All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 3 2008 // Jim and Iris Blevins still think of their modest tan house surrounded by trees as their real home, but nowadays they live in a fifth-wheel behind the house — one of hundreds of eastern New Mexico homes damaged by...
Dec 28 2007 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has asked insurance companies and other regulated entities to take voluntary steps to ensure that homeowners, businesses and consumers affected by December’s winter...
Dec 28 2007 // Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) Insurance Division has issued an order to authorize additional nonresident independent adjusters to help homeowners and businesses with their insurance...
Dec 28 2007 // While winter storms do not attract the attention of mega-catastrophes such as hurricanes and earthquakes, these smaller events can add up to impact insurers’ bottom lines. However, insurers can now avail themselves...
Dec 27 2007 // Gov. Matt Blunt is seeking a federal disaster declaration for public aid to 42 counties as a result of winter storms that hit Missouri this month.Blunt said that preliminary inspections found more than $28 million in...
Dec 23 2007 // While hurricanes stayed away, tornadoes did not. Powerful tornadoes killed at least 20 people and left a swath of central Florida in shambles in early February. It was the second-deadliest tornado in Florida history....
Dec 23 2007 // Ice storms slickened roads and sidewalks, grounded hundreds of flights, and cut power to tens of thousands beginning Dec. 9 as the storms swept across the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes.The wintry weather continued and...
Dec 20 2007 // New figures show about $2.3 million in damages from last week’s ice storm in southeast Nebraska.It’s more than double the figure released last week, which didn’t include damage in Falls City, the area...
Dec 18 2007 // In the wake of his state’s winter storms, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson warned consumers to be wary of the possibility for clean-up-related-scams.He said his office received 145 home repair related...
Dec 18 2007 // The Pacific storm that toppled trees and cut off power for days along the northern Oregon coast earlier this month left serious damage in the three counties that bore its brunt but may only dent the statewide...
Dec 17 2007 // Winter storms are nothing new for Steve Kennedy in his work as a claims supervisor for Farmers Insurance. He’d never seen anything quite like this week’s deadly ice storm in Oklahoma.“The front yard of...
Dec 14 2007 // Families displaced by the winter ice storm should notify state authorities of any price gouging at local hotels, state Rep. Joe Dorman says.“I have received reports that some hotels may be gouging customers forced...
Dec 13 2007 // The lights are going back on slowly in Oklahoma after a massive ice storm, the insured losses from which could reach $35 million, an insurance industry trade group said.“Insurance claims from ice damage are often...
Dec 13 2007 // Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) has issued a bulletin noting that as of 11:00 a.m. today, “approximately 13,000 claims had been received as a result of the storm that hit Sydney last Sunday. Further lodgments...
Dec 12 2007 // Another traffic death in Oklahoma was attributed to a winter storm that blanketed the state in ice, while more than a half million homes and businesses remained without power Dec. 11 and schools across the state were again...
Dec 11 2007 // An ice storm slickened roads and sidewalks, grounded hundreds of flights, and cut power to tens of thousands Sunday in a swath from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes as even colder weather threatened.The wintry...
Dec 11 2007 // A winter storm coated much of Oklahoma in ice on Monday, Dec. 10, knocking out power to more than 300,000 homes and businesses, disrupting flight operations and leading to traffic accidents that killed 11 people.Most of...
Dec 3 2007 // Southern California’s weather turned from dangerously dry to extremely wet Friday as storms brought the threat of mudslides and flash floods to areas burned by recent wildfires, causing evacuation orders.Residents...
Nov 16 2007 // An apparent tornado touched down Wednesday night west of Chattanooga, Tenn., damaging buildings and causing minor injuries to at least nine people, including three children.Tornadoes must be confirmed by the National...
Nov 16 2007 // Reports are coming in from Southern Bangladesh of at least 242 deaths following the passage of a powerful tropical cyclone. Risk Management Solutions has been monitoring the progress of the storm, named Sidr, and indicates...