Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Western Alaska Yup’ik Village Floods as River Rises From a Series of Storms
Aug 23 2024 // Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the third storm in a week Tuesday, days after a minister had to use a front loader to free people from flooded homes. Napakiak, a...
Storm Warnings in Place Across Europe, From Northern Greece to Poland
Aug 21 2024 // Thunderstorm alerts are in place for a swath of Europe from Poland and Hungary to Italy and Greece. There are orange warnings for northern Greece, as the summer heat gives way to violent storms and the risk of flooding....
Storms Threaten Mediterranean From Sicily to Ionian Sea Islands
Aug 20 2024 // Thunderstorms are forecast across the Mediterranean from Corfu to Sicily, where a luxury yacht sank off the coast on Monday after being struck by a waterspout, a form of tornado. Orange storms alerts are in place for a...
Tornado Havoc Has Ohio Residents Facing Week-Long Power Cuts
Aug 14 2024 // Thousands of FirstEnergy Corp.’s customers in Ohio will potentially be without power through this after two tornadoes hit the northeastern part of the state last Tuesday. About 252,000 customers of The Illuminating...
Floods Threaten Europe as Searing Heat Gives Way to Storms
Aug 14 2024 // Extreme heat in parts of Spain and France is giving way to storms and flood warnings, while Greece is bracing for more blazes after the huge wildfire near Athens was brought under control. Orange alerts are in place for a...
Tropical Storm Ernesto Drenches Puerto Rico on Path Northward
Aug 14 2024 // Tropical Storm Ernesto pounded Puerto Rico with torrential rain and winds as it brushed by the island on a track that’s likely to see it become a hurricane later Wednesday. Ernesto was about 85 miles (135 kilometers)...
FEMA Approves $61M For Iowans Affected by Spring Flooding and Severe Storms
Aug 13 2024 // FEMA announced last week it has approved more than $61 million for Iowa residents who experienced damage from this spring’s flooding, severe storms and tornadoes. FEMA said has provided $56 million in Individual...
New York, Mid-Atlantic States On Tornado Watch as Debby Remnants Move North
Aug 9 2024 // A tornado threat is expected today from the Mid-Atlantic states northward into eastern New York, according to the National Weather Service. The risk for a few tornadoes will likely focus initially over the Mid-Atlantic...
Hurricane/Tropical Storm Debby Should be Manageable for Insurers, Early Data Show
Aug 9 2024 // Reports from Gallagher Re and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation suggest that Tropical Storm Debby will not be a heavy lift for property insurers and reinsurers. “Early assessments suggest wind-related...
New York City Deploys Drones to Warn About Storms
Aug 9 2024 // Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn residents about potential threatening weather. With a buzzing sound in the background, a drone...
Severe Storms (Mostly in US) Account for 70% of Global Insured Natural Disaster Losses
Aug 8 2024 // Global insured losses from natural catastrophes totaled US$60 billion during the first half of 2024, or 62% above the 10-year average, according to preliminary estimates from Swiss Re. Severe thunderstorms (mainly in the...
Virginia Declares State of Emergency in Anticipation of Tropical Storm Debby
Aug 7 2024 // Governor Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency for Virginia based on National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center forecasts that indicate the state could see significant rainfall and flooding from Tropical...
Small Tornado Briefly Swept Into Buffalo, Damaging Buildings, Scattering Tree Limbs
Aug 7 2024 // A small tornado took Buffalo by surprise Monday, damaging buildings, flipping cars and sending debris swirling over downtown. A spiraling column was caught on multiple videos shortly before 1 p.m. One video showed the cell...
3 Emerging Risks: Severe Convective Storms, Battery Energy Storage and Drones
Aug 5 2024 // There’s something very human about attempting to master nature itself. We live in an uncertain time, however — one in which unpredictable weather patterns make it increasingly difficult to protect our property...
Storms Bring Flash Floods to Dollywood Amusement Park in Tennessee
Jul 31 2024 // PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Strong thunderstorms brought flash flooding to Dolly Parton’s Dollywood in east Tennessee. Park workers and the Pigeon Forge police and fire departments directed guests to safety on...
Rebuilding Rome: Upstate New York City Looking Forward After Destructive Tornado
Jul 30 2024 // A tornado that hit this small, upstate city tore off rooftops, leveled brick buildings and toppled the steeples of two historic churches. No one was killed, but the twister left a debris-strewn scar through downtown and...
ZestyAI Receives Texas Approval to Use Severe Convective Storm Products
Jul 26 2024 // ZestyAI, a provider of climate and property risk analytics solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), announced it has received approval for use in rating and underwriting from the Texas Department of Insurance for...
Maine Provides Waterfront Communities With $21 Million to Rebuild From Winter Storms
Jul 25 2024 // Maine is providing more than $21 million in grants to help dozens of waterfront communities rebuild from a series of devastating storms this past winter. The storms brought flooding, damage and power outages to the...
How a Perfect Storm Sent Church Insurance Rates Skyrocketing
Jul 25 2024 // The Rev. John Parks was taking his first sabbatical in 40 years of ministry when he got a call from his church’s accountant with some bad news. Church Mutual, the church’s insurance company, had dropped...
US Severe Storms Continue to Drive Global Natural Disaster Losses: Gallagher Re
Jul 22 2024 // US severe convective storms (SCS) continued to drive global natural catastrophe losses during the first half of 2024. Of the estimated $61 billion in global H1 insured losses from natural disasters, US SCS accounted for a...
