Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina, Feds to Purchase 24 Generators for Use During Storms, Disasters
Jun 26 2019 // North Carolina and the federal government are paying over $1.4 million for 24 generators and other help so communities can keep the power on at public infrastructure during storms and disasters. The money will go mostly...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Funded at $4.2 Billion for 2019 Hurricane Season
Jun 24 2019 // Texas’ insurer of last resort for properties in counties along the state’s coastline says it has $4.2 billion in available funds as this year’s hurricane season gets underway. By comparison, at the start...
Technology Expected to Aid Drivers in Arizona Dust Storms
Jun 24 2019 // With Arizona’s monsoon season quickly approaching, state transportation planners plan to begin installing a new dust-detection system on Interstate 10. The Arizona Department of Transportation recorded 85...
Kentucky Distillery Trying to Save Thousands of Barrels at Storm-Damaged Warehouse
Jun 24 2019 // Kentucky distillery says efforts are underway to recover thousands of barrels of bourbon at a massive storage warehouse that partially collapsed during a thunderstorm. O.Z. Tyler Distillery in Owensboro said a section of...
Weather Service Ups Weekend Tornado Count in Indiana to 10
Jun 20 2019 // Officials have confirmed that a 10th tornado struck Indiana as part of a weekend outbreak that damaged a school, a shopping mall and other buildings. The National Weather Service issued the update Tuesday, saying the...
Tornado Damages Homes in Mississippi; No Injuries Reported
Jun 20 2019 // Forecasters say a tornado caused some damage in Hinds County – a somewhat uncommon storm for June in central Mississippi. The National Weather Service says the EF-1 twister struck Monday near Raymond, Mississippi. No...
Weather Service: 9 Confirmed Tornadoes Hit Central Indiana over Weekend
Jun 18 2019 // The National Weather Service says at least nine tornadoes struck Indiana, damaging a school and other buildings and downing trees. It says three EF2 tornadoes with winds up to 130 mph (210 kph) struck Greene, Monroe and...
Nobody Seems to Know Why Hail Storm Losses Suddenly Began Rising in 2008
Jun 17 2019 // In 2008, the year the stock market crashed and Barack Obama won the presidency, the U.S. was hit with a weather phenomenon little noted by anyone beyond the insurance industry. The country’s losses from hail breached...
CoreLogic: Texas, Louisiana Among States Most at Risk for Storm Surge
Jun 17 2019 // Some 7.3 million U.S. homes with an estimated reconstruction cost of $1.8 trillion are at risk from storm surge, Irvine, California-based data analytics provider CoreLogic said in its 2019 Storm Surge Report, issued days...
Agencies Conduct Preliminary Tornado Damage Assessment in 10 Ohio Counties
Jun 17 2019 // Federal and state emergency management teams on June 5 began assessing damage in areas in the 10 Ohio counties impacted by late-May tornadoes. The Ohio Emergency Management Agency (Ohio EMA) joined the Federal Emergency...
Ohio Governor Seeks Federal Disaster Declaration, Assistance Due to Storm Damage
Jun 13 2019 // Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting a Presidential Disaster Declaration and federal assistance for 10 counties impacted by tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds,...
Texas Cleaning Up After Storms; Dallas Crane Collapse Victim Identified
Jun 12 2019 // Residents in North Texas began to come to grips Monday with the widespread damage left after a sudden thunderstorm bearing near hurricane-strength winds rolled through the area and collapsed a crane onto an apartment...
Digital Billboards in Illinois City to Display Tornado Warnings
Jun 11 2019 // The National Weather Service and an outdoor advertising company are teaming up to equip nine digital billboards in central Illinois with the ability to display tornado warnings. Adams Outdoor Advertising says the...
Thousands of Wind-Related Claims Filed in Texas After Weekend Storms
Jun 11 2019 // Following an outbreak of severe thunderstorms and damaging winds on June 9, thousands of wind-related claims have been filed in areas extending from Dallas through south central Texas, the Insurance Council of Texas...
U.S. Tornadoes, Hail and Winds Reach Highest Levels Since 2011: Aon Report
Jun 10 2019 // The U.S. dealt with close to 4,400 reports of tornadoes, hail and straight-line winds in May, the most since 2011, according to weather data cited by Aon’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report. According to the...
Flooded Streets, Tornadoes Reported in Louisiana
Jun 7 2019 // Authorities in Louisiana are investigating reports of a possible tornado damage in the Baton Rouge area. The Advocate reports one home was severely damaged by a possible tornado in the community of Central. Baton Rouge...
Insured Loss Estimate for European Storm Dragi-Eberhard Rises to €798M ($898.1M)
Jun 7 2019 // PERILS AG has disclosed its second loss estimate of €798 million ($898.1 million) for windstorm Dragi-Eberhard. This estimate compares to the initial loss estimate of €740 million ($832.9 million) which was issued by...
Federal Crews Begin Assessing Ohio Tornado Damage
Jun 6 2019 // Federal workers are in Ohio and have begun assessing the damage left behind by tornadoes that recently swept through 10 counties. Hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed and many more were damaged during the...
Why 5G Networks Could Be Bad News for Storm Forecasting
Jun 5 2019 // Satellites tracking water vapor in 2012 helped scientists accurately predict Superstorm Sandy’s frightening turn toward New York and New Jersey where it killed dozens of people and inflicted billions of dollars in...
7.3 Million Homes, $1.8 Trillion at Risk from Hurricane Storm Surge: CoreLogic
Jun 4 2019 // The Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1, puts 7.3 million homes at risk with an estimated reconstruction cost of $1.8 trillion, CoreLogic said in its 2019 Storm Surge Report. That’s 300,000 more homes and...
