Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
More Alabama Counties Eligible for FEMA Aid after Recent Storms
Jan 26 2023 // More Alabama counties are now eligible for federal help after last week’s storms and tornadoes. Emergency Management Agency Director Ernie Baggott said Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance in the designated...
Tornado Causes Damage East of Houston
Jan 26 2023 // PASADENA, Texas (AP) – A powerful storm system took aim at the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, spawning a tornado that downed utility poles and power lines, overturned vehicles and ripped roofs off homes and businesses in...
TWIA to Pursue $2.9B in Reinsurance for 2023 Storm Season
Jan 19 2023 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Associated (TWIA) board of directors voted Thursday to authorize broker Gallagher Re to pursue $2.92 billion in reinsurance for the 2023 storm season. The TWIA board also voted to establish...
TWIA to Determine Probable Maximum Loss for 2023 Storm Funding
Jan 19 2023 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) Board is meeting Thursday, Jan. 19 to determine funding for probable maximum loss (PML) for the 2023 storm season. TWIA is statutorily required to purchase enough...
Disaster Assistance Funds Available for Georgia Housing and Repairs After Tornadoes
Jan 19 2023 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that disaster assistance has been made available to Georgia in areas struck by a tornado outbreak across the South on Thursday. In an announcement Tuesday, FEMA said that...
California Weather Calms But Storm Damage Seen as Extensive
Jan 18 2023 // California’s weather was calmer this week after weeks of atmospheric rivers that slammed the state with damaging rains, wind and surf that flooded homes, highways and farm fields, collapsed hillsides and toppled...
La. Nursing Home Owner Faces New Lawsuit in Ida Storm Evacuation
Jan 17 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ A nursing home owner who faces criminal and civil complaints over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021 is now being sued by federal authorities who say he...
Travelers Estimates Drop in Q4 Income on Winter Storm Losses
Jan 17 2023 // Travelers Companies today released an estimate of $459 million in pre-tax catastrophe losses during the fourth quarter, and expects to report net income of $819 million for the last three months of 2022. Travelers said...
Alabama Survivors Hid in Tubs, Shipping Containers as Tornado Tore Through Homes
Jan 17 2023 // An Alabama engine mechanic took refuge in a shipping container as a tornado decimated his shop and killed two of his neighbors along its destructive path across Alabama and Georgia. The harrowing stories of David Hollon...
Iconic Tree Canopy in California Turns Destructive in Storms
Jan 13 2023 // On a good day, the sun shines in California’s capital city – and elms, pines, oaks and hundreds of other tree varieties fill Sacramento’s parks and line streets, fortifying the city’s reputation as the...
7 Deaths, Severe Damage in Alabama as Tornadoes Rip Across the Southeast
Jan 13 2023 // At least seven people were killed in central Alabama and more are missing after tornadoes and severe storms left a swath of damage across parts of the South. Local news reports said that a large tornado ripped through...
Strong Storms Put California Levees to The Test
Jan 9 2023 // With multiple powerful storms continuing to bear down on California, state officials have warned that rural areas are the most at risk of flooding because the levees that protect them aren’t built to the same...
Vermont Seeks Federal Damage Assessment From December Storm
Jan 9 2023 // Vermont has requested a federal damage assessment to see if the state qualifies for a federal major disaster declaration from last month’s storm that caused tens of thousands of power outages and other...
Storms Cause Damage to Homes, Cars Across the South
Jan 6 2023 // Storms across the South, part of a front that swept through the country this week, damaged homes, cars, a manufacturing plant and power lines in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina. News outlets reported that...
Storms Spark At Least 6 Illinois Tornadoes
Jan 5 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – Severe weather that swept Illinois on Tuesday produced at least six tornadoes, the largest number of rare January tornadoes recorded in the state since 1989, the National Weather Service said. Five of the...
Duke Energy Blames Rolling Blackouts on Perfect Storm of Issues
Jan 5 2023 // Duke Energy Corp. executives on Tuesday blamed a convergence of widespread extreme cold, higher than projected demand, malfunctioning plant equipment and the inability to buy power elsewhere for rolling blackouts on...
Deaths, Flooding as Storm Hit Oregon And Washington State
Jan 3 2023 // A winter storm that brought powerful wind gusts to Oregon on last week was found to have caused at least two fatal car accidents that left four people dead, preliminary police investigations have found. Weather conditions...
One Storm Departs California as Another Lines up to Enter
Dec 29 2022 // SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Dense fog plagued California’s Central Valley early Wednesday as one winter storm left the state and another lined up to enter. The new storm was expected to move through Northern...
$5.4B Insured Losses from Winter Storm Elliot: KCC
Dec 29 2022 // Insured damage to residential, commercial, and industrial properties and automobiles will be about $5.4 billion from Winter Storm Elliot, according to modeler Karen Clark & Co (KCC). The storm affected 42 states from...
Death Count Rises as Buffalo Digs Out From ‘Worst Storm’ in Lifetime
Dec 28 2022 // BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo residents hovered around space heaters, hunted for cars buried in snow drifts and looked for more victims Monday, aftermore than 28 people died in one of the worst weather-related disasters...
