Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Weather Service Confirms Tornadoes Slammed Illinois, Ohio
Apr 6 2018 // National Weather Service survey teams have confirmed at least four tornadoes slammed through parts of Ohio. The NWS also confirmed that four tornadoes touched down in southern Illinois after a round a storms Tuesday. In...
U.S. March Storms Cost Economy $3B; Argentina, Uruguay Drought $4B: Aon Report
Apr 6 2018 // A series of winter storms and severe weather in the United States during March brought economic damages of US$3 billion, with public and private insurers covering roughly two-thirds of the cost, according to a report...
Chubb $380M Q1 Cat Loss Estimate Includes California Wildfires, East Coast Storms
Apr 4 2018 // Chubb Limited released preliminary net loss estimates for the first quarter of 2018 attributable to natural catastrophes, including the California mudslides, of $380 million pre-tax, or $305 million after tax. Losses from...
Weather Service: Recent Storms in Mississippi Spawned 4 Tornadoes
Apr 4 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms three more tornadoes hit Mississippi last week. No one was injured in the twisters, which mainly caused tree damage on Wednesday. The longest was in Choctaw County, striking near...
Insured Losses for Europe’s Storm Burglind/Eleanor Rise to €680M ($837.8M): PERILS
Apr 3 2018 // The estimate of insured losses from Europe’s windstorm Burglind, also known as Eleanor, have risen to €680 million (US$837.8 million), according to PERILS, the Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide...
Some Tornado Victims in Pennsylvania Struggle with Uninhabitable Homes
Mar 29 2018 // God put Brian Cross’s home in a bubble. That’s his explanation for why the tornado that blasted through Uniontown and North Union Township, Penn., last month didn’t inflict as much damage on his Millview...
Thousands Without Power in New Jersey After Latest Storm
Mar 23 2018 // Thousands of utility customers remain without power in New Jersey following the fourth major storm to hit the state in three weeks. The storm dropped around a foot of snow in some parts before leaving the region early...
Weather Service: At Least 9 Tornado Tracks Found in Alabama
Mar 23 2018 // The National Weather Service says there’s evidence that multiple tornadoes struck Alabama earlier this week, and it’s still counting. The weather service says survey teams have found tracks showing nine...
Storms Leave Trail of Damage Across Southeast
Mar 22 2018 // With violent weather plowing through the Southeast, the kitchen windows exploded at Richard Brasher’s home in eastern Alabama. Using couch cushions for protection, Brasher hid in the bathtub with his wife, daughter...
Severe Storms Spawn Tornadoes, Damage Homes in Southeast
Mar 21 2018 // Severe storms that spawned tornadoes damaged homes and downed trees as they moved across the Southeast on Monday night. Forecasters warned that the storms could threaten more than 29 million people, raising the risk of...
Why Storm-Prone States Continue to Balk at Tough Building Codes
Mar 19 2018 // The showdown in the Florida statehouse last year had all the drama of a knock-down political brawl: Powerful industries clashing. Warnings of death and destruction. And a surprise last-minute vote, delivering a sweeping...
Weather Service Confirms 2 Tornadoes in Mississippi
Mar 15 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms two tornadoes touched central Mississippi Sunday. No one was injured. A survey shows a twister with top winds of 90 mph (145 kph) struck Bentonia at 1:37 a.m. Sunday. The tornado,...
14 Arkansas Counties Declared Disaster Areas After Storms, Floods
Mar 12 2018 // The Arkansas governor has issued disaster declarations for 14 counties following severe storms, flooding and tornadoes that began late last month. Gov. Asa Hutchinson on March 9 declared the disasters citing damage to...
Slow Recovery from Latest Nor’easter, Third Storm Could Be on Tap
Mar 12 2018 // The sun came out across much of the Northeast on Friday as utilities tackled the arduous task of restoring power to hundreds of thousands of customers who lost electricity during the storm that hit the region this week,...
Chemical Industry Calls for $14B Gulf Coast Storm Barrier
Mar 6 2018 // Chemical companies are pressing federal officials to spend billions of dollars on a coastal flood control system near Houston to protect petrochemical plants, oil refineries and shipping infrastructure from the next...
PERILS Revises Loss Estimate for Europe’s Windstorm Zeus to €272M ($335.1M)
Mar 6 2018 // The final estimate of insured property market losses for extratropical cyclone Zeus, which mainly hit France last year on March 6-7, have been revised to €272 million (US$335.1 million), according to PERILS, the...
6 Months After Storm, Texas Launches Harvey Recovery Funds Tracker
Feb 28 2018 // Texas has launched a public online tool to track incoming and outgoing funds for Hurricane Harvey recovery, six months after the storm hit and two months after The Associated Press reported that it did not have one. Gov....
Europe’s Storm Friederike (aka David) to Cost Insurers €1.5B (US$1.8B): PERILS
Feb 28 2018 // The initial insured price tag for Extratropical Cyclone Friederike, also known as David, is an estimated €1.5 billion (US$1.8 billion), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides...
Tornadoes, Flooding From Severe Storms Cause Damage, Deaths in Appalachia
Feb 27 2018 // The death toll rose to at least five on Sunday after severe thunderstorms swept through the central U.S., spawning a tornado that flattened homes, gale force winds and widespread flooding from the Upper Midwest to...
Weather Service Confirms 2 Weekend Tornadoes in Arkansas
Feb 27 2018 // The National Weather Service says two tornadoes struck northeast Arkansas during the weekend, including one that killed a man before moving into southeast Missouri. The weather service says an EF-2 tornado with winds of up...
