Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms: 2 Down, How Many More to Go?
Sep 1 2008 // With hurricane season halfway over for 2008, Louisiana has so far dodged the bullet but Texas has taken on two warning shots with Hurricane Dolly and Tropical Storm Edouard. As such storms go, neither packed a lot of...
Killer Storm Gustav Gains Strength; Could Threaten U.S. Gulf Coast
Aug 28 2008 // After causing more than 20 deaths in Haiti, Tropical Storm Gustav is now heading for Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The latest update from Miami’s National Hurricane Center indicates that Gustav is gaining...
Texas Wind Pool Claims Add Up as New Tropical Storm Develops,
Aug 26 2008 // With hurricane season halfway over for 2008, Louisiana has so far dodged the bullet but Texas has taken on two warning shots with Hurricane Dolly and Tropical Storm Edouard. As hurricanes and tropical storms go, neither...
Update: Tropical Storm Fay Hangs on to Status, Stays in Florida
Aug 22 2008 // Tropical Storm Fay continues slowly westward across the northern Florida peninsula while tropical storm warnings remain in effect throughout the region, into the panhandle and north through Georgia to the South Carolina...
Tornado Threats Loom Large as Flood Waters Recede
Aug 21 2008 // Kansas had 1,616 tornadoes, 11 of them were F4 tornadoes and nine were categorized as F5. … The number of tornadoes reported has gone up over 50 percent. Much has been written in the last six weeks about the 2008...
5 Florida Regions Among Top 10 Tornado-Prone
Aug 21 2008 // The rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to regions most prone to tornados, according to Boston-based CDS Business Mapping LLC, an online hazard mapping firm. The top 10 most tornado...
Colorado Ranks High on Tornado Charts
Aug 21 2008 // Tornadoes are usually classified using the Fujita Tornado Scale, or FScale developed by Dr. T. Theodore Fujita at the University of Chicago in 1971, CDS said. Using FScale classifications, the study looked at whether there...
Tropical Storm Fay Reaches Florida, Fails to Reach Hurricane Status
Aug 19 2008 // Tropical Storm Fay remained at tropical storm status when it arrived on Florida’s mainland. As of 8 a.m. EDT (Aug. 19), Fay’s center was north of Immokalee and about 20 miles south of LaBelle and moving toward...
Risk Modeler: Tropical Storm Fay Turned East Sooner than Expected
Aug 19 2008 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Fay took an eastward turn sooner than expected and made landfall at Cape Romano, Florida, on Aug. 19 at around 5 a.m. EDT. “Landfall was along...
Weather Service: No Tornado after Rare New York City Warning
Aug 18 2008 // Government meteorologists say there were plenty of damaging winds, but no twisters in a storm that spawned a rare tornado warning in New York City. The National Weather Service says crews assessed damage Saturday around...
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Fay Remains on Course for Florida
Aug 18 2008 // As of 11:00 a.m. EDT the center of Tropical Storm Fay was about 70 Miles (115 kms) south-southeast of Key West Florida and about 65 miles (103 kms) east-northeast of Havana Cuba. Florida’s governor has declared a...
Florida Financial Chief Urges Storm Preparedness
Aug 18 2008 // Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Alex Sink urged Floridians to continue to monitor and prepare for Tropical Storm Fay including taking the necessary financial and fire safety precautions to weather...
Tropical Storm Fay Crosses Cuba; Heading for Florida
Aug 17 2008 // Miami’s National Hurricane Center is closely tracking Tropical Storm Fay, as it passes over Cuba. Storm warnings are in effect for most of the island, as well as the Cayman Islands The NHC reported early Sunday...
RMS Launches Winter, Convective Storm Models for U.S., Canada
Aug 14 2008 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS) launched new Winterstorm and Severe Convective Storm Models to enhance its suite of catastrophe risk models for the U.S. and Canada. Built to satisfy the needs of both...
Texas Windstorm Pool Takes Over Property Inspection Duties
Aug 12 2008 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association recently announced it is assuming the responsibility of getting exterior photographs and inspecting all structures submitted for coverage, whether residential or...
Storm Damages Closes Delaware Zoo
Aug 12 2008 // Delaware officials say the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington will be closed through at least Wednesday after sustaining what is described as major damage during a powerful storm. Zoo Director Nancy Falasco says the animals are...
3 Dead as Tornado Hits France
Aug 6 2008 // A fierce but short-lived tornado has left at least three people dead in northern France. Inhabitants of four regions are assessing the damage after the tornado collapsed some homes and uprooted trees along its path. The...
Clean-Up Underway After Wild Storms Damage Illinois, Indiana
Aug 6 2008 // Evacuate Wrigley Field and O’Hare Airport because of a summer storm? Unbelievable. Tornado sirens screeching within Chicago city limits–unheard of. Ninety thousand lightening strikes reported by the Chicago...
Damage From Tropical Storm Edouard Minimal
Aug 6 2008 // Tropical Storm Edouard hit the Texas Gulf coast east of Galveston Aug. 5 with strong winds and heavy rain, but did little more than soak the travelers who came to relax on the tourist town’s beaches. The National...
Tropical Storm Edouard Heads for Texas/Louisiana Coast
Aug 4 2008 // A swiftly developing Tropical Storm Edouard is expected to make landfall very near the upper Texas coast or the coast of southwestern Louisiana by Tuesday, Aug. 5, the National Hurricane Center reported. As of Monday...
