Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Solar Storm Threats Pose Emerging Risk for Industry: Lloyd’s
Jun 17 2013 // A large solar storm could leave tens of millions of people in North America without electrical power for several months, if not years, potentially costing trillions of dollars. That’s according to Lloyd’s...
4.2M U.S. Homes at Risk of Storm-Surge Damage: CoreLogic
Jun 17 2013 // More than 4.2 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are located within storm-surge risk zones, totaling more than $1.1 trillion in property exposure, according to residential property information and...
Midwest Pelted With Rain, Wind, Hail, Tornadoes
Jun 14 2013 // A massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds rolled through the Midwest on June 12 in the evening, driving people into basements for shelter, tearing down power lines and causing flooding in...
May Storms Damaged at Least 56 Oklahoma Schools
Jun 13 2013 // Oklahoma’s school superintendent says as many as 56 public school sites were damaged by violent storms and floods that ripped through the state in May. Tornado damaged classroom in the Tower Elementary school in...
Claims from Late May Oklahoma Tornadoes Top 60K
Jun 11 2013 // Insurance claims filed in Oklahoma following the tornado outbreak at the end of May have jumped to 60,308 with insurance payments reaching $470,323,299, the top state insurance regulator reported. “These numbers are...
Can Missouri Schools Withstand a Severe Storm?
Jun 11 2013 // Buildings in the St. Joseph, Mo., School District can withstand winds up to 90 mph. None are prepared to withstand the likes of an EF5 tornado, with winds of more than 200 mph, which devastated parts of Oklahoma City and...
Early Tornado Season in North Dakota Prompts Safety Warnings
Jun 11 2013 // Western North Dakota has already had three tornadoes in June, and a meteorologist warns that severe weather might be the norm this summer. Patrick Ayd of the National Weather Service tells the Forum News Service that last...
Post-Tornado, Looters Come from Afar to Oklahoma
Jun 11 2013 // Authorities say looters have come from as far away as New York and Virginia to steal from victims of last month’s tornado in Moore, Okla. The Oklahoman reports that police arrested one man from Elmhurst, N.Y., and...
Oklahoma Insurance Department Employees Lauded for Tornado Response
Jun 11 2013 // Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb on June 10 recognized the efforts of Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) employees in the aftermath of the deadly tornado outbreak that impacted central Oklahoma in May. “You guys have...
Alabama Changes School Construction After Storms
Jun 11 2013 // The large amount of rebar and concrete on the construction site at Hatton High is not there by accident. Instead, it represents a change in how schools are constructed in Alabama. Three years after eight students died when...
Meteorologists: 9 Twisters Part of Missouri, Illinois Storm System
Jun 10 2013 // The National Weather Service says storms that last week ravaged the St. Louis area and portions of neighboring Illinois spawned nine tornadoes, amazingly not causing any serious injuries. KMOV-TV reports some of the worst...
Officials: Oklahoma Tornado Damaged Vehicles Must Be Moved
Jun 10 2013 // Officials in Moore say vehicles that have been abandoned since being damaged by the May 20 killer tornado that struck the Oklahoma City suburb must be moved by June 12 or they will be impounded. An estimated 300 vehicles...
Clinton to Honor Kentucky Tornado-Ravaged Town’s Rebuilding Effort
Jun 10 2013 // A rebuilding effort in an eastern Kentucky town devastated last year by tornadoes is getting some national recognition. WYMT-TV reported that former President Bill Clinton’s Clinton Global Initiative will recognize...
Oklahoma Death Toll at 20 After Tornado, Floods
Jun 7 2013 // Oklahoma medical examiner’s office says eight of the 20 people killed during the tornadoes on May 31 and subsequent flooding either drowned or probably drowned. The agency said that one person died of asphyxiation...
NYC Council Airs Proposals to Handle Storms Better
Jun 7 2013 // After months of mulling the city’s response to Superstorm Sandy, lawmakers proposed Wednesday to require backup generators for traffic lights, a system to track everyone in shelters for people with medical problems...
Tropical Storm Andrea Weakens Over Florida After Fueling Tornadoes
Jun 6 2013 // Tropical Storm Andrea lost strength as it passed over northern Florida on Thursday evening and is forecast to drench much of the U.S. Southeast with heavy rain as it cuts across Georgia and swing up the Atlantic Coast, the...
Deadly Oklahoma Tornado Widest on Record, Rare EF5
Jun 6 2013 // The deadly tornado that struck near Oklahoma City late last week had a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles and was the second top-of-the-scale EF5 twister to hit the area in less than two weeks, the National Weather Service...
Tropical Storm Andrea Hits Florida; Warnings Posted for Eastern U.S.
Jun 6 2013 // Tropical Storm Andrea pelted Florida’s northern Gulf Coast on Thursday and was forecast to drench much of the U.S. Southeast as it cuts across Georgia and up the Atlantic coast, the National Hurricane Center...
Storm Chasing Critical, Profitable and Dangerous
Jun 5 2013 // While most people take shelter when a tornado approaches, a growing throng heads for the prairies, be they scientists hoping to protect the public from a twister’s fury or amateurs armed with little more than a...
Tornado-Related Insurance Claims Climb in Oklahoma
Jun 5 2013 // The total number of tornado-related insurance claims filed by Oklahomans has climbed to 32,433 since May 19, state insurance regulators report. The filings represent insured losses of nearly $250 million, including 13,938...
