Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Windstorm Association Seeking $175M Assessment for Harvey Losses
May 9 2018 // The board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has authorized staff to seek regulatory approval for a $175 million assessment to TWIA’s insurance company members for losses associated with...
Insurers Offering Discounts on Tornado-Resilient Homes in Oklahoma
May 2 2018 // Dozens of insurance companies are now offering discounts to Oklahomans who have built or retrofitted their homes to certain tornado-resilient standards, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. A new law went into...
Strong Winds Fanning Fires, Dangerous Dust Storms in Midwest
May 1 2018 // A fire fueled by strong winds extensively damaged a grain elevator in Wisconsin’s Brown County. The fire broke out about 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Mina. Because of 40 to 45 mph winds, smaller fires caused by blowing,...
No Tornadoes in Oklahoma in 2018 – Yet
May 1 2018 // This year’s weather on the Southern Plains has an odd twist: Oklahoma has yet to record its first tornado, the deepest into the year it’s gone without one since 1962. Although a drought has dried up moisture...
Recovery Efforts Underway in North Carolina After Tornado Damages 1K Structures
Apr 27 2018 // An aerial view of significant damage to W.M. Hampton Elementary School in Greensboro, N.C., Monday, April 16, 2018. Two storms, reported as tornadoes, toppled trees and ripped apart homes in Greensboro and Reidsville...
NWS: Alabama, Florida Storms Spawned At Least 3 Tornadoes
Apr 25 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms at least three tornadoes in Alabama from Sunday storms, and is surveying other parts of southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. A storm with estimated winds of 80 mph (130 kph)...
Texas Windstorm Policy Assumption Program to Begin Soon
Apr 24 2018 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association will soon begin its annual program designed to move policies out of the residual market for wind and hail along the Texas coast. This will be the third round for the Assumption...
State of Emergency Declared for 2 North Carolina Counties Hit by Tornado
Apr 23 2018 // Gov. Roy Cooper has declared a state of emergency in two North Carolina counties which suffered major damage from a tornado. Cooper’s declaration Friday for Guilford and Rockingham counties means state government...
Deadlines for Texas Windstorm Insurer Appraisal Demands Extended
Apr 19 2018 // The deadlines for a Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) claimant to demand appraisal of a claim for damages caused by Hurricane Harvey have been extended, the Texas Department of Insurance reports. An extension of...
6 Tornadoes Confirmed in Mississippi from Weekend Storm
Apr 19 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms six tornadoes hit Mississippi on Saturday. Tornadoes were reported in Lafayette, Lamar, Lauderdale, Rankin and Winston counties. Surveyors say damage in Lowndes County was caused by a...
Spring Storm Brings Tornadoes, Floods to Southeast
Apr 18 2018 // A mid-April storm that pushed across the U.S. created a tornado in North Carolina that killed a person, caused widespread power outages in North and South Carolina and caused flooding emergencies in West Virginia and...
Surveyors Confirm 2 More Tornadoes Hit Arkansas Over Weekend
Apr 18 2018 // Survey teams with the National Weather Service have confirmed 11 tornadoes so far from the severe storms that hit Arkansas on Friday and Saturday. The NWS previously said it had confirmed nine tornadoes. The two strongest...
Downfall Eases, Improving Rescue Efforts After Massive Hawaii Storm
Apr 18 2018 // Heavy rains on Kauai let up this week, which helped emergency workers better rescue people stranded by flooding on the Hawaiian island. By Monday afternoon, emergency crews evacuated 152 people by helicopter, 121 people by...
More Than 100 Airlifted After Storm Strikes Kauai
Apr 17 2018 // More than 100 people were airlifted from Kauai’s north shore and taken to a shelter after a weekend storm. Emergency officials are advising people who want to evacuate that it’s unknown when they’ll be...
9 Tornadoes Confirmed in Arkansas from Weekend Storms
Apr 17 2018 // Survey teams with the National Weather Service have confirmed nine tornadoes so far from the severe storms that hit Arkansas on Friday and Saturday. The two strongest tornadoes were both rated EF2. One hit Mountainburg in...
Insured Losses from Europe’s Storm Friederike Rise to €1.63B (US$2.0B): PERILS
Apr 17 2018 // PERILS AG has issued its second loss estimate of €1.63 billion for Europe’s windstorm Friederike, also known as David. Friederike caused property damage in the British Isles, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany on...
Buildings Damaged as Tornadoes Hit Southern Missouri County
Apr 16 2018 // The National Weather Service says two tornadoes hit sparsely-populated rural areas of Wright County in southern Missouri as strong storms raked states from Texas north to Iowa. Springfield television station KOLR reports...
2 Tornadoes Knock Out Power in Florida City, Delay Flights
Apr 13 2018 // Weather officials say two tornadoes hit a Florida city on Tuesday, causing mostly minor damage. The National Weather Service confirmed that one tornado touched down shortly after 3:30 p.m. in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Fort...
National Weather Service: Storms Spawned 8 Tornadoes in Mississippi
Apr 11 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms eight tornadoes hit Mississippi last week. Nobody was injured by the twisters, which damaged trees, power lines and some buildings on Friday. Tornadoes were reported in Rankin, Warren,...
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas Facing Dual Threats: Tornadoes, Wildfires
Apr 9 2018 // Emergency officials in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas are bracing for two types of disasters as spring gets into full swing: The start of what’s historically the most active time of year for tornadoes plus wildfire...
