Latest Windstorm Headlines

All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Rep. Taylor Frustrated Over Failure of Windstorm Coverage Add-On

Oct 4 2010 // In Pascagoula, Miss., on the Gulf Coast, agent Laverne Nelson has to get windstorm coverage for her personal property from the state wind pool.That is because in April her property insurer, MetLife Property & Casualty,...

Tropical Storm Matthew Heading for Central America

Sep 24 2010 // Tropical Storm Matthew formed over the western Caribbean Thursday and was expected to hit Central America as early as Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.The storm, which had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph...

Connecticut Officials Ask Obama for Tornado Damage Aid

Sep 23 2010 // Connecticut’s congressional delegation is asking President Obama to reconsider the denial of federal aid for tornado-related damage in Fairfield County.The delegation wrote to Obama on Tuesday saying the Federal...

Tropical Storm Lisa Forms Near Cape Verde Islands

Sep 21 2010 // The Atlantic hurricane season is in full swing as it continues to produce named storm after named storm. The latest in the parade, which has been forming almost constantly off of the Cape Verde Islands over the last 6...

AIR Updates European Wind Storm Risk Model

Sep 16 2010 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has released a major update to its Extratropical Cyclone Model for Europe.”Virtually every component of the model has been enhanced through the incorporation of...

Tropical Storm Karl Hits Yucatan, Some Evacuations Ordered

Sep 15 2010 // Tropical Storm Karl hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Wednesday and was expected to head into the Gulf of Mexico, threatening Mexican oil installations and possibly gaining hurricane strength.Mexico’s state-run...

Insurance Claims Pour in from Tropical Storm Hermine

Sep 10 2010 // Like the rainfall that inundated Texas as a result of Tropical Storm Hermine, claims from property damage caused by the storm have been pouring in to insurers, the Insurance Council of Texas has reported.ICT spokesman Mark...

Tropical Storm Hermine Slams into Northeastern Mexico

Sep 7 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into northeastern Mexico near the Texas border Monday, dumping heavy rain on a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex’s visit in June.Hermine, the eighth named storm of the...

Tropical Storm Hermine Brings Heavy Rains, Wind to South Texas

Sep 7 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine blew into the border region between Texas and Mexico late Monday night, landing in Northeast Mexico and crossing into Texas early Tuesday morning, bringing with it 60 mph winds, heavy rains and...

Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Chief Favors Gradual Rate Hike

Sep 6 2010 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association recently filed for 5 percent increases in both its residential and commercial rates, effective Jan. 1, 2011. While indications are those hikes won’t bring the rates for the...

Aon Monthly Cat Recap Highlights Asia Floods, Atlantic Storms

Sep 3 2010 // Aon Benfield’s latest release of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which provides an analysis of global natural perils in August, reports the month was “dominated by historic floods in Pakistan destroying over 1.25...

Storm Advice Offered for Florida Cell Phone Users

Aug 30 2010 // With Hurricane Danielle and Tropical Storm Earl roaming the Atlantic Ocean and signaling the start of the most active period of the 2010 storm season, Verizon Wireless urged Florida residents to prepare their emergency...

Illinois Town Marks 20th Anniversary of Deadly Tornado

Aug 30 2010 // Survivors of a deadly tornado that roared across the northern Illinois village of Plainfield have marked the storm’s 20th anniversary.About 200 people gathered Aug. 28 for a ceremony that was held near downtown...

Texas Windstorm Insurance Assoc. Chief Favors Gradual Rate Hikes

Aug 26 2010 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association recently filed for 5 percent increases in both its residential and commercial rates, effective Jan. 1, 2011. While indications are those hikes won’t bring the rates for the...

Danielle Weakens; 90% Chance of Another Tropical Storm

Aug 25 2010 // The latest bulletin, issued at 5:00 a.m. AST by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, notes that Hurricane Danielle has weakened slightly, with “maximum sustained winds near 85 mph, 140 km/hr. with higher...

Tropical Storm Danielle Continues to Strengthen in Atlantic

Aug 23 2010 // On Saturday morning the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued its first bulletin on “Tropical depression Six.” By Monday morning the depression had morphed into Danielle the fourth named storm of the...

Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Seeks 5% Rate Increase

Aug 20 2010 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has filed for 5 percent increases in both its residential and commercial rates, effective Jan. 1, 2011.The state’s insurer of last resort provides wind and hail coverage in...

W.Va. Granted $12 M for June Storms

Aug 20 2010 // More than $12 million in federal disaster aid has been approved to help recovery efforts in four counties in West Virginia hit by severe storms in June.The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday that the...

RMS Releases ‘Australia Severe Convective Storm Model’

Aug 19 2010 // Risk Management Solutions has completed work on a model dealing with Australia’s three greatest perils. RMS announced the phase one release of its “Australia Severe Convective Storm Model®, covering damage...

Storm Depression Headed for Spill Site

Aug 12 2010 // The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is headed toward the oil spill site off the coast of Louisiana.BP and Coast Guard officials had already decided to stop drilling...