Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Weather Service Confirms Tornado Hit Northwest Georgia
Mar 18 2008 // The National Weather has confirmed that a tornado caused the turbulent weather in northwest Georgia that left two people dead. Meteorologist Frank Taylor says the tornado touched down at 12:25 p.m. on March 15, at the...
Tornado, Storms Slam Atlanta, Gov. Declares State of Emergency
Mar 17 2008 // A severe weather system moved into Georgia March 14 resulting in numerous injuries and major destruction and damage to areas of Atlanta and Fulton County, Ga. The system produced one tornado, injuring at least 20 people...
Texas FAIR Plan, Windstorm Association Elect Officers for 2008-2009
Mar 12 2008 // Both the Texas FAIR Plan Association and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) have elected new officers for 2008-2009. For the Texas FAIR Plan, James Langford, vice president, Texas Farm Bureau Insurance...
3 More Tennessee Counties Approved for Federal Aid after Storms
Mar 11 2008 // The federal government authorized individual assistance for McNairy, Tipton and Wayne Counties for storms that struck Tennessee Feb. 5 and 6, according to Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen. Individual assistance can include...
Windstorm Liability Limits Increased for Certain Property in Texas
Mar 11 2008 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin recently signed an order increasing the maximum limits of liability from $3,390,000 to $4 million for a commercial or government building insured for wind and hail by the Texas...
Georgia Storms Caused $15 Million Damage
Mar 10 2008 // Thunderstorms and tornadoes that raced into Georgia last week of February caused about $15 million damage to some 1,300 homes, a state official said. Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine earlier estimated insured losses to...
Storm Losses Blamed on Coastal Growth, Not Global Warming
Mar 10 2008 // A hurricane that hit Miami in 1926 would cause up to $157 billion in damage if it were to strike today, according to a recent study. U.S. storm costs are rising because of higher populations and wealth on the coasts, not a...
Kansas National Guard Raises Estimate for Storm Damage to $381Million
Mar 7 2008 // Kansas state officials say the winter storm that knocked power out to thousands of customers across Kansas continues to get costlier. The newest damage estimate was released earlier this week, putting the figure at $381...
Storms’ Intensity Remains Tough to Predict, Says U.S. Hurricane Chief
Mar 6 2008 // The new head of the National Hurricane Center says the big challenge for forecasters is predicting the intensity of hurricanes. Bill Read says there’s been a lot of improvement in track models in recent years. But he...
AIR Assesses Damages from European Windstorm Emma
Mar 4 2008 // Boston-based AIR Worldwide is assessing the damages caused by windstorm Emma, which swept across Western and Southern Germany, as well as Austria and the Czech Republic on Saturday, March 1. No damage estimates have yet...
Feds Open Center in Southern Ky. to Help Tornado Victims
Feb 29 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency opened a center in southern Kentucky about a mile from where a winter storms tore apart homes and killed four people earlier this month. FEMA workers are at a Mobile Disaster...
Storm-Damaged Tenn. University Insured but Page Asks for Donations
Feb 29 2008 // Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page is asking churches to give money to Jackson, Tennessee’s Union University to help rebuild its campus after a powerful tornado caused more than $40 million in damages...
Ga. Official Says Tornadoes, Storms Caused $15 Million Damage
Feb 29 2008 // Thunderstorms and tornadoes that raced into Georgia from the west Tuesday morning caused about $15 million damage to some 1,300 homes, a state official said Wednesday. Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine earlier estimated...
Ala. Gov. Appeals FEMA Decision on Jackson County Storm Damages
Feb 26 2008 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley said he will appeal a decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deny federal disaster assistance to tornado victims in Jackson County. “I’ve discussed this issue with local...
Coastal Growth, Not Global Warming, Blamed for Rising Storm Losses
Feb 25 2008 // A hurricane that hit Miami in 1926 would cause up to $157 billion in damage if it were to strike today, according to a recent study. U.S. storm costs are rising because of higher populations and wealth on the coasts, not a...
Tenn. Bears Brunt of February Tornadoes Across South
Feb 24 2008 // More than two dozen tornadoes tore through the mid-South late on Feb. 5, destroying homes, barns, and industrial buildings from Texas to Ohio. The severe thunderstorm outbreak, which included tornadoes, hail, heavy rain...
Inspectors Survey Site of Tornado Damage in Fla. Panhandle
Feb 20 2008 // Inspectors were surveying damage in southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle on Monday from a tornado that destroyed at least seven homes but didn’t cause any reported injuries. Investigators now believe that a...
Tornadoes Slam Ala., Adding to Destructive Season Across the Region
Feb 19 2008 // Another wave of tornadoes materialized in the Deep South over the weekend and this time, in Prattville, Ala., several businesses on a commercially populated boulevard were severely damaged, according to a Department of...
Farm Losses from Tennessee Tornadoes Top $29 Million
Feb 18 2008 // Agriculture officials say storm-related farm losses in Tennessee’s Macon County could surpass $29 million. The county’s livestock and tobacco industries were particularly hard-hit by the tornado that claimed at...
RMS Launches ‘Paradex’ Model for European Windstorms
Feb 15 2008 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) announced the launch of “the first parametric index for assessing insured industry losses from windstorms in Europe.” The new model -” Paradex Europe Windstorm”...
