All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 23 2025 // Powerful winter storms are bearing down on Southern California, threatening to disrupt travel with heavy rain, dangerous winds and a high risk of flooding and landslides during the Christmas holiday.As much as six inches...
Dec 17 2025 // Rain will ease Wednesday across the Pacific Northwest after floods and winds left at least 600,000 without power, forced hundreds of people in Washington to flee their homes and killed at least one person.The respite is...
Dec 16 2025 // Insured losses from natural catastrophes will surpass US$100 billion mark in 2025 for the sixth consecutive year – driven mainly by January’s record Los Angeles wildfires as well as severe convective storms (SCS)...
Dec 2 2025 // The just-ended 2025 Atlantic hurricane season surprised some forecasters after it produced no major storms that hit the United States. But the hurricanes that did arise, with most remaining offshore and one slamming...
Nov 26 2025 // More than 100 homes have been damaged after a tornado touched down in a residential area outside Houston, authorities in Texas said Monday.No injuries were reported. Photos and drone video posted on Facebook by the Harris...
Nov 17 2025 // When Matt Sutika, CEO of Nimble Insurance in Sarasota, Florida, heard that the agency had been named one of the best agencies to work for in the Southeast, he said it validated so much that he and the agency’s...
Nov 13 2025 // California is set to be drenched in coming days as heavy rain and snowstorms uncoil off the Pacific Ocean, potentially bringing Los Angeles a month’s worth of rain and prompting evacuation warnings in areas burned by...
Nov 7 2025 // The Caribbean parametric insurer, CCRIF SPC, announced it will make a second payout of US$21.1 million to the government of Jamaica – a policy triggered by excess rainfall from Hurricane Melissa.This payout follows the...
Nov 5 2025 // Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 116 people in the Philippines, becoming the deadliest storm to hit the Southeast Asian nation in a year, with dozens more missing.The typhoon, locally known as Tino, also displaced more...
Nov 3 2025 // The death toll in Vietnam from last week’s record-breaking downpours has climbed to 37 as another powerful storm bears down on the country’s coast and floodwaters rise again in some tourism hubs.The national...
Oct 28 2025 // Hurricane Melissa is churning toward Jamaica as the island’s worst-ever storm, with high winds and flooding rains already pummeling coastal areas in the hours before landfall.Melissa’s top winds reached 185...
Oct 27 2025 // Hurricane Melissa plowed toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm, threatening to bring widespread destruction to the island.Melissa’s top winds reached 165 miles (266 kilometers) per hour, up from 160 mph...
Oct 24 2025 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee has developed a recommendation to the TWIA board on a method to determine the association’s 1-in-50 probable maximum loss for...
Oct 23 2025 // Tropical Storm Melissa began dumping heavy rain on Hispaniola on Tuesday as forecasters warned of a significant flood risk in parts of the Caribbean region later this week.The rains snarled traffic in the Dominican...
Oct 23 2025 // New Zealand’s weather agency issued rare red wind warnings and officials declared a state of emergency in the Canterbury region as a powerful spring storm brought destructive gales and heavy rain to the South Island...
Oct 23 2025 // The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong is complete, and officials and local leaders are turning attention to trying to stabilize...
Oct 20 2025 // Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months, Gov. Mike Dunleavy...
Oct 20 2025 // Tropical storm Fengshen has killed eight people in the Philippines, authorities said, warning it could intensify as it heads for China and Vietnam.Known locally as Ramil, the storm caused torrential rains, floods and...
Oct 16 2025 // As many as 22 states face the risk for severe thunderstorms, hail and damaging wind gusts over the next several days, meteorologists say.A front over the Central/Southern Rockies is expected to move northeastward,...
Oct 10 2025 // New York City and the Northeast are in the crosshairs of a massive coastal storm that’s poised to bring high winds, surging tides and heavy rain throughout the region starting Sunday.Drenching rain and strong winds...