Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tornado, Severe Storms Damage Homes in Ohio
Jun 26 2014 // Parts of Ohio are again cleaning up after severe storms rolled through — including a tornado that touched down in northeast Ohio. The National Weather Service confirmed a high EF1 or EF2 tornado touched down on June 23...
Louisville, Mississippi, Gets $10M Insurance Check for Tornado-Damaged Plant
Jun 25 2014 // The Norman Regional Health System in Oklahoma has donated $48,000 to the Winston County Medical Center in Louisville, Mississippi. Norman Regional Health System President and CEO David Whitaker says the company wanted to...
United Fire Group Sees Up to $23M Loss for Second Quarter Spring Storms
Jun 25 2014 // United Fire Group Inc., based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, announced that it expects its second quarter results to include pre-tax catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, of approximately $20 million to $23 million from spring...
New Wisconsin Law Aims to Protect Against ‘Storm Chasers’
Jun 24 2014 // There’s a new state law that aims to protect homeowners against unscrupulous contractors who offer to repair the sort of storm damage that occurred last week in southern Wisconsin. The law’s provisions seem to...
Minor Damage in Colorado From 4 Tornadoes
Jun 23 2014 // The National Weather Service has reported four tornadoes have been reported in northeast Colorado, but there has been no major damage. Three twisters were reported Saturday in Adams County and one in Weld County. The...
Feds Give $102M in Storm Prevention Funds to 11 Eastern States
Jun 20 2014 // Eleven states in the eastern U.S. will share $102.7 million in grants from the federal government to protect against future storms, with the greatest amount of funded projects in New Jersey and New York. The U.S....
Damage Assessment Begins After Twin Tornadoes Flatten Nebraska Town, Kill 2
Jun 18 2014 // A storm packing rare dual tornadoes tore through a tiny farming town in northeast Nebraska, killing two people, crumpling grain bins like discarded soda cans and flattening dozens of homes. Pilger’s 350 residents...
Weather Service Confirms South Carolina Tornado
Jun 17 2014 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down for a mile-and-a-half in Orangeburg County earlier this week. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg said the tornado, with winds of up to 85 mph,...
Cat Bond Buyers Listening to Storm Forecasters, Not Buffett
Jun 16 2014 // Bond buyers are betting more than ever on the mercy of Mother Nature as they seek to boost yields being suppressed by central banks. Demand for notes linked to insurance against hurricanes and other natural disasters is...
Tornado Confirmed in Central Texas
Jun 16 2014 // Severe weather late on June 12 spawned a Central Texas tornado that damaged several homes and floodwaters that washed away a car and left its driver missing. The National Weather Service says a tornado packing winds of up...
University of Alabama Researchers Show Small Changes Can Make Big Difference During Tornadoes
Jun 16 2014 // Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can...
Tornado Touchdown Confirmed In Southeast Wyoming
Jun 12 2014 // A tornado touched down in a sparsely populated area of Laramie County in southeast Wyoming on Sunday, the National Weather Service has confirmed. NWS says the tornado touched down around 1 p.m. about 7 miles east of...
Oklahoma Firm: Blanket Provides Protection from Tornado Debris, Bullets
Jun 10 2014 // An Oklahoma company has created a protective blanket that developers say could give children a better chance of surviving debris from a tornado – or bullets from a 9 mm handgun. The Bodyguard Blanket, made by...
Storm Kills Six in Germany as Hottest Holiday Ends in Tragedy
Jun 10 2014 // A thunderstorm that swept through large parts of Germany on Monday night left as many as six people dead and 30 seriously injured as a holiday marking the feast of the Pentecost ended in tragedy. A 28-year-old cyclist from...
Officials: Tornado in Western Iowa Causes Damage in Oakland
Jun 9 2014 // Weather officials say a strong tornado touched down last week in western Iowa’s Pottawattamie County. The National Weather Service says investigators surveying debris concluded an EF-2 tornado landed June 3 about...
Midwest Hit by Damaging Hail Storms, Tornadoes
Jun 5 2014 // Baseball-sized hail pummeled homes and cars in Nebraska and Iowa on June 2 as powerful thunderstorms moved through a swath of Midwest states, also causing severe flooding and prompting reports of tornadoes. The National...
Sales of Storm Shelters Surge in Mississippi
Jun 5 2014 // Before April 28, two suppliers of storm shelters reported an average of four to 10 orders a month in 2014. They say that since then they’ve each sold more than 100 and that it could be several months before they...
Revised PERILS’ Loss Estimate from Windstorm Xaver Exceeds $1 Billion
Jun 5 2014 // PERILS AG has released its third loss estimate for windstorm Xaver, a storm which affected Western and Northern Europe on December 5-6, 2013. Windstorm Xaver is also known as Sinterklaasstorm in the Netherlands, Bodil in...
Federal Officials Announce 6 Projects to Protect N.Y., N.J. From Storm Damage
Jun 4 2014 // A system of dikes around the tip of lower Manhattan, and water pumps and parks across the Hudson River in New Jersey were among the projects selected Monday to receive nearly $1 billion in federal funding as part of...
Texas Windstorm Insurer’s Financial Outlook Improved as Hurricane Season Starts
Jun 3 2014 // Low catastrophe activity and claims experience so far this year have helped to put Texas’ insurer of last resort for properties along the Gulf Coast in a better position to face the 2014 hurricane season than it has...
