Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tropical Storm Isaias Spawns Tornadoes, Leaves Thousands Without Power in Carolinas
Aug 4 2020 // After bringing heavy rain and flooding to Florida over the weekend, Tropical Storm Isaias began its attacking up the Southeast coast Monday, killing at least one person after a tornado it spawned obliterated a mobile home...
Delaware Urges Residents to Prepare for Tropical Storm Isaias
Aug 4 2020 // As Tropical Storm Isaias approaches Delaware, residents are urged to prepare for dangerous winds of more than 55 miles per hour and up to six inches of rain. Storm surges, localized flooding, tree damage, power outages and...
Tropical Storm Isaias Kills One as Tornadoes Threaten U.S. Northeast
Aug 4 2020 // Tropical Storm Isaias pummeled Virginia on Tuesday on its way toward Washington and other cities of the U.S. Northeast, and killed at least one person after a tornado it spawned obliterated a mobile home park in North...
Virus-Hit Florida Lashed by Weakened Tropical Storm Isaias
Aug 3 2020 // Bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida’s east coast Sunday while officials dealing with surging cases of the coronavirus kept a close watch on the weakened tropical storm. Isaias was downgraded from a...
Update: Tropical Storm Isaias to Regain Hurricane Strength, Heads Toward Carolinas
Aug 2 2020 // Aug 3, 12:02 pm — Tropical Storm Isaias was expected to regain its hurricane strength on Monday as it moved up the U.S. East Coast, threatening a deadly storm surge before making landfall in North Carolina or South...
More than 14K Homes Vulnerable to Hanna’s Storm Surge, CoreLogic Says
Jul 27 2020 // CoreLogic has estimated that more than 14,000 homes were at risk of storm surge damage from Hurricane Hanna, which made landfall in South Texas on July 25. CoreLogic’s Coastal Storm Risk Score shows the number of...
Update: Tropical Storm Hanna Headed Toward South Texas
Jul 24 2020 // A storm churning in the Gulf of Mexico that yesterday was a tropical depression is now Tropical Storm Hanna, the National Hurricane Center has reported. TS Hanna’s center is currently located south of the...
Committee Recommends No Rate Hike for Texas Windstorm Insurer
Jul 23 2020 // The Actuarial and Underwriting Committee of Texas’ insurer of last resort for wind and hail coverage for properties in the state’s coastal counties voted on July 21 to recommend a 0% rate increase to its board...
Texas Windstorm Rate Filing Consideration Process Now Underway
Jul 20 2020 // July 17 was the last day the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s (TWIA) Actuarial & Underwriting Committee accepted comments on its annual rate filing process, which officially begins on July 21 when the...
North Carolina’s Outer Banks Island Ravaged by Storms, Virus Restrictions
Jul 17 2020 // When Hurricane Dorian pounded the wisp of earth that is Ocracoke Island, a wall of Atlantic seawater flooded Bob Chestnut’s home, surf shop and four vehicles. Seven months later, his shop was ready for business. But...
East Coast’s Insured Loss From Tropical Storm Fay to Tally Near $400 Million: KCC
Jul 15 2020 // The insured loss from Tropical Storm Fay will be close to $400 million, according to catastrophe risk modeling firm Karen Clark & Company (KCC). KCC said its estimate includes the privately insured wind and storm surge...
Travelers Expects Q2 Loss From Storms, Civil Unrest, Investments; Modest COVID Impact
Jul 14 2020 // In a preliminary look, The Travelers Companies said it expects to report a net loss for the second quarter, results that will reflect losses from storms, civil unrest and its non-fixed income investment portfolio. It also...
May 2019 Tornadoes in Missouri Caused Nearly $190M in Insured Losses
Jul 10 2020 // The May 2019 tornadoes that ravaged several parts of Missouri caused significant damage to both residential and commercial properties, and resulted in close to $190 million in insured losses, the state Department of...
1 Dead After Tornado Hits Western Minnesota, Authorities Say
Jul 10 2020 // At least one powerful tornado damaged farms, left one person dead and two others injured in western Minnesota as severe storms moved across parts of the Midwest, authorities said. A 30-year-old man was killed near Dalton...
Tropical Storm Fay Heads to New York, Southern New England
Jul 10 2020 // Quick-moving Tropical Storm Fay strengthened as it moved toward southern New Jersey, where it was expected to make landfall Friday afternoon before sweeping north to New York with a curtain of heavy rain and thrashing...
Tropical Storm Dolly Becomes 4th Named Storm with Early Start to Hurricane Season
Jun 24 2020 // Tropical Storm Dolly spun up southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, becoming the Atlantic’s fourth named storm of 2020, marking the third-fastest start to a storm season in more than a century. The system’s winds...
Correction: 127 Oklahoma Tornadoes in First 5 Months of 2019, Not 186
Jun 12 2020 // Note: In a previous story about there being fewer tornadoes in Oklahoma thus far in 2020, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of tornadoes through the first five months of 2019. There were 127, not 186...
Tornado Numbers Down in Oklahoma in 2020, So Far
Jun 11 2020 // Following a record-setting year for the number of tornadoes in Oklahoma, the state has seen fewer thus far in 2020, according to state climatologist Gary McManus. There were 33 twisters during the first five months of this...
Insured Losses from Storm Cristobal Estimated at $150 Million
Jun 10 2020 // Catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Company (KCC) said on Wednesday it expects insured losses of close to $150 million from tropical storm Cristobal. Cristobal is the third named storm to form and impact the United...
Tornado in Orlando Topples Trees, Damages Buildings
Jun 9 2020 // A tornado that struck the Orlando area toppled trees and damaged buildings but did not cause any deaths or injuries, authorities say. The National Weather Service said the twister had winds of at least 100 mph (160 kmh)....
