All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 23 2013 // The emergency management chief for the United States is warning that Floridians are in “denial” about the threat posed by hurricanes.Craig Fugate is the administrator for the Federal Emergency Management...
Aug 16 2013 // “Super Storm” the ride is now up and running on the New Jersey shore.The new attraction is located at the Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, N.J., where Superstorm Sandy is best known for toppling a roller coaster...
Aug 15 2013 // Some Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operators began evacuating workers from offshore facilities on Thursday as a low-pressure system threatened to strengthen into a cyclone.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday...
Aug 14 2013 // Officials in the Fox Valley say damage from recent tornadoes exceeds $30 million. The National Weather Service tells WLUK-TV that six tornadoes have been confirmed during the storms. It had previously confirmed five...
Aug 14 2013 // Power companies should be pressed by government to install technologies including smart meters and energy-storage devices to shield the electric grid from more frequent disruptions tied to weather, according to a...
Aug 13 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that a public meeting of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association expert panel will be held Aug. 22 from 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm in Austin.The purpose of the meeting is to...
Aug 8 2013 // The city of Joplin, Mo., is being given 32 storm shelters that were used at temporary housing sites after the 2011 tornado.The Federal Emergency Management Agency gave the shelters to the state, which offered them to...
Aug 8 2013 // The heavy rain and hail that hit Weld County over the weekend damaged not only crops but also schools.The Greeley Tribune reported Windsor Middle School’s ceilings collapsed from the water, and Tozer Primary School...
Aug 8 2013 // Insurance payments from the May tornado outbreak across central Oklahoma have now topped $1 billion, state insurance regulators report.“These numbers are staggering,” said Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John...
Aug 7 2013 // The Oklahoma Medical Examiner has increased the toll from the May 20 tornado at Moore after the death of a 90-year-old woman critically injured in the storm. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott said that the death of Kathryn Begay...
Aug 5 2013 // The May storms in Oklahoma that produced two EF-5 tornadoes, destroyed thousands of houses, resulted in 46 deaths and sent damage estimates above the $5 billion mark, were extreme examples of a years-long pattern of storms...
Aug 1 2013 // The University of Central Oklahoma has been selected as a co-host of the 2014 National Tornado Summit.The summit serves as a forum for national and state experts to meet and recommend new policies to improve emergency...
Jul 29 2013 // Tropical Storm Flossie, which may become the first such system to hit Hawaii in 21 years, closed ports as it pounded parts of the state with “dangerous” surf.The storm, with top sustained winds of 50 miles (80...
Jul 23 2013 // Applications from Norman, Okla., residents looking to build storm shelters have increased sharply in the aftermath of deadly tornadoes that struck in Moore and other nearby areas of the Oklahoma City metro.The May 19 and...
Jul 23 2013 // With thousands of destroyed houses, 46 deaths and damage estimates topping the $5 billion mark, victims of Oklahoma’s two EF-5 tornadoes are asking the same question: What have we learned?The answers are almost as...
Jul 22 2013 // A tornado packing 110 mph winds hit Ursuline College in northeast Ohio early on July 20, collapsing a wall of the school’s athletic center and damaging other buildings but causing no injuries, officials said.The EF1...
Jul 22 2013 // As the peak of hurricane season approaches, the governing board for Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort agreed to boost its bank line of credit, to give the company enough money to cover costs in case of a...
Jul 18 2013 // The May storms in Oklahoma that produced two EF-5 tornadoes, destroyed thousands of houses, resulted in 46 deaths and sent damage estimates above the $5 billion mark, were extreme examples of a years-long pattern of storms...
Jul 18 2013 // Roosevelt County officials are assessing the damage done by a tornado that touched down about 20 miles north of Poplar, Mont. Emergency services coordinator Dan Sietsema says at least two farm sites were hit by the tornado...
Jul 16 2013 // The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to use bonds designed to help New York City’s subway operator guard against storm surge damage after suffering $4.8 billion in wreckage from Hurricane Sandy.A Nov. 5,...