Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
President Signs Disaster Declaration Following Idaho Windstorm
Dec 28 2015 // President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration for Idaho due to a powerful windstorm in the northern part of the state in November and ordered federal aid. The money can be used by state, tribal, local governments...
Texas Storms That Spawned Tornadoes Kill at Least 11
Dec 28 2015 // Tornadoes that swept through the Dallas, Texas area caused substantial damage and at least 11 people died either from the storm or related traffic accidents and dozens of people were injured. It’s the latest of a...
Forecasters Warn of Severe Storms, Possible Tornadoes in Alabama
Dec 22 2015 // Forecasters say severe storms – including the threat of tornadoes – will be possible on Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday evening across Alabama. The National Weather Service in Birmingham says an area that...
Oklahoma Governor Requests Disaster Declaration for November Storm
Dec 21 2015 // Gov. Mary Fallin has requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government for 18 Oklahoma counties affected by a winter storm last month. Fallin’s office announced the request on Dec. 17. If approved,...
South Carolina Insurers to Weather at Least $181M in Claims from October Storm
Dec 21 2015 // The mega-storm that devastated South Carolina in early October is estimated to have cost more than $1.4 billion with insurers paying around $181 million of those losses in claims, so far. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley...
Insurance Council of Australia Declares Sydney Storms a Catastrophe
Dec 17 2015 // The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared a catastrophe after storms struck New South Wales, in particular Sydney’s eastern and southern suburbs. The ICA’s bulletin notes that the “storms...
Kansas Sees More, but Mostly Weak, Tornadoes in 2015
Dec 15 2015 // Meteorologists say Kansas saw more tornadoes than normal this year, but all but a few were weak and short-lived. The Wichita Eagle reports there were 108 tornadoes in Kansas by the end of August, 18 more than normal for...
South Carolina Governor Denies Farmer Request to Seek Storm Loss Aid
Dec 9 2015 // Farmers packed the South Carolina Statehouse on Monday to beg Gov. Nikki Haley to ask Congress for money to offset their estimated $376 million in losses from last month’s historic flooding. But the Republican...
South Carolina Insurers to Weather At Least $181M in Claims from October Storm
Dec 8 2015 // A pickup truck rests against the side of Gills Creek near a bridge in Columbia, S.C., Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Days of torrential rains kept much of South Carolina and its capital gripped by floodwaters early Monday. (AP...
UK Insurers Ready to Aid Recovery from Storm Desmond ABI Assures Policyholders
Dec 7 2015 // The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has issued a bulletin reassuring homeowners and businesses hit by Storm Desmond that insurers “are doing everything possible to help them recover.” The ABI listed some...
Spring Storms Rack Up More than $1.5B in Losses in Texas
Dec 7 2015 // Storms during April and May in Texas caused more than $1.5 billion in property losses, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. ICT spokesman Mark Hanna says paid residential property losses in April and May were close...
King Appointed to Texas Windstorm Insurance Board
Dec 3 2015 // Texas Commissioner of Insurance David Mattax has appointed Deborah King to the board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA). King of Highland Village is vice president and chief actuary at...
15 Texas Counties Receive Disaster Declarations from October Storms
Nov 25 2015 // Fifteen Texas counties have been declared state disaster areas after October storms and flooding left seven people dead. Gov. Greg Abbott’s disaster declaration covers Bastrop, Brazoria, Caldwell, Comal, Galveston,...
Tornadoes, Heavy Rain Cause Damage in 10 Mississippi Counties
Nov 20 2015 // At least two tornadoes and heavy rainstorms in Mississippi destroyed a mobile home, partially tore a roof off a house, and left a truck driver injured after he drove into a downed tree, state officials said...
Tornadoes in North Texas Damage Homes, Businesses
Nov 18 2015 // Multiple tornadoes hit North Texas late on Nov. 16 and early on Nov. 17, causing property damage. The National Weather Service says at least five tornadoes touched down in the Pampa, Texas, area Monday night. Forecasters...
Storm Barney to Raise Flood Risk & Damaging Winds Across UK
Nov 17 2015 // Barney, the second storm to be named by the U.K. Met Office this season, was expected to bring additional rain and damaging winds to the United Kingdom, according to a report issued by AccuWeather. “Barney will be a...
El Nin᷈o Talk Growing Louder Amid Southern California Storms
Nov 16 2015 // A whopper of a winter appears to be brewing for the Western U.S. and more conversations are turning to preparations for what could be one of the strongest El Nin᷈os on record. Strong rains throughout much of California...
New Storm Forecast Center Pairs UConn, Electric Utility Company
Nov 10 2015 // Two days before Superstorm Sandy struck Connecticut in 2012, UConn scientists fed measurements from the storm and historical data from others into a computer model they developed and forecast where the most damage and...
Storm Damage Estimated at $500K in Northeast Nevada City
Nov 10 2015 // Elko County officials say the city of Carlin suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in storm damage from the high winds and snow that blew through Nevada last week. The town on Interstate 80 about 12 miles west of Elko...
SBA Loans Available to Southwest Virginia Storm Victims
Nov 9 2015 // Low-interest disaster loans are available to Virginia businesses and residents in southwest Virginia that were drenched by rains in late September and early October. The Small Business Administration loans are in response...
