Latest Windstorm Headlines
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PERILS Reduces Loss Estimate to £662M for Floods from UK’s Storm Desmond
Mar 4 2016 // PERILS AG disclosed its second, revised loss estimate for the floods which hit the UK from Dec. 4 to 24 following Storm Desmond. The latest estimate of the property insurance market loss is £662 million (933.2 million),...
EF2 Tornado Strikes Alabama, Damages at Least 12 Homes
Mar 4 2016 // Forecasters say a tornado that severely damaged homes and trees in a Birmingham, Ala., suburb has been determined as an EF2, with winds of between 120 and 125 mph. National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Holmes told...
FORTIFIED Home-High Wind, Hail Programs Launched at National Tornado Summit
Mar 3 2016 // The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) launched its new FORTIFIED Home–High Wind and Hail programs at the National Tornado Summit in Oklahoma. The programs are designed to help homeowners build...
Post Tornado, St. John Parish Trying for Normalcy
Mar 3 2016 // A sense of normalcy is returning to St. John the Baptist Parish after a tornado struck the west side of LaPlace last week and damaged more than 500 buildings but remarkably left no one seriously injured. The area hit last...
Alabama to Host Scientific Research Study of Southern Tornadoes
Mar 3 2016 // Weather researchers say they expect about 40 scientists from around the nation to participate in “VORTEX Southeast,” an upcoming study of the unique characteristics of tornadoes that develop in the South. Like...
2015 a Record-Setting Year for Tornadoes in Texas
Mar 1 2016 // Texas recorded 244 tornadoes last year making it the highest number of twisters to ever touch down in the Lone Star State since the record keeping began in 1950. The tornadoes claimed 17 lives. The violent weather was...
Class Action Filed Against Royal Caribbean Over Storm-Tossed Cruise
Mar 1 2016 // A passenger from a cruise ship that was battered by a major storm in the Atlantic Ocean filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Royal Caribbean in Miami federal court, his lawyer said Thursday. The lawsuit filed by...
13 Tornadoes Recorded in Louisiana on Feb. 23
Feb 26 2016 // The National Weather Service updated to 13 the number of tornadoes that hit Louisiana on Feb. 23, including four EF-2 tornadoes that were responsible for the extreme damage in Convent and LaPlace, along with an EF-2 in...
At Least 7 Tornadoes Hit Mississippi as Severe Storms Batter Region
Feb 26 2016 // A major storm system hit several Southeast states this week, bringing high winds and tornadoes to multiple regions and killing at least one person in Mississippi. Injuries and damage were also reported in Florida from an...
5th Annual National Tornado Summit Turning into an International Event
Feb 25 2016 // With registered attendees from as far away as Nepal and as nearby as Canada, the 2016 National Tornado Summit to be held next week in Oklahoma City has become an international event. The Oklahoma Department of Insurance,...
Storms Kill 2 in Louisiana; Governor Declares State of Emergency
Feb 24 2016 // A deadly tornado-spawning storm system swept across the Gulf Coast on Monday and Tuesday, killing at least three people in Louisiana and Mississippi. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency in...
Texas Tornadoes Trigger Closer Look at Building Construction, Codes
Feb 24 2016 // Before the walls shook, before the two-by-fours twisted and the roof began tearing off, Amanda Bose saw news about the tornado on television. “Everybody in the bathroom — right now!” the 36-year-old mother...
Mid-Month Storms Caused 4 Twisters in Alabama
Feb 22 2016 // The National Weather Service says four tornadoes touched down throughout south Alabama when severe storms hit the state Feb. 16. Officials say damage surveys after the storms showed that tornadoes ranging between EF0 and...
Tornadoes Batter Multiple Southeast States
Feb 18 2016 // Weather service experts are assessing damage from storms that caused problems in several Southeast states. At least six south Alabama counties suffered damage from storms on Monday. The Johnsonville Volunteer Fire...
Sen. Nelson Seeks Probe of Cruise Ship That Sailed Into Storm
Feb 11 2016 // Federal transportation officials might soon be looking into a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that ran into high winds and rough seas in the Atlantic Ocean last weekend. Sen. Bill Nelson, D.-Fla., has called for the National...
Numerous Tornadoes Strike Southeast, Damage More Than 90 Homes
Feb 5 2016 // The National Weather Service says at least four tornadoes struck rural areas of western Alabama on Tuesday. NWS reports four tornadoes also touched down Tuesday in eastern Mississippi. Officials say an EF2 tornado struck...
Insured Property Loss from UK Storms Eva & Frank Estimated at $767.7M: PERILS
Feb 5 2016 // The initial estimate of the insured property market loss for UK flood damage during the period from Dec. 25, 2015 to Jan. 14, is £526 million ($767.7 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based...
President Signs Disaster Declaration for Washington’s December Storms
Feb 4 2016 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for damage done by December wind and rain storms, making federal assistance available in 10 Washington counties. Gov. Jay Inslee thanked Obama this week for signing...
Tornadoes Damage Mississippi, Alabama Communities
Feb 4 2016 // Tornadoes touched down in Mississippi and Alabama as thunderstorms swept through the area Tuesday, while a powerful snowstorm buried parts of Colorado and Nebraska in more than a foot of snow before crawling into the Upper...
NOAA: Recent Northeast Winter Storm 4th Most Powerful Since 1950
Jan 31 2016 // The Jan. 22-24 blizzard was the fourth most powerful snowstorm to hit the Northeast in at least 66 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced. The agency gave the storm a rating of 7.66 on the...
