All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 10 2025 // Texas refineries are bracing for an onslaught of cold, snow and freezing rain as the US South’s first major winter storm sweeps in during what’s projected to be a frigid month.While temperatures in the upcoming...
Jan 9 2025 // Maine Governor Janet Mills and House and Senate leaders are championing legislation to strengthen the ability of local communities, homeowners, businesses, and emergency responders to prepare for and withstand future...
Jan 9 2025 // A residual property insurer and regulators in two Southeastern states are emphasizing roof integrity, more signs that mitigation and prevention are increasingly recognized as ways to reduce insured losses as storms...
Jan 8 2025 // Flight cancellations are already piling up as a winter storm bears down on Texas and the US South, bringing snow and ice that could coat power lines and trigger blackouts.As of 7:30 a.m. in New York, at least 169 flights...
Jan 7 2025 // A blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures stirred up dangerous travel conditions in parts of the central U.S as a disruptive winter storm brought the possibility of the heaviest snowfall in a decade to some...
Jan 6 2025 // The nation’s capital and surrounding areas are experiencing the effects of severe winter weather as a storm has moved from parts of the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic.The storm is producing moderate to heavy snow...
Dec 31 2024 // Officials assessed the damage on Sunday after a strong storm system moved across the southern U.S. over the weekend, spawning tornadoes and killing at least four people.There were at least 45 reports of tornado damage...
Dec 31 2024 // Florida consumers, already fuming in recent years from higher property insurance premiums, repair costs and homeowner association fees, could soon see another burden on their pocketbooks: Duke Energy has filed a plan with...
Dec 30 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) โ A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and...
Dec 27 2024 // federal government has dropped huge gates at the mouths of three inlets, as well as internal waterway barriers from a plan to protect New Jersey’s back bays from the type of catastrophic flooding they endured during...
Dec 17 2024 // OMAHA, Neb. (AP) โ A tornado near a mall in central California swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital. In San Francisco, authorities issued the first-ever tornado warning.Elsewhere,...
Dec 17 2024 // A Hawaiian Airlines flight crew’s decision to fly over a hazardous storm cell instead of deviating around it was the probable cause for hitting severe turbulence that injured passengers and crewmembers in 2022, the...
Dec 11 2024 // Florida’s orange production for the current season is forecast at 12 million boxes, the lowest since 1930, after a hurricane this fall accelerated an unrelenting industry downturn.That’s down three million...
Dec 6 2024 // Storm Darragh has triggered a red weather warning for the west coast of Wales and the Bristol Channel on Saturday, with hurricane-force winds forecast.Wind speeds are expected to reach as high as 90 miles (145 kilometers)...
Nov 26 2024 // Despite four hurricanes in just over a year and significant payouts by the Florida Cat Fund, three special tax bonds have seen their ratings upgraded, the state’s insurance commissioner announced Monday.“These...
Nov 25 2024 // Storm Bert left a trail of disruption across the UK, with hundreds of flood warnings in place for Wales and the west of England.Five people were reported to have died by local media, after the storm brought heavy rain and...
Nov 20 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) โ Almost two months after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on western North Carolina, Republican lawmakers grilled officials Monday over how they handled two other hurricanes that hit the state several...
Nov 18 2024 // A recent photograph of destruction left by Hurricane Milton’s wind tells the story: An entire roof section on a residential complex in Bradenton, Florida – including rafters and ceiling joists – was...
Nov 18 2024 // Florida’s Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, a state-created layer of reinsurance, expects to pay out about $4.6 billion to help cover insurers’ losses in Hurricanes Helene and Milton. But that won’t trigger a...
Nov 15 2024 // Tropical Storm Sara has formed off the coast of Honduras, threatening to unleash catastrophic flooding and landslides across Central America.Sara, the Atlantic’s 18th named storm this season, had top winds of 40...