Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Potent Storm System Threatens Central US
Mar 12 2025 // A potent storm system is expected to pour heavy rain on western states later this week before rumbling into the central United States, where it could spawn tornadoes in the South and dump heavy snow across the parts of the...
Tornado Destroys Florida Home, Strikes TV Station During Broadcast
Mar 12 2025 // A tornado destroyed an Orlando-area home and hit a TV station while the weatherman was broadcasting about the twister, part of storm fronts that caused damage across parts of the Southeast. In Longwood, Florida, north of...
CoreLogic: Chicago Has Most Homes at Risk from Convective Storms
Mar 6 2025 // Convective storms added to a year of extreme weather events that will put pressure on property insurance rates, particularly in a few hard-hit states, a new report shows. CoreLogic released its 2025 Severe Convective Storm...
Weathering the Storm: Key Insights from the 2025 CoreLogic® Severe Convective Storm Risk Report
Mar 5 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. As property insurance costs continue to rise, homeowners and insurers alike are facing new challenges. While hurricanes and wildfires often dominate discussions around...
Rain in Carolinas May Dampen Wildfires But Threat of Tornadoes, More Fires Looms
Mar 5 2025 // The Carolinas saw some much-needed rainfall Wednesday morning, helping to quell wildfires that had burned more than 2,600 acres – but also raising the threat of tornadoes. Even with the new rainfall, insurance and...
NC Governor Waives Weight Limits, Truck Driver Hourly Limits as Winter Storm Hits
Feb 19 2025 // With heavy snow and ice on the way, North Carolina’s governor on Tuesday issued an emergency declaration, waiving weight and registration checks for some trucks and hourly limits on drivers delivering essential...
Virginia Governor Seeks Major Disaster Declaration for Winter Storm Floods
Feb 18 2025 // Citing damages and outages caused by dangerous winter storms and flash flooding across parts of Buchanan County and elsewhere over the past week, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has submitted a request for an expedited...
Cash-Flush Florida Seeks to Retire $1.7 Billion of Debt and Prepare for Storms
Feb 12 2025 // Municipal bonds sold by the state of Florida are poised to become much scarcer. That’s because Governor Ron DeSantis plans to pay down $1.7 billion of tax-supported debt as part of his budget proposal for the fiscal...
Tornadoes Kill 2, Injure 3 in East Tennessee, With Flooding in WV, Kentucky
Feb 10 2025 // WARTBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Two tornadoes moved through eastern Tennessee, leaving a mother and daughter dead and injuring three other people, officials said Friday. A mother and daughter from the same household were killed...
AccuWeather: Elevated Risk of Mudslides at LA Wildfire Burn Scars From Coming Storm
Feb 7 2025 // Meteorologists are warning of an elevated risk of dangerous debris flows and destructive mudslides in Southern California next week in areas scorched by destructive Los Angeles wildfires. AccuWeather meteorologists expect...
North Carolina Insurance Chief Reports Arrests in Deer, Storm Claims
Feb 6 2025 // A Charlotte man has been arrested on a felony charge of insurance fraud for allegedly falsely claiming to an insurer that his car was hit by a deer, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Aon, Floodbase, Swiss Re Team on Parametric Storm Surge Solution for US Hurricane
Feb 5 2025 // Aon plc said it has launched a new parametric insurance solution designed to address and mitigate commercial losses from hurricane-related storm surge along the coast of the U.S. Developed with parametric flood insurance...
Australia Braces for Life-Threatening Floods as Six Storms Brew
Jan 31 2025 // Six storms around Australia and its territories are expected to strengthen in the coming days, with one system likely to trigger life-threatening flooding in the nation’s north and three others with at least a...
Storm Triggers Worst Floods in 40 Years in Northwest France
Jan 28 2025 // Storm Herminia triggered the worst flooding in four decades in parts of northwest France and created dangerous avalanche conditions in the Alps. In Brittany, hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in the...
California Storm Raises Mudslide Risk, Closes Interstate
Jan 27 2025 // Southern California will clock a few more tense hours as showers continue to soak the burn-scarred landscape around Los Angeles. While the rains are helping fight wildfires that have killed at least 28 and destroyed more...
Climate Change Makes Fierce Winter Storms Like Éowyn Even Stronger
Jan 27 2025 // Winter Storm Éowyn pummeled Ireland and the UK with hurricane-force winds on Friday, creating blackouts for hundreds of thousands and disrupting travel across northwestern Europe. Éowyn was one of the strongest storms to...
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...
