Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawmakers Probing Amazon Labor Practices Following Illinois Tornado Deaths
Apr 5 2022 // The U.S. House Oversight Committee is opening an investigation into Amazon.com’s labor practices during extreme weather events, following the death of six workers during a swarm of tornados last year. In a letter...
Solar Storm to Hit Earth, Prompting Monitoring by Airlines, Electric Grid Operators
Apr 5 2022 // A solar storm will sweep across the Earth Wednesday night, raising prospects of dazzling Northern Lights visible as far south as Chicago while prompting airlines and electric-grid operators to step up monitoring of the...
Some Damage After Strong Storms Move Through Northwestern Missouri
Mar 31 2022 // Residents in northwestern Missouri were cleaning up Wednesday after a tornado hit parts of St. Joseph overnight as a line of strong storms moved through the region. A survey team with the National Weather Service confirmed...
Arkansas Tornadoes Injure At Least 7
Mar 31 2022 // Severe storms injured seven people, damaged buildings and downed power lines in northwest Arkansas early Wednesday as tornadoes and hurricane-force winds were forecast in much of the Deep South, a week after a twister hit...
Tornadoes Kill Two, Leave Damage, Power Outages Across Parts of South
Mar 31 2022 // Strong thunderstorms and tornadoes caused damage across parts of five Southern states Wednesday night and Thursday morning, killing two people and leaving some 180,000 people without power. Local news outlets and the...
Louisiana Dept. of Insurance to Hold Tornado Resource Center
Mar 29 2022 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) announced it has established an open-door insurance resource center in Arabi to assist those affected by the tornado that struck the area last week. Meetings will be held at...
Officials: Tornado Was New Orleans Area’s 2nd Strongest Ever
Mar 28 2022 // A tornado that killed a man near New Orleans this week was the metro area’s second strongest on record and left an 11.5-mile track northeast through three parishes, the National Weather Service said last week. Its...
Louisiana Recovering After Tornadoes Plow Through Homes
Mar 24 2022 // Louisiana National Guardsmen and other responders went door-to-door in areas around New Orleans on March 23 as the region dug out from overnight tornadoes, with Gov. John Bel Edwards declaring a state of emergency and...
Texas Gov. Issues Disaster Declaration, Louisiana Sends National Guard Following Storms
Mar 24 2022 // A tornado that menaced New Orleans flipped a schoolbus, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house with a family inside onto the middle of Prosperity Street. Two people were killed as the storm front blew across the...
Tornadoes Cause Limited Damage in Alabama, Mississippi
Mar 24 2022 // The same severe weather front that destroyed property in Texas and Louisiana also spawned at least six tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama, but damage appeared to limited. In Baldwin County, in south Alabama, emergency...
Tornado Strikes New Orleans as Storms Move Into Deep South
Mar 24 2022 // A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, ripping down power lines and scattering debris in a part of the city that had been heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. There were no...
Powerful Storm System Leaves 1 Dead, More Than Dozen Injured in Texas, Oklahoma
Mar 23 2022 // One person was killed and more than a dozen were injured when tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, damaging a school, homes and businesses, officials said. The same storm system was poised to move into...
New Orleans Tornado Leaves 1 Dead, Causes Damage to Lower Ninth Ward
Mar 23 2022 // A tornado reached east New Orleans Tuesday evening, leaving at least one person dead and causing significant damage to the Lower Ninth Ward. St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann confirmed that at least one person was...
Storm System Brings Much Needed Rain to Texas areas Scorched by Fires
Mar 22 2022 // Wildfires continued to scorch parts of Texas on March 21, and a storm system moving through could bring much-needed rain but also strong winds, forecasters said. The fires were already blamed for the deaths of two...
Multiple Tornados Hit Texas; Severe Storm Warning Still in Effect For South Central Region
Mar 22 2022 // Multiple tornadoes were reported in central Texas Monday March 21, causing “devastating” property damage according to Gov. Greg Abbott. A tornado touched ground in Red Rock, about 30 miles southeast of Austin,...
Coming Soon: Stadium-Sized Site to Test 200-mph Wind, Waves, Storm Surge
Mar 15 2022 // In the not-too-distant future, researchers should be able to see exactly which materials and construction techniques hold up best against the worst that Mother Nature has to offer: 200-mph winds, storm surges and the...
Iowa Tornadoes Deadliest Since 2008; Storm Caused Estimated $1 Billion in Damage
Mar 9 2022 // Four of the seven people killed in devastating storms that tore through central Iowa were members of the same family who had sought shelter inside a home that was razed by a powerful tornado, authorities said. Two...
Insured Losses From February’s Windstorms in Europe Could Reach €4.5 Billion: RMS
Mar 2 2022 // Insured losses from February’s windstorms Dudley and Eunice will likely fall between 3.0 and 4.5 billion Euro (US$3.4 and US$5.1 billion), with Germany accounting for around 40% of the total loss, according to risk...
Insured Losses for 2 Recent European Windstorms Estimated at €3B-€5B: Verisk
Feb 25 2022 // Insured losses due to wind from Winter Storms Dudley/Ylenia and Eunice/Zeynep will range between €3 billion and €5 billion (US$2.2 billion-$5.6 billion), the majority of which are expected in Germany, UK, and the...
Storm Eunice Batters Britain and Ireland With Record Winds Hitting 122 Mph
Feb 18 2022 // An Atlantic storm battered Britain and Ireland on Friday with record winds of up to 122 miles per hour, killing at least one person, knocking out power for tens of thousands and shredding the roof of London’s O2...
