Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla.: Tornado Damages Pensacola Mall, Church and Daycare Center
Oct 21 2007 // A tornado damaged a church, a daycare center and the city’s major shopping mall as violent thunderstorms made their way across the western Florida Panhandle last week. There were no reports of injuries. The Oct. 18...
Mortgage Funds Available to Rebuild Tornado-damaged N.D. Homes
Oct 19 2007 // State money normally reserved for first-time North Dakota home buyers will be available to Northwood residents who want to replace their tornado-damaged homes, a housing official says. Michael Anderson, director of the...
Severe Storms Hit Okla., Cause Damage, Injuries
Oct 19 2007 // More than 30 people were hurt and more than two dozen mobile homes and travel trailers were damaged as severe thunderstorms raked across Oklahoma on Wednesday, authorities said. At least 30 people were injured when a...
Lloyd’s, UK’s Met Office Prepare for Repeat of 1987 Windstorm
Oct 16 2007 // Risk management Solutions commemorated the 20th anniversary of the destructive 1987 windstorm that struck Southern England and Northern France with a warning (See IJ web site Oct. 15). Lloyd’s and the UK’s Met...
Indiana University Builds Data Center to Stand Up to F5 Tornado
Oct 16 2007 // Indiana University has started construction on a data center that will protect technology resources, including the Big Red supercomputer, during storms, power outages or even a tornado. The $32.7 million Indiana University...
Kan. Lawmakers Propose Funding for Housing for Storm-ravaged Areas
Oct 15 2007 // A bipartisan group of state lawmakers want to provide $50 million to build new housing in Kansas communities still hurting from storms earlier this year. The Greensburg tornado in May and flooding in southeast Kansas...
Risk Modeler Says Repeat of 1987 Windstorm Could Cost $14 Billion
Oct 15 2007 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has released an impact study of the potential losses from a windstorm of the force and velocity of the one that hit Southern England and Northern France in 1987, if it occurred today. The...
Guy Carp Releases Impact Study on Australian Storm
Oct 12 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company announced that its Instrat(R) unit has published a report on the impact of the powerful East Coast Low (ECL) pressure system that hit New South Wales in Australia between June 7-10, 2007. The...
Wind, water and legislative storm
Oct 8 2007 // The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, H.R. 3121, by a vote of 263-146 on Sept. 27, heating up a topic already on fire. While supporting efforts to modernize and...
Wind, water and legislative storm
Oct 8 2007 // The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, H.R. 3121, by a vote of 263-146 on Sept. 27, heating up a topic already on fire. While supporting efforts to modernize and...
House-passed flood insurance bill provides optional windstorm coverage
Oct 8 2007 // The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure updating the nation’s flood insurance program that will give homeowners the option of purchasing windstorm coverage as part of their flood policy. The...
Editor’s Note: Wind, water and legislative storm
Oct 8 2007 // At the center of the controversy is a provision by Congressman Gene Taylor of Mississippi that would expand the NFIP to include an optional multiple peril policy — to allow property owners to purchase wind and flood...
Editor’s Note: Wind, water and legislative storm
Oct 8 2007 // More than two years have gone by, but no one can forget the devastating effects Hurricane Katrina had on the Gulf Coast. Yet legislators and industry leaders continue to debate how to prevent future problems associated...
Tornado Cuts a 20-mile Path of Damage in Central Iowa
Oct 4 2007 // Officials were inspecting damage Monday, Oct. 1st from a tornado that cut a 20-mile long path across four central Iowa counties. The tornado dropped out of storms that developed late Sunday afternoon, bringing high wind,...
For Small Fla. Insurer, Sunshine State Brings Storm Clouds
Oct 3 2007 // From “Happy Days” to “The Perfect Storm” is how one Florida insurance executive describes her state’s turbulent and defining years between 2003 and 2007 – and she isn’t talking...
Tropical Storm Melissa Strengthens in Atlantic; Lorenzo’s Rains Kill 5
Oct 1 2007 // Floodwaters from Hurricane Lorenzo were receding Sept. 29 in eastern Mexico after rains triggered mudslides and floods that killed at least five people and drove tens of thousands from their homes. Meanwhile, Tropical...
Texas Receives More Than $55M in Disaster Aid After Summer Storms
Sep 28 2007 // Disaster assistance to Texas residents and businesses affected by June 16 – Aug. 3 severe storms, tornadoes and flooding has reached $55,541,143, according to state and federal officials. The aid comes from the U.S....
House-Passed Flood Insurance Bill Includes Windstorm, Business Interruption Options
Sep 28 2007 // The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure updating the nation’s flood insurance program that will give homeowners the option of purchasing windstorm coverage as part of their flood policy. The...
Federal appeals court sides with Nationwide in Katrina storm surge case
Sep 24 2007 // A federal appeals court sided with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. on Aug. 30 in a key case related to hundreds of lawsuits over damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans...
Florida’s private insurers try to be heard amid political storm
Sep 24 2007 // Florida’s property insurance industry is in the middle of the hurricane season — the political hurricane season. The state’s politicians promised homeowners their insurance premiums would go down after...
