Latest Windstorm Headlines
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More Tornadoes in Midwest, Great Plains Leave One Dead and 500,000 in the Dark
Dec 16 2021 // Dec 16, 2021 — A powerful storm that spawned tornadoes across the Midwest and Great Plains killed at least one person, ripped trees from the ground and knocked out power to more than 500,000 homes and businesses. Winds...
New Research Warns Rare Winter Tornadoes May Get More Intense
Dec 16 2021 // Nasty winter tornadoes — like the deadly ones last week that hit five states — are likely to be stronger and stay on the ground longer with a wider swath of destruction in a warming world, a new study shows. The...
Tornadoes Destroyed Kentucky Insurance Agency, Damaged Others as Claims Pour In
Dec 16 2021 // A number of insurance agencies in southwestern Kentucky sustained damage at their own offices during the massive tornado rampage last weekend, including one insurance firm that lost its entire building in hard-hit...
Insurers Begin Work in Areas Hard-Hit By Weekend Tornadoes
Dec 15 2021 // Insurance claims and loss estimates are beginning to come in from the group of deadly and damaging tornadoes that moved through the central and southern U.S. last weekend. The Federal Emergency Management Agency confirmed...
Planning Questions Emerge at Tornado-Destroyed Kentucky Candle Plant
Dec 14 2021 // The Mayfield Consumer Products factory was the third-biggest employer in this corner of western Kentucky, an important economic engine that churned out candles that lined the shelves of malls around the U.S. But why its...
AM Best Sees Tornado Losses as Manageable for Insurers
Dec 14 2021 // Analysts at ratings firm AM Best said they expect the insured losses from the tornadoes that devastated central and southern U.S. last weekend will dampen underwriting results for insurers but that insurers will be able to...
Insured Loss From Tornado Outbreak Estimated at $3 Billion by KCC
Dec 14 2021 // The insured loss from the December 9-12 tornado outbreak that devastated parts of central U.S. has been estimated to be about $3 billion. Catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Company said its estimate includes...
Why OSHA Is Investigating Amazon Worker Deaths at Illinois Building Hit by Tornado
Dec 14 2021 // EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — The U.S. workplace safety watchdog is investigating the circumstances around the collapse during Friday night’s storm of an Amazon.com Inc building in Illinois in which six workers died, an...
Tornadoes That Ripped Across Central U.S. Could Be Costliest Outbreak on Record
Dec 13 2021 // A group of tornadoes that tore across the central U.S. on December 10 and 11 resulted in widespread damage in several states and could serve as the nation’s costliest tornado outbreak on record. “Based on...
Insurance Losses for October Storms in Southern Australia Estimated at A$1.03B
Dec 13 2021 // The initial industry loss estimates for Southern Australia’s severe storms, which occurred during the period of Oct. 28-30, 2021, are A$1.03 billion (US$739 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based...
Tornados Leave 2 Dead in Arkansas; Governor Says State Avoided Worst of Storm
Dec 13 2021 // Two people were killed in northeastern Arkansas as tornadoes struck several states in the region, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Saturday, Dec. 11 in Monette. One person at Monette Manor nursing home in Monette and one person...
Crews Continue Searching for Missing After Tornadoes Ravage Communities
Dec 13 2021 // Rescuers combed through fields of wreckage after a tornado outbreak roared across the middle of the U.S., leaving dozens dead and communities in despair. A twister carved a track that could rival the longest on record as...
Hawaii Recouping from Large Storm Amid Lingering Flood Threats
Dec 8 2021 // A slow-moving storm that knocked out power, swamped dozens of homes and sent creeks and streams surging had mostly passed over Hawaii on Tuesday, though the threat of flooding lingered in some already-drenched...
Ireland Braces for ‘Weather Bomb’ With Violent Winds and Rain From Storm Barra
Dec 7 2021 // Ireland braced for a so-called weather bomb, with Storm Barra’s violent winds and rain slamming the country Tuesday and Wednesday. The Irish Meteorological Service issued a red wind warning for three counties in the...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Committee Recommends Willis Re for Reinsurance Broker
Dec 7 2021 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee met on December 6 to review best and final offers from respondents to the Association’s request for proposals for reinsurance...
Minnesota Winter Storm Causes Hundreds of Car Crashes, No Fatalities
Dec 7 2021 // Snowfall reached nearly 1 foot on Sunday, Dec. 5 in some parts of northern Minnesota. The Minnesota State Patrol reported hundreds of car crashes during the storm. Authorities said 26 of the crashes resulted in injuries,...
Insured Price Tag for Europe Windstorm Hendrik-Ignatz (Aurore) Estimated at €311M
Dec 3 2021 // Initial insured losses for extratropical windstorm “Hendrik-Ignatz,” also known as “Aurore,” are estimated at €311 million ($352 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based...
Louisiana’s Entergy Owes up to $4.4 Billion for Ida Storm Restoration
Nov 23 2021 // Entergy Louisiana told utility regulators last week that it owes up to $4.4 billion for getting the lights back on after a string of storms and needed a $1 billion loan to meet those costs in the short-term. The Advocate...
‘Extraordinary’ Storms Cut Off Road, Rail Access to Vancouver
Nov 18 2021 // Vancouver, Canada’s third-largest city, is cut off from the rest of the country by land after days of storms caused flooding and mudslides that have blocked major highways and rail lines. In response to what local...
‘Storm of Century’ Halts Traffic at Canada’s Biggest Port, Adding to Supply Chain Woes
Nov 17 2021 // Traffic at Canada’s largest port has been cut off by what local officials are calling the storm of the century, the latest snag to hit the North American supply chain. Days of torrential rain have pelted British...
