Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tornado May Be Cause of Destroyed Pennsylvania Trailer Homes
Mar 31 2009 // Officials in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania officials say a tornado could have cause the destruction to five trailer homes in Clay Township. Dave Wiker, the county’s emergency services shift supervisor, says three...
Central Texas Hail Storm Racks up $160M in Losses
Mar 30 2009 // Many Central Texans are still cleaning up from a large hail storm on last week that knocked out windows, smashed roofs and dented thousands of automobiles causing an estimated $160 million in insured losses. The storm...
Texas Independent Agents Urge Adequate Windstorm Funding
Mar 27 2009 // Since funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has become a top priority for the Texas Legislature, statewide lawmakers have debated several solutions that will impact policyholders in Texas, according...
Ohio Windstorm Losses in Feb. Reach Nearly $89M; Ike Losses Rise
Mar 16 2009 // Ohio’s Feb. 11-12 windstorm caused at least $88.9 million in damages, based on preliminary insured loss estimates from the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII), an insurance industry trade group. Widespread losses were...
Oklahoma Senate OKs Tax Credits for February Storm Victims
Mar 16 2009 // A bill introduced into the Oklahoma State Senate that provides tax credits for victims of the Feb. 10, 2009, storms that destroyed dozens of homes and businesses and caused multiple fatalities is now headed to the House of...
Kentucky’s Damages From January Ice Storm Top $185 Million
Feb 27 2009 // Kentucky and federal officials say damage estimates from the January ice storm will likely top $185 million. Kentucky’s Emergency Management director, Brig. Gen. John W. Heltzel, says the damages were primarily...
Arkansas Storm Damages Estimated at Half a Billion Dollars
Feb 26 2009 // The financial toll from the January ice storm in north Arkansas is estimated at $500 million, with most of the cost for restoring electric utilities. The three major utilities that sustained damage from the storm say they...
Estimate of Damage From Georgia Tornadoes Upped to $35 Million
Feb 25 2009 // The damage estimate from last week’s tornadoes is now more than $35 million based on new observations in southwest Georgia by the state insurance commissioner. Commissioner John Oxendine said after a tour that at...
Kentucky Ice Storm Death Toll at 35; Early Losses at $130 Million
Feb 22 2009 // Kentucky officials say the Jan. 27 storm that blanketed the region with ice and snow took 35 lives. About 769,000 customers lost power at its peak, and almost 50,000 were still without power two weeks later. More than 100...
France’s Winter Storm Klaus Property Losses Pegged at $1 Billion Euros
Feb 20 2009 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has updated its insured loss estimates of property losses in France from winter storm Klaus to between 500 million and 1 billion Euros. These losses represent damage to...
Post-Tornado Emergency Ruling Aims to Bring Adjusters to Oklahoma
Feb 17 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland declared a state of emergency following the recent deadly tornadoes and severe weather in her state. The declaration enables emergency claims adjusters to be licensed temporarily...
Kentucky Ice Storm Death Toll at 35; Early Losses at $130 Million
Feb 13 2009 // Kentucky officials say the Jan. 27 storm that blanketed the region with ice and snow has taken 35 lives. About 769,000 customers lost power at its peak, and almost 50,000 are still without power. The state has received a...
Wash. Gov Wants December Storm Help for 33 Counties
Feb 13 2009 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire wants 33 counties to be declared disaster areas so that residents and business owners can get assistance to repair damage from December snow and storms. Preliminary state and federal damage...
Storms Hit France, UK, Switzerland
Feb 10 2009 // A storm swept across northern France on Tuesday, cutting off more than 600,000 homes from the power grid, while high winds and gales hit Britain and Switzerland. It was the second major storm to hit France in less than...
FEMA Director Visits Kentucky Area Still Recovering From Ice Storm
Feb 6 2009 // When O’Neill Lawrence returned from a supply run to his western Kentucky farm in Leitchfield, Kentucky, on Wednesday, he met FEMA’s top official at his gate. One of thousands without electricity more than a...
Kentucky Governor to Seek Major Disaster Aid Due to Ice Storm
Feb 4 2009 // Gov. Steve Beshear says he will ask President Barack Obama to declare a major disaster in Kentucky, which will open the state to immediate federal financial assistance in the wake of last week’s devastating ice...
FEMA Under Scrutiny for Ice Storm Response in Kentucky
Feb 4 2009 // In the first real test of the Obama administration’s ability to respond to a disaster, Kentucky officials are giving the federal government good marks for its response to a deadly ice storm. Yet more than 300,000...
Kentucky Reeling from Ice Storm; Slow FEMA Response Hit
Feb 2 2009 // In some parts of rural Kentucky, they’re getting water the old-fashioned way — with pails from a creek. There’s not room for one more sleeping bag on the shelter floor. The creative are flushing their...
UPDATE: AIR Puts Insured French Storm Losses at $465 to $930 Million
Jan 28 2009 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has given its preliminary estimates of insured losses in France from winter storm Klaus of between €350 million and €700 million ($465 to $930 million). AIR noted...
AIR Analyzes France/Spain Storm – ‘Worst in Ten Years’
Jan 27 2009 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has begun analyzing the damages wrought by winter storm Klaus, which, AIR notes, “swept out of the Atlantic and across southern France and northern Spain Saturday, tearing...
