Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FEMA Mobile Hospital Opens in Tornado-Torn Mississippi City
May 21 2014 // The National Mobile Disaster Hospital has opened in a Mississippi city where the local hospital was heavily damaged by an April 28 tornado. It opened Monday in Louisville, and will be used until Winston Medical Center is...
Red Cross in Oklahoma to Give Storm Shelter Grants
May 16 2014 // The Red Cross of Oklahoma is scheduled to announce millions of dollars in storm shelter grants to several communities affected by the 2013 tornadoes. The agency plans to announce the grants Thursday to help Oklahoma...
Role Of Faith After Oklahoma Tornado Depicted in Film
May 15 2014 // The massive tornado that hit Moore nearly a year ago killed 24 people and affected the lives of virtually everyone in the Oklahoma City suburb, and a new film captures the role that faith played in the lives of some...
Tornado Confirmed in Ohio, Storm Damage Cleanup Begins
May 15 2014 // Crews at Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) Valley National Park in northeastern Ohio are cleaning up from a storm that washed out trails and damaged the tracks that carry the park’s scenic railroad. Storms on Monday...
EF2 Tornado Hammers Missouri Town, State of Emergency Declared
May 12 2014 // Residents in a small northwest Missouri town that took a direct hit from an EF2 tornado were busy on May 11 assessing damage and rescheduling events, like the coming high school graduation. The tornado Saturday evening in...
Mississippi Approves $17M for Tornado Recovery
May 12 2014 // The Mississippi Legislature met in a three-hour session Thursday approved $17 million to help pay for recovery from disasters, including tornadoes that recently pounded the state. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed the...
President Says Government to Help Arkansas Rebuild After Storms
May 9 2014 // Surveying the remnants of nature’s destructive power in the country’s midsection, President Barack Obama on May 7 pledged to residents of tornado-ravaged Arkansas communities that their government will stand...
Mississippi to Hold Special Session to Address Tornado Costs
May 8 2014 // Gov. Phil Bryant has called the Mississippi Legislature into special session starting Thursday to help pay state government’s share of recovery costs after the deadly April 28 tornadoes. The governor said Tuesday...
April’s Storms in U.S. Take Toll on Economy, Insurance
May 8 2014 // April’s outbreak of severe weather and flash flooding in the U.S. will likely be the first billion-dollar economic loss event of 2014 attributed to convective thunderstorms, according to a report by Aon...
Mississippi Gov. Bryant Eyes Special Session on Tornado Damage
May 7 2014 // Gov. Phil Bryant may call the Mississippi Legislature into special session to help pay state government’s share of tornado recovery costs. Speaking in Louisville, Bryant told reporters that the state believes that it...
Some In Tupelo Say Warning Sirens Never Sounded Before Tornado
May 5 2014 // Some people in Tupelo are saying that warning sirens failed to sound before a tornado struck the city Monday afternoon. Resident LaShona Jamison, who has a siren in her backyard, told WTVA-TV that the siren never...
Mississippi County Hit by Tornado Faces Challenge of Starting Over
May 4 2014 // Rescuers were still looking for people missing after Monday’s tornado when Louisville and Winston County officials started thinking about long-term recovery. The county of 19,000 people in east Mississippi faces...
Arkansas Tornado Was EF4
May 2 2014 // National Weather Service officials said that a weekend tornado that killed 15 people as it ripped through Little Rock’s suburbs was just shy of being rated Arkansas’ first top-of-the-scale storm in 85 years. A...
Insured Loss Estimate from North Texas Storm Rises to $500M
May 2 2014 // The estimate of insured losses from an April 3 hail and wind storm in Denton, Texas, and nearby cities has risen. The Insurance Council of Texas now estimates that the amount of insured losses will be $500 million rather...
Alabama Storms Damaged More Than 240 Homes
May 1 2014 // Emergency managers said at least 240 homes were damaged or destroyed by the tornadoes and strong storms that swept through Alabama. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency said damage has been reported in 31 of...
Town of Greenwich, Conn., Reaches $2.4M Storm Settlement With AIG
May 1 2014 // The town of Greenwich in Connecticut has reached a $2.4 million settlement with its insurance company to cover damage to municipal buildings and other property by Superstorm Sandy in October, 2012. The Greenwich Time...
Mississippi Tornado Was Rated EF-4, Says Weather Service
Apr 30 2014 // The National Weather Service said the tornado that hit the Louisville, Miss., area Monday night has a preliminary rating of EF-4. Mike Edmonston, senior meteorologist at National Weather Service in Jackson, Miss.,...
National Weather Service Says Oklahoma/Kansas Tornado Was EF2
Apr 30 2014 // The National Weather Service in Tulsa, Oklahoma says the EF2 tornado that killed one person in Quapaw earlier this week started at 5:29 p.m. Sunday, April 27 about 3 miles southwest of Quapaw. The tornado packing maximum...
Arkansas Tornado Hits 1 Street Particularly Hard
Apr 30 2014 // Mark Wade and his family heard the dire warnings on TV and the tornado sirens, and were prepared to ride out the storm in their closet when a neighbor across the street on Vilonia’s Aspen Creek Drive yelled out:...
Storm Threat Continues in South; 11 Lives Already Lost in Southeast
Apr 29 2014 // Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are expected to sweep across the U.S. South, threatening more damage to a region where dozens died in the past two days. There’s a moderate risk of severe storms, high winds and...
