Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Parts of West Virginia Under Winter Storm Warning
Mar 14 2017 // Warnings have been posted in much of West Virginia for up to a foot of snow from a late-season storm. The National Weather Service said snow was expected to start Monday night and last in some places through early...
Western Kentucky Suffers Damage from 2 Tornadoes
Mar 14 2017 // The National Weather Service says two tornadoes apparently hit far western Kentucky, where transportation officials say roads will reopen overnight. Meteorologist Jim Packett in Paducah says officials surveyed damage in...
Wyoming to Protect Homeowners from Storm-Chasing Contractors
Mar 13 2017 // Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead made his the 28th state to enact legislation designed to protect homeowners who have suffered damage as a result of a hailstorm from being victimized a second time by storm-chasing contractors. The...
Florida’s New ‘Hurricane Hunter’ Base on Schedule for Storm Season
Mar 9 2017 // Officials say they’re on schedule to open the new home base for the U.S. government’s “hurricane hunter” aircraft before the Atlantic hurricane season begins. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Hundreds of Homes, Businesses Damaged by Storms in Midwest
Mar 8 2017 // A severe storm system has pummeled parts of the Midwest with tornadoes, huge hailstones and powerful winds, damaging nearly 500 buildings and injuring a dozen people in one Missouri city. The Storm Prediction Center in...
Alabama Scientists Studying Use of Maps to Avoid Storms
Mar 6 2017 // “We didn’t know it was coming.” April Taylor heard that again and again, and she didn’t understand it. Taylor, a social scientist, was working on trauma recovery in DeKalb County in northeast...
Within Space of One Week, 2 Tornado Outbreaks in Texas
Mar 6 2017 // At least six tornadoes blew through Central Texas overnight on Feb. 19 and 20, damaging more than 100 structures in the San Antonio area, just days after another six were reported near Houston. The mayor of San Antonio...
Colorado Wind Storm Deadly, But Not So Costly
Mar 6 2017 // A wind storm that recently tore through a Colorado city was deadly, but less costly than expected. The Jan. 9 wind storm caused downed trees and widespread power outages, but it didn’t make the list of Colorado...
Paid Claims from Mississippi Tornado Damage Top $31M, And Growing
Mar 6 2017 // Insurers have paid out more than $31.6 million on 2,801 claims from tornadoes that hit Mississippi in January. The Mississippi Insurance Department reported the figures through Feb. 3. Mississippi Insurance Commissioner...
Tornado-Spawning Storm System Killed 3 in Midwest, Moved Eastward
Mar 2 2017 // A spring-like storm system that killed at least three people as it spawned tornadoes and damaged dozens of homes in the central U.S. rumbled eastward on March 1, putting about 95 million people in its path, forecasters...
The National Weather Service Confirms Tornado in Western Massachusetts
Feb 28 2017 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado with winds up to 110 mph touched down in western Massachusetts. Meteorologists say the EF-1 tornado touched down Saturday evening in Conway in Franklin County. The...
Paid Claims from Mississippi Tornado Damage Top $31M, And Growing
Feb 27 2017 // Parts of mobile homes and other property lay strewn throughout a neighborhood Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, on Green loop Road in Lauderdale, Miss., after a tornado passed through the area late Saturday. (Paula Merritt/The...
18 Kansas Counties Hit by Ice Storm in January to Get Federal Aid
Feb 26 2017 // Eighteen Kansas counties affected by a severe ice storm in January will receive federal disaster aid. The Kansas Adjutant General’s office announced that President Donald Trump has granted Gov. Sam Brownback’s...
Europe’s Windstorm Egon to Cost Insurers an Estimated US$223.3M: PERILS
Feb 23 2017 // The initial estimate of the insured property market loss for extra-tropical cyclone Egon, which hit France and Germany in January, is €212 million (US$223.3 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based...
Louisiana Offers Tax Filing, Payment Extensions for Some Tornado Victims
Feb 22 2017 // Taxpayers who were victims of the severe storms and tornadoes that struck Louisiana earlier this month could be eligible for extensions filing their state taxes. Louisiana’s Department of Revenue announced that...
Mayor Issues Disaster Declaration for San Antonio After Tornadoes
Feb 22 2017 // The mayor of San Antonio has issued a disaster declaration for the city of 1.4 million during cleanup after four tornadoes touched down in the area. Mayor Ivy Taylor issued the declaration over twisters late Sunday and...
Colorado Wind Storm Deadly, But Not So Costly
Feb 22 2017 // A wind storm that recently tore through a Colorado city was deadly, but less costly than expected. The Jan. 9 wind storm caused downed trees and widespread power outages, but it didn’t make the list of Colorado...
Dozens of Homes Around San Antonio Damaged by Severe Storms, Tornadoes
Feb 21 2017 // Severe storms, including at least one tornado, have wreaked widespread damage across parts of San Antonio, damaging dozens of homes but causing only minor injuries. A National Weather Service survey team confirmed that a...
Southeast Louisiana Hit by Severe Storms, Tornadoes
Feb 20 2017 // The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF3 tornado on the enhanced Fujita scale, with winds between 136 mph and 165 mph, touched down in East New Orleans on Feb. 7. The twister was reported to have caused...
Oregon’s Largest City Requests $3.2M in Federal Disaster Aid For Storms
Feb 15 2017 // The Oregon city of Portland is asking for over $3.2 million in federal disaster aid to cover costs related to the city’s record-setting snow and ice storms in January. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the city gave...
