All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 12 2014 // The Mississippi Legislature met in a three-hour session Thursday approved $17 million to help pay for recovery from disasters, including tornadoes that recently pounded the state.Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed the...
May 9 2014 // Surveying the remnants of nature’s destructive power in the country’s midsection, President Barack Obama on May 7 pledged to residents of tornado-ravaged Arkansas communities that their government will stand...
May 8 2014 // Gov. Phil Bryant has called the Mississippi Legislature into special session starting Thursday to help pay state government’s share of recovery costs after the deadly April 28 tornadoes.The governor said Tuesday that...
May 8 2014 // April’s outbreak of severe weather and flash flooding in the U.S. will likely be the first billion-dollar economic loss event of 2014 attributed to convective thunderstorms, according to a report by Aon...
May 7 2014 // Gov. Phil Bryant may call the Mississippi Legislature into special session to help pay state government’s share of tornado recovery costs.Speaking in Louisville, Bryant told reporters that the state believes that it...
May 5 2014 // Some people in Tupelo are saying that warning sirens failed to sound before a tornado struck the city Monday afternoon.Resident LaShona Jamison, who has a siren in her backyard, told WTVA-TV that the siren never activated....
May 4 2014 // Rescuers were still looking for people missing after Monday’s tornado when Louisville and Winston County officials started thinking about long-term recovery.The county of 19,000 people in east Mississippi faces three...
May 2 2014 // National Weather Service officials said that a weekend tornado that killed 15 people as it ripped through Little Rock’s suburbs was just shy of being rated Arkansas’ first top-of-the-scale storm in 85 years.A...
May 2 2014 // The estimate of insured losses from an April 3 hail and wind storm in Denton, Texas, and nearby cities has risen.The Insurance Council of Texas now estimates that the amount of insured losses will be $500 million rather...
May 1 2014 // Emergency managers said at least 240 homes were damaged or destroyed by the tornadoes and strong storms that swept through Alabama.The Alabama Emergency Management Agency said damage has been reported in 31 of...
May 1 2014 // The town of Greenwich in Connecticut has reached a $2.4 million settlement with its insurance company to cover damage to municipal buildings and other property by Superstorm Sandy in October, 2012.The Greenwich Time...
Apr 30 2014 // The National Weather Service said the tornado that hit the Louisville, Miss., area Monday night has a preliminary rating of EF-4. Mike Edmonston, senior meteorologist at National Weather Service in Jackson, Miss.,...
Apr 30 2014 // The National Weather Service in Tulsa, Oklahoma says the EF2 tornado that killed one person in Quapaw earlier this week started at 5:29 p.m. Sunday, April 27 about 3 miles southwest of Quapaw. The tornado packing maximum...
Apr 30 2014 // Mark Wade and his family heard the dire warnings on TV and the tornado sirens, and were prepared to ride out the storm in their closet when a neighbor across the street on Vilonia’s Aspen Creek Drive yelled out:...
Apr 29 2014 // Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are expected to sweep across the U.S. South, threatening more damage to a region where dozens died in the past two days.There’s a moderate risk of severe storms, high winds and hail...
Apr 28 2014 // Arkansas, Oklahoma and parts of the Midwest were pounded over the weekend by deadly tornado-producing storms that touched down in seven states. As many as 30 tornadoes have been reported, half of which touched down in...
Apr 23 2014 // A newly published study from Rutgers University in New Jersey shows that most state residents strongly support government programs aimed at lowering the likelihood of severe damage from future hurricanes. The study also...
Apr 21 2014 // Two of the country’s top disaster experts challenged emergency managers and forecasters from Texas to Maine to help educate coastal residents and developers about hurricane hazards.Speaking at the National Hurricane...
Apr 17 2014 // A system of severe weather moving through multiple Midwest states in early April brought tornadoes, hail, severe winds and flooding in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Texas. Farmers Insurance estimates that its expected...
Apr 17 2014 // Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center hope new color-coded maps they’re trying out this year will simplify two important points about storm surge for coastal residents: how far from the beach the water will...