All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 29 2008 // Thunderstorms and tornadoes that raced into Georgia from the west Tuesday morning caused about $15 million damage to some 1,300 homes, a state official said Wednesday.Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine earlier estimated...
Feb 26 2008 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley said he will appeal a decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deny federal disaster assistance to tornado victims in Jackson County.“I’ve discussed this issue with local...
Feb 25 2008 // A hurricane that hit Miami in 1926 would cause up to $157 billion in damage if it were to strike today, according to a recent study.U.S. storm costs are rising because of higher populations and wealth on the coasts, not a...
Feb 24 2008 // More than two dozen tornadoes tore through the mid-South late on Feb. 5, destroying homes, barns, and industrial buildings from Texas to Ohio. The severe thunderstorm outbreak, which included tornadoes, hail, heavy rain...
Feb 20 2008 // Inspectors were surveying damage in southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle on Monday from a tornado that destroyed at least seven homes but didn’t cause any reported injuries.Investigators now believe that a...
Feb 19 2008 // Another wave of tornadoes materialized in the Deep South over the weekend and this time, in Prattville, Ala., several businesses on a commercially populated boulevard were severely damaged, according to a Department of...
Feb 18 2008 // Agriculture officials say storm-related farm losses in Tennessee’s Macon County could surpass $29 million.The county’s livestock and tobacco industries were particularly hard-hit by the tornado that claimed at...
Feb 15 2008 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) announced the launch of “the first parametric index for assessing insured industry losses from windstorms in Europe.” The new model -” Paradex Europe Windstorm”...
Feb 12 2008 // A Tennessee National Guard truck on the way to help tornado recovery efforts in Macon County turned over on the side of Interstate 40.Randy Harris, a guard spokesman, said the five-ton truck was among other engineering...
Feb 12 2008 // On Monday, members of the Kentucky Office of Insurance Emergency Response Team began visiting areas hardest hit by the recent severe weather.KOI representatives will be available in storm-damaged communities in and around...
Feb 11 2008 // A multi-agency state task force led by the Tennessee Department of Transportation to help the hardest hit areas with storm debris removal got underway Sunday.Operation “Tennessee Storm” will be aimed at debris...
Feb 11 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) issued a reminder to consumers that windstorm insurance inspections, which are required for properties to be eligible for wind and hail coverage through the Texas Windstorm Insurance...
Feb 7 2008 // Tenn. Gov. Phil Bredesen received detailed briefings from Tennessee Emergency Management Agency officials in the wake of deadly tornadoes that struck Tennessee on Tuesday. The storms have resulted in 31 fatalities, 150...
Feb 7 2008 // Tennessee experienced at least two waves of severe weather Tuesday that ranged from high-winds and hail to deadly tornadoes.As of 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is reporting 31 confirmed...
Feb 7 2008 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has mobilized additional claims personnel to the areas impacted by the recent tornadoes in Tennessee.As of Wednesday Farmers has received more than 100 claims in Tennessee. The Farmers...
Feb 7 2008 // More than two dozen tornadoes tore through the mid-South late Tuesday night, destroying homes, barns, and industrial buildings from Texas to Ohio. The severe thunderstorm outbreak, which included tornadoes, hail, heavy...
Feb 7 2008 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has declared Baxter, Conway, Independence, Izard, Pope, Randolph, Sharp, Stone, Union and Van Buren Counties state disaster areas due to the damage caused by powerful tornadoes and violent...
Feb 7 2008 // Travelers mobilized its catastrophe response unit Wednesday including sending four mobile claim headquarters to tornado-affected areas in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.The mobile units will be strategically...
Feb 6 2008 // A severe weather front fell upon the Southern states inciting a series of strong tornadoes that moved across Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas, wreaking damage and killing at least 48.As the information of the...
Feb 5 2008 // Federal officials have approved the state’s request for a disaster declaration in the wake of the December winter storm that left much of the state without power. Officials placed the cost of the storm, which brought...