Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
After the Storm: Disaster Plans and Backups Are Essential
May 3 2021 // Even the best laid plans can go awry in a disaster. For example, when Winter Storm Uri plunged into Texas in mid-February with unprecedented extreme low temperatures, and snow and ice that lingered for far too long, even...
Paid Claims from Texas Winter Storm Up to $1.7 Billion
May 3 2021 // As of late March, Texas policyholders had filed 386,108 property and auto insurance claims related to the winter storm that blanketed the state in mid-February. That number reflects preliminary results from a data call...
Aid Approved for 8 Alabama Counties from March Storms
Apr 30 2021 // President Joe Biden has approved federal disaster aid for eight Alabama counties where tornadoes and strong winds caused damage over two days in March, the White House said Monday. Biden approved assistance that can...
Pain, Loss Linger A Decade After Tornadoes Hammered 6 States Across South
Apr 28 2021 // For Tom Sanders, it’s the void left by the death of a cousin and the man’s wife, killed when a tornado mowed through a placid Alabama valley. To Markedia Wells, it’s the stolen innocence of her sons, who...
Disaster Declaration Approved for Tennessee Winter Storms
Apr 27 2021 // Federal officials have approved a major disaster declaration for Tennessee’s winter storms in February. State officials say the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s declaration will help 13 counties impacted...
70 Homes Across Mississippi Damaged by 4 Tornadoes
Apr 20 2021 // Four tornadoes that moved across Mississippi earlier this month caused damage to around 70 homes, emergency officials said Thursday. Four businesses and three farms were also damaged. There have been no reports of injuries...
Insurers Have Paid Nearly $1.7B Property, Auto Claims from Texas Winter Storm
Apr 19 2021 // As of late March, Texas policyholders had filed 386,108 property and auto insurance claims related to the winter storm that blanketed the state in mid-February. That number reflects preliminary results from a data call...
Mississippi Seeks Federal Disaster Aid After Winter Storms
Apr 16 2021 // Mississippi is asking President Joe Biden to approve a major disaster declaration to help local governments and nonprofit groups recover costs from responding to winter storms that brought large parts of the state to a...
RenaissanceRe Expects Q1 Loss from U.S. Winter Storm Uri
Apr 15 2021 // Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. estimated that losses from Winter Storm Uri will have a net negative impact of approximately $180 million on the company’s first quarter 2021 results of operations. Winter...
After the Storm: Disaster Plans and Backups a Must for Public Entities
Apr 15 2021 // Even the best laid plans can go awry in a disaster. For example, when Winter Storm Uri plunged into Texas in mid-February with unprecedented extreme low temperatures, and snow and ice that lingered for far too long, even...
Weak Tornado Confirmed in South Carolina from Weekend Storms
Apr 13 2021 // The National Weather Service confirmed Sunday that a weak tornado hit near Moore in upstate South Carolina on Saturday. Surveyors say the EF-O tornado had top winds of 80 mph (130 kph) and a path of 1.1 miles (1.75...
State of Emergency Declared in South Louisiana Parish After Tornado
Apr 12 2021 // A south Louisiana parish is declaring a state of emergency after a tornado killed one person and injured seven in Palmetto on April 10. St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard said on Facebook that two of the injured...
Damage Reported Across Southeast from Strong Storms
Apr 12 2021 // A cluster of severe storms swept across the South early Saturday, leaving one person dead in Louisiana, toppling trees and power lines in Mississippi, dropping large hail on an Alabama coastal city and leveling buildings...
Texas Grid Operator to Argue It Is Immune from Winter Storm Lawsuits
Apr 12 2021 // The Electric Reliability Council of Texas will argue that it has governmental immunity that protects it from the at least 35 lawsuits that have been filed against the operator after February’s disastrous winter storm...
U.S. Raises Average Number of Named Storms for Atlantic Hurricane Season
Apr 12 2021 // The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has changed the number of storms that constitute an average Atlantic hurricane season, the agency said in a statement on Friday. NOAA’s Climate...
Kentucky Receives Federal Disaster Declaration for Winter Storms
Apr 7 2021 // President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration in Kentucky from winter storms in February, Gov. Andy Beshear said last week. The declaration is for harsh weather that hit the state from Feb. 8 to Feb. 19,...
Some Georgia Schools to Remain Closed for 2 Weeks After EF-4 Tornado
Apr 5 2021 // Some schools in a county hard-hit by recent storms will remain closed for a couple of weeks as cleanup continues, school officials said. The entire district remained closed, Coweta County Superintendent Evan Horton said...
CoreLogic: Southeast Tornado Outbreak Affected Nearly 10K Homes
Mar 31 2021 // Nearly 10,000 homes were impacted by tornado damage that occurred across Alabama and Georgia last week, according to data from catastrophe modeling firm CoreLogic. The March 25 deadly tornado outbreak occurred thanks to...
North Carolina Residents Struggle to Recover from Strongest Tornado on Record
Mar 31 2021 // It’s been over a month since a tornado tore through southeastern Brunswick County. In Ocean Ridge Plantation, the neighborhood that bore the brunt of the storm damage, some homeowners remain in limbo. Carol Phillips...
Vermont State Agency Offers to Assist Residents After Rare Tornado
Mar 31 2021 // State officials in Vermont say they’re ready to assist residents with insurance claims as they cleanup and rebuild following Friday’s tornado, which injured at least two people. The state Department of...
