Latest Windstorm Headlines

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

Tropical Storm Danny Weakens; East Coast Likely Spared Hurricane

Aug 28 2009 // Tropical Storm Danny weakened in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday and was no longer expected to become a hurricane, but it edged closer to the U.S. coast on a path that could take it to Canada’s Atlantic provinces by...

Tropical Storm Danny, Expected to Become Hurricane, Heads Northeast

Aug 27 2009 // The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Danny was located about 575 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, as of 8 a.m. EDT (Noon GMT) Thursday and packing winds near 60 miles per hour.Danny...

Tropical Storm May Form Today

Aug 26 2009 // The U.S. National Hurricane Center said an area of disturbed weather centered about 470 miles east of Nassau in the Bahamas could become the season’s latest tropical depression, or more likely, tropical storm, later...

Cleanup Starts After Tornadoes, Storms Slam Midwest States

Aug 21 2009 // Residents began cleaning up Aug. 20 after tornadoes and severe storms slammed a large part of the Midwest, tearing the roofs from buildings and overturning vehicles.The National Weather Service in Davenport, Iowa,...

Officials Tracking 3 Storms; Bill is Season’s First Hurricane

Aug 17 2009 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking three tropical storms. Claudette has already made landfall on the Florida Panhandle. Ana, a tropical depression, is in the middle of the Caribbean. Neither storm...

Tropical Storm Claudette Hits Florida, Seen Fading

Aug 17 2009 // Tropical Storm Claudette, the third of the Atlantic hurricane season, moved ashore along the U.S. Gulf coast early Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Claudette formed early Sunday morning. The storm hit the...

Florida Activates Claims Hotline for Tropical Storm Claudette Victims

Aug 17 2009 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink today announced that the state storm line has been activated to assist Floridians whose homes, businesses or vehicles were damaged by Tropical Storm Claudette as it passed through...

Atlantic Could See Hurricane Season’s First Named Storm Today: Ana

Aug 12 2009 // The Atlantic could get its first named storm of the hurricane season later Wednesday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.The basin’s second tropical depression is remaining just below tropical storm...

Car Dealers in the Storm: Dealers Left Standing Will Be Stronger, Leaner

Aug 12 2009 // Some automobile shoppers may be abandoning car makers but insurance carriers and brokers remain dedicated partners, experts say.Yet no one can deny that tough times have fallen on many of the nation’s car dealers who...

Texas Windstorm Pool Reports Waiver Surcharge Commission Change

Aug 11 2009 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) reported that HB 4409 passed by the 81st Legislature, requires several changes for TWIA policies.TWIA issued a bulletin to agents as a reminder that the first of these...

Felica Weakens to Tropical Storm; Flooding Possible

Aug 10 2009 // The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Felicia, which was a hurricane headed toward Hawaii last week, to a tropical storm. A tropical storm watch remains in effect for the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Kahoolawe,...

Texas Enacts Windstorm Insurance Reforms; Will They Be Enough?

Jul 30 2009 // During the recently completed 81st Legislative Session, the Texas legislature adopted the most significant reforms to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) since 1997 with the passage of House Bill 4409 (HB...

Kansas Town Destroyed by Tornado Now a Model ‘Green’ Community

Jul 27 2009 // Greensburg, Kan., which was nearly wiped off the map by a tornado two years ago, is famous for having the world’s largest hand-dug well and the world’s largest pallasite meteorite.Now it’s another tourist...

IPC Sale to Validus Includes ‘Storm-proof’ Agreement

Jul 27 2009 // IPC Holdings, the Bermuda catastrophe reinsurer that attracted interest from more than a dozen bidders, held out for a storm-proof agreement before agreeing to a sale to rival Validus HoldingsThe $1.65 billion...

Connecticut Not Eligible for Federal Aid for Storm Damage

Jul 23 2009 // Connecticut officials say the federal government is rejecting a request for aid for homeowners for storm damage that included a tornado on June 26.State officials say that preliminary damage information shows the state is...

Web Site Estimates Damages if Old Storms Returned Today

Jul 20 2009 // This month marks the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Dennis, a Category 3 storm that slammed into the panhandle of Florida with sustained winds of 120 m.p.h. While Dennis inflicted more than $2.2 billion in damage in...

Colorado’s Storm Damage Estimated at $161.1 Million

Jul 20 2009 // Mother Nature has taken Coloradans on a wild weather ride that began June 7 with a tornado and damaging hail in Aurora and the South Metro area, then pounded Northern Colorado with golf-ball and baseball-sized hail, and...

Web Site Estimates Hurricane Damages If Old Storms Returned Today

Jul 10 2009 // Today marks the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Dennis, a Category 3 storm that slammed into the panhandle of Florida with sustained winds of 120 m.p.h.While Dennis inflicted more than $2.2 billion in damage in 2005 and...

New Rhode Island Law Saves Residents Money When Storms Loom

Jul 6 2009 // A new law could save homeowners money when a hurricane off the Atlantic coast churns up weather strong enough to damage homes in Rhode Island but never reaches the state.Legislation signed last month by Gov. Don Carcieri...

State Auto: How a Regional Carrier Weathers the Storms

Jul 6 2009 // Regional property/casualty insurance companies don’t make headlines like the large institutions. They simply go about their business serving customers and independent agents — and paying claims.How are regional...