
Jan 24 2025 // Hurricane-strength winds battered Ireland and the UK early Friday morning, leaving thousands of homes and businesses without power and disrupting transportation across the region. Winter Storm Éowyn brought record gusts...
Florida, Louisiana Sugarcane Could Be Hurt by Winter Storm but Citrus Was Spared
Jan 24 2025 // Sugarcane crops in Louisiana and Florida, the only two states producing sugar from cane in the United States, could be hurt by the cold snap in the area, while citrus farms seemed to have mostly been spared, experts said...
Descartes Launches Parametric Tornado Coverage for Solar Farms
Jan 23 2025 // Descartes Underwriting has announced the launch of a parametric insurance product to protect utility-scale solar farms against tornado damage. According to a press release, the coverage uses satellite data and analytics to...
Storm Éowyn Set to Bring ‘Weather Bomb’ to UK and Ireland
Jan 23 2025 // Storm Éowyn will bring a “weather bomb” to Ireland and the UK, unleashing destructive winds and heavy rain, the Met Office forecaster said. People across Ireland were told to stay home Friday, with schools...
Storm Éowyn Set to Hit UK With Damaging Winds and Heavy Rains
Jan 22 2025 // Winter Storm Éowyn is gathering strength, supercharged by the Arctic blast that moved through the US, and has the potential to trigger power outages and travel disruptions across the UK later this week. Authorities have...
Winter Storm Gripped on Parts of the South, With Snowy Roads, Flight Cancellations
Jan 13 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — Flight cancellations piled up and officials warned of continuing dangerous roads Saturday in the wake of a winter storm that brought biting cold and wet snow to the U.S. South, leading to school closures...
Winter Storm Sweeps US South, Grounding More Than 2,000 Flights
Jan 10 2025 // A powerful winter storm sweeping the US South has grounded more than 2,000 flights, halted passenger trains and threatens the region with heavy snowfall. As of 7:15 a.m. New York time, 2,043 flights around the US were...
Texas Refineries Prepare for First Winter Storm, Frigid January
Jan 10 2025 // Texas refineries are bracing for an onslaught of cold, snow and freezing rain as the US South’s first major winter storm sweeps in during what’s projected to be a frigid month. While temperatures in the...
Maine Storm Resilience Proposal Includes Insurance Industry-Funded Mitigation Grants
Jan 9 2025 // Maine Governor Janet Mills and House and Senate leaders are championing legislation to strengthen the ability of local communities, homeowners, businesses, and emergency responders to prepare for and withstand future...
More SE States Pushing Funding, Discounts for Stronger Roofs as Storms Increase
Jan 9 2025 // A residual property insurer and regulators in two Southeastern states are emphasizing roof integrity, more signs that mitigation and prevention are increasingly recognized as ways to reduce insured losses as storms...
Winter Storm Heading for Texas Grounds Flights and Menaces Grid
Jan 8 2025 // Flight cancellations are already piling up as a winter storm bears down on Texas and the US South, bringing snow and ice that could coat power lines and trigger blackouts. As of 7:30 a.m. in New York, at least 169 flights...
Winter Storm Brings Heaviest Snowfall in a Decade to Central US
Jan 7 2025 // A blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures stirred up dangerous travel conditions in parts of the central U.S as a disruptive winter storm brought the possibility of the heaviest snowfall in a decade to some...
Severe Winter Storm Batters Nation’s Capital and Metro Region
Jan 6 2025 // The nation’s capital and surrounding areas are experiencing the effects of severe winter weather as a storm has moved from parts of the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic. The storm is producing moderate to heavy snow...
Storm System Spawned 45 Reports of Tornadoes Across South
Dec 31 2024 // Officials assessed the damage on Sunday after a strong storm system moved across the southern U.S. over the weekend, spawning tornadoes and killing at least four people. There were at least 45 reports of tornado damage...
Another Hurricane Cost: Duke Energy Files to Recover $1B in Expenses from Storms
Dec 31 2024 // Florida consumers, already fuming in recent years from higher property insurance premiums, repair costs and homeowner association fees, could soon see another burden on their pocketbooks: Duke Energy has filed a plan with...
Tornadoes in Texas and Mississippi Kill 2 and Injure 6
Dec 30 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and...
Flood Gates Removed From Storm Plan for Jersey Shore’s Back Bays
Dec 27 2024 // federal government has dropped huge gates at the mouths of three inlets, as well as internal waterway barriers from a plan to protect New Jersey’s back bays from the type of catastrophic flooding they endured during...
Severe Weather Brings Snow, Ice to Midwest and a Tornado in California
Dec 17 2024 // OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A tornado near a mall in central California swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital. In San Francisco, authorities issued the first-ever tornado warning. Elsewhere,...
NTSB: Turbulence Hit Hawaiian Air Flight Due to Decision to Fly Over Storm Cell
Dec 17 2024 // A Hawaiian Airlines flight crew’s decision to fly over a hazardous storm cell instead of deviating around it was the probable cause for hitting severe turbulence that injured passengers and crewmembers in 2022, the...
Florida Set to Produce the Fewest Oranges Since 1930 After Storm
Dec 11 2024 // Florida’s orange production for the current season is forecast at 12 million boxes, the lowest since 1930, after a hurricane this fall accelerated an unrelenting industry downturn. That’s down three million...
