Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Storm Damage Causes Toyota Plant in Texas to Halt Production
May 20 2016 // A Toyota Motor Corp. assembly plant in San Antonio that makes Tundra and Tacoma pickup trucks has suspended production due to storm damage from a system that dumped up to four inches of rain. Toyota spokesman Mario Lozoya...
Florida Hurricane Fund Financially Sound, Ready for Storm Season
May 16 2016 // Florida’s continued lucky streak when it comes to dodging hurricanes is helping a key state fund reach its best financial shape ever in the two decades it has been in place. The state-created fund known as the...
Tornado Cleanup Underway in Kentucky
May 13 2016 // Business and home owners have begun cleaning up after severe storms spawned a tornado in western Kentucky and left at least 10 people with minor injuries. Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon said a campus with a local...
2 Dead, at Least 10 Hurt as Storms Move into Ohio River Valley
May 12 2016 // Bad weather moved into the Ohio River Valley on May 10 after a series of powerful storms hit the Plains, including tornadoes that destroyed homes and left two people dead in Oklahoma. National Weather Service meteorologist...
Ohio Insurer Group: April Storm Losses Estimated at $52.6-57.8M
May 12 2016 // The Ohio Insurance Institute reports that an early April storm that caused significant property losses in Ohio and several other states, caused as much as $57.8 million in insured losses in Ohio alone. According to the OII...
Tornadoes Survival Tips from Texas to Nebraska
May 11 2016 // Storms swept through the nation’s midsection Monday, spawning numerous tornadoes. While tornadoes can form any time weather conditions are right, the area from Texas to Nebraska typically sees tornadoes between April...
Storm Shelter Construction Begins on 1st of 20 Schools in City in Oklahoma
May 11 2016 // Construction is underway at the first of 20 Tulsa, Okla.-area schools that will receive new classroom or library additions to double as storm shelters. The Tulsa World reported that a $415 million bond package that Tulsa...
South Dakota City Set to Observe Tornado Anniversary
May 9 2016 // A full day of activities is planned in Delmont, S.D. on Tuesday to observe the one-year anniversary of the tornado that damaged the city. On the morning of May 10, 2015, an EF-2 tornado struck the city and damaged or...
$330K In Tornado Damage in Oklahoma County: Assessor
May 9 2016 // The Oklahoma County Assessor’s Office says a tornado that hit parts of Oklahoma County last week caused more than $330,000 in damage. The assessor’s office said Friday that it surveyed damage at five...
Weather Service Confirms Tornado Near Wilmington, North Carolina
May 9 2016 // The National Weather Service says a tornado struck northern New Hanover County, uprooting trees and damaging some homes. The storm hit in the Ogden area about 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The National Weather Service in Wilmington...
Weather Service Confirms Weak Tornado Stuck Western Indiana
May 6 2016 // The National Weather Service confirmed this week that a tornado touched down briefly in western Indiana on Sunday. The weather service rated the tornado as an EF-0, estimating it had peak winds of 70 mph. The weather...
New Jersey Shore Towns Challenge Sand Dunes Plan as Storms Gather
May 5 2016 // New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s warning of Hurricane Sandy-like destruction of the shore will be tested as the worst storm season in three years approaches and beachfront homeowners delay his building protective...
Officials: 9 Tornadoes in Oklahoma, Arkansas Last Week
May 5 2016 // Meteorologists have identified tornado damage in Muskogee County nearly a week after a string of at least nine weak tornadoes across northeastern Oklahoma and Arkansas. The Tulsa World reports that the National Weather...
Louisiana Tornado Confirmed by Weather Service
May 4 2016 // The National Weather Service confirms that a tornado hit rural parts of northern St. Landry Parish and southern Avoyelles Parish in Louisiana on Saturday. Forecaster Jonathan Brazzell said Sunday that the Weather Service...
TDI: Back-to-Back Texas Storms Prompt Questions on Deductibles
May 3 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported it has been getting questions about deductibles after back-to-back storms hit the North Texas area. Insurers have the ability to make decisions on deductibles on a case-by-case...
University of Alabama Partners With Industry on Tornado Preparedness Guide
May 2 2016 // The Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce has partnered with the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, the Alabama Department of...
Kansas Tornado Damages 10 Homes, Destroys Trailer
Apr 27 2016 // The National Weather Service is surveying damage from a northern Kansas tornado that left two people with minor injuries, damaged about 10 homes and destroyed a trailer. National Weather Service meteorologist Brian...
FEMA: $30M in Disaster Assistance Going to Texas Following March Storms
Apr 27 2016 // More than $29.9 million in federal and state aid to date is helping the residents of 13 Texas counties recover from the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding in March, the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Central U.S. States Hit with Tornadoes, Strong Storms
Apr 27 2016 // A powerful spring storm brought strong winds and baseball-sized hail to several central states on April 26, with tornadoes spotted in Kansas and Oklahoma as the severe weather marched east, forecasters said. The storm...
A.M. Best: Texas Hail Storm Damage Poised to Exceed 9-Year U.S. Average
Apr 26 2016 // A.M. Best says year-to-date 2016 results in Texas alone appear to have already met the nine-year average for hail storm damage in the United States. According to Best’s Briefing, titled, “Texas Hail Storm...
