All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 10 2010 // Meteorologists say a small tornado caused minor damage in Boca Raton. Robert Molleda, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said the tornado formed Saturday with winds likely reaching an estimated 70 miles per...
Aug 9 2010 // Tropical Storm Colin weakened to a tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean Sunday as it passed west of Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, adding the system could dissipate later in the day.Colin became...
Aug 9 2010 // Greensburg, Kan., students will move this fall to a new $50-million facility that replaces the one destroyed in 2007, when a massive tornado steamrolled the south-central Kansas town and killed 13 people.The new school was...
Aug 6 2010 // Tropical Storm Colin reformed over the Atlantic Ocean Thursday and was moving northwest on a path that could take it close to Bermuda, where authorities issued a tropical storm warning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center...
Aug 5 2010 // Major European insurance groups weathered a slew of damage claims for storms and the collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig to post stronger-than-expected half-year earnings on Wednesday.But prospects for the rest of...
Aug 3 2010 // Louisiana has started a $25 million program to help businesses still trying to recover from the four major hurricanes of recent years.Grants of up to $2.5 million will be available to community-based or nonprofit...
Jul 30 2010 // OneBeacon Insurance Group reported second quarter net income of $9 million, operating income of $18 million, a drop in written premiums reflecting the sale of its personal lines business and a jump in combined loss ratio...
Jul 28 2010 // A rare tornado tore through a farmhouse and killed two people inside, leaving nothing but the house’s foundation and a few twisted vehicles as it swept through Montana’s remote and sparsely populated...
Jul 26 2010 // A tornado tore through western New York on Saturday, ripping the roof off a condominium and damaging 17 others and causing widespread power outages.The National Weather Service said the twister touched down in Mayville in...
Jul 23 2010 // BP Plc oil spill workers in the Gulf of Mexico prepared for a possible evacuation Thursday as a tropical storm threatened more delays in attempts to end the environmental disaster.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said...
Jul 23 2010 // Tropical Storm Bonnie barreled toward south Florida Friday on a track that was expected to take it over the site of BP Plc’s massive oil spill in the energy-rich Gulf of Mexico by Saturday afternoon.The fast-moving...
Jul 21 2010 // Private weather forecaster WSI Corp cut its forecast for named storms in the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season on Tuesday, but still sees an active season with water temperatures and wind conditions conducive to violent...
Jul 20 2010 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking a “vigorous tropical wave located over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.” So far the disturbance has produced only “widespread cloudiness and...
Jul 20 2010 // In the blink of an eye, the economic focus in Louisiana has shifted from recession recovery to avoiding actual and potential job losses piling up at a staggering rate.And there’s very little that the state can do:...
Jul 16 2010 // The insurance industry says a storm and tornadoes that ripped through northwest Ohio in early June caused at least $22.1 million in damage for homeowners and business owners.The totals by the Ohio Insurance Institute...
Jul 7 2010 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami is presently tracking a low pressure area located off the northwestern coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. According to the NHC, “showers and thunderstorms associated...
Jul 6 2010 // An area of disturbed weather over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico could strengthen into a tropical storm later this week, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday.If it revs up to cyclone force, the system would...
Jul 5 2010 // Ohioans affected by the tornados that ripped through Wood, Fulton, and Ottawa Counties in early June will be getting some relief when it comes to deadlines for paying their insurance premiums, Ohio Department of Insurance...
Jul 1 2010 // Hurricane Alex weakened to a tropical storm Thursday as it moved further inland over northeastern Mexico, dumping heavy rains that flooded cities but sparing U.S. oil facilities near its path.Rain from the first named...
Jul 1 2010 // A new report from Willis Re, the reinsurance broking arm of Willis Group Holdings, has concluded that “losses from the Chile earthquake and storms in Australia in the first quarter of 2010 have had little impact on...