Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tropical Storm Claudette Pounds Gulf Coast with Rain, Floods
Jun 20 2021 // Jun 19 2021 — Thunderstorms and high winds on the east side of Tropical Storm Claudette battered the Florida panhandle and much of Alabama on Saturday, as the weather system moved toward the North Carolina coast. The...
Stormy Weekend: Tropical Storm Warning Issued for Gulf Coast, Louisiana to Florida
Jun 17 2021 // The National Hurricane Center’s updated its tropical storm warning for the Gulf Coast is in effect for east of Morgan City, Louisiana to the Okaloosa/Walton County line in Florida. The center has warned of heavy...
Tropical Depression Off North Carolina Could Become Tropical Storm
Jun 14 2021 // Tropical Depression Two has formed off the coast of North Carolina and is heading away from the United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. The depression is expected to become a tropical storm...
Connecticut Utilities Appeal Penalties Over Tropical Storm Response
Jun 14 2021 // Connecticut’s two largest electricity distributors have appealed millions of dollars in profit reductions imposed by the state for what regulators called the companies’ failures in preparing for and responding...
Colorado Tornado Damaged Home, Downed Power Lines
Jun 9 2021 // A tornado that touched down in a largely rural area of northern Colorado on Monday damaged at least one home and brought down power poles and lines, authorities said. No injuries were reported. One home was damaged in a...
Tornado Damages Buildings in Northwest Kansas Town
May 26 2021 // A tornado caused lots of property damage, but no serious injuries, in the northwestern Kansas town of Selden as strong storms raked the area, the National Weather Service said. Sheridan County officials reported the...
Storm Surges Inundate Villages in Eastern India as Cyclone Yaas Moves Inland
May 26 2021 // BHUBANESWAR, India – Storm surges inundated dozens of villages in eastern India on Wednesday after a powerful cyclone moved inland from the Bay of Bengal, damaging thousands of mud homes in two coastal states and killing...
USDA: February Storms Created Ag Disaster Area in Louisiana Parish
May 26 2021 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Rapides Parish, Louisiana, as a primary natural disaster area because of the winter storm and ice from Feb. 15-21. Producers in Rapides and the seven parishes that touch it...
Tropical Storm Ana Begins Expected Above-Normal 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season
May 23 2021 // Just days after weather forecasters predicted another above-normal Atlantic hurricane season in 2021, Ana launched the season by forming off of Bermuda. Ana reached Tropical Storm status early on Sunday northeast of...
Hawaii Can Expect 2 to 5 Storms During Hurricane Season
May 21 2021 // The central Pacific basin including Hawaii can expect between two and five tropical depressions, tropical storms or hurricanes this year, federal forecasters said Wednesday. The annual National Weather Service prediction...
Canada Faces Mega-Hurricanes if Climate Change Pushes Storms North: Swiss Re Warns
May 21 2021 // Climate change is making hurricanes bigger and stronger, and it may soon push them farther north. Yet Canada’s homeowners, businesses and insurers underestimate that escalating risk, according to one of the...
March Storm in Eastern Canada Cost Insurers C$50 Million
May 19 2021 // A storm that moved across eastern Canada from March 26-29 brought heavy rain and strong winds, causing C$50 million (US$41.5 million) in insured damage, according to initial estimates from Catastrophe Indices and...
Tornado in New Orleans Rips Off Roofs, Knocks Out Power
May 13 2021 // A tornado ripped off roofs, knocked down utility poles and cut off power to thousands in New Orleans early on May 12, but no serious injuries were reported in what one city official called an unexpected “dry...
Oregon Ice Storm Repair Will Cost $4M-Plus
May 12 2021 // Officials in Salem, Ore., say damage from a February ice storm will cost about $4.6 million to repair. The Statesman Journal reported the money will be spend repairing infrastructure and clearing downed trees. As of April...
8 Alabama Counties Approved for Federal Disaster Aid from March Storms
May 12 2021 // President Joe Biden has approved federal disaster aid for eight Alabama counties where tornadoes and strong winds caused damage over two days in March, the White House said. Biden approved assistance that can include...
Connecticut Utilities Face Steep Fines for Storm Failures
May 11 2021 // Connecticut regulators on Thursday proposed a $30 million fine for Eversource and a $2.1 million fine for United Illuminating for what officials called the utilities’ failures in their preparation and response to...
Tornado That Struck Chesapeake Bay’s Western Shore Damaged Houses
May 10 2021 // A tornado that struck Virginia’s Northumberland County near the Chesapeake Bay destroyed one home and severely damaged a few others. But no one was injured, according to weather service officials. National Weather...
Flood Threats Persist as Storms Continue to Drench the South
May 6 2021 // Relentless wind and rain continued to pummel much of the southeastern United States Wednesday, spawning tornadoes, sparking a flash flood emergency in Alabama and damaging homes from Texas to Virginia. The storms have...
3 Killed by Tornadoes from Southeast Storms; 12 Twisters Confirmed in Mississippi
May 5 2021 // Much of the South faced more severe weather Tuesday that has killed at least three people, spawned tornadoes Sunday night and Monday and damaged homes and uprooted trees from Mississippi to West Virginia. Parts of Texas,...
Connecticut Officials Mull Utility Fines Over Storm Response
May 5 2021 // Connecticut regulators have criticized the state’s two largest electricity distributors and said they are considering fines over what they called the companies’ failures in their preparation and response last...
