Latest Windstorm Headlines

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

Fla. considers claims law glitch, storm tax break

Apr 9 2007 // Flashlights, radios, tarps and other hurricane supplies would be tax free for 12 days at the beginning of hurricane season, under a measure the Florida House has under consideration.Floridians received a similar tax break...

Fla. considers claims law glitch, storm tax break

Apr 9 2007 // Flashlights, radios, tarps and other hurricane supplies would be tax free for 12 days at the beginning of hurricane season, under a measure the Florida House has under consideration.Floridians received a similar tax break...

RiskMeter Adds New Storm Surge Report to Online Hazard Lookup

Apr 6 2007 // CDS Business Mapping, LLC, which develops online hazard mapping, has added a new storm surge report to its RiskMeter Online real-time, natural hazard risk report service.The RiskMeter is used by underwriters and agents to...

New Mexico Insured Tornado Losses Estimated at $16.5 Million

Apr 6 2007 // Tornado and hail that tore across New Mexico in March has an estimated insurance price tage of $16.5 million, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association.The association said insurance adjusters have...

Okla. AG Warns of Potential Storm Scams

Apr 3 2007 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson is alerting consumers of the potential for home repair scams following recent severe weather in his state.“We have seen in the past that fraudsters sometimes roll in with the...

Georgia Towns Hit by Storms Receive Additional Federal Aid

Apr 2 2007 // President Bush has authorized additional relief for Georgia communities hit by tornadoes and severe storms earlier this month, saying the federal government would pick up the full tab for debris removal and other eligible...

Texas Storms Damage Dozens of Homes

Apr 2 2007 // Thunderstorms hammered parts of Texas early on March 31, blacking out thousands of customers and spinning out tornadoes.The same group of storms sent a twister through a small town west of Waco late on March 30 and caused...

Tornadoes Kill 2 people in Oklahoma, 1 in Colo.

Mar 30 2007 // An early spring storm swept across the central U.S. early on March 29, spinning off tornadoes that killed an Oklahoma couple in a home that was blown to pieces and a Colorado woman whose small town was nearly destroyed.A...

Fla. Considers Storm Supply Tax Break, New Claims Law Glitch

Mar 30 2007 // Flashlights, radios, tarps and other hurricane supplies would be tax free for 12 days at the beginning of hurricane season, under a measure the Florida House has under consideration.Floridians received a similar tax break...

Restoration work continues after Florida tornadoes

Mar 26 2007 // With the final death toll standing at 20, the tornadoes that slammed central Florida on Feb. 2 have been dubbed “Ground-Hog Day Tornadoes” by The Florida State Emergency Response Team.The groundhogs in Sumter,...

Insurer Delivers First Check to Aid Tornado-Stricken Ala. Town

Mar 21 2007 // Representatives from a Boston-based insurance company personally presented a $2 million check to Gov. Bob Riley and Enterprise city officials as the first installment toward the coverage of two Enterprise schools damaged...

Orlando Attorney Elected President of Windstorm Insurance Group

Mar 19 2007 // Attorney Janice A. Kelly was recently elected as the 2007- 2008 president of the Windstorm Insurance Network, Inc., a non-profit organization comprised of almost 1,000 individuals and groups interested in windstorm-related...

Ga.: Losses from March 1 Storms Top $210 Million

Mar 19 2007 // Damage from March 1 storms that ripped through southwest and central Georgia reached $210 million in insured losses, making it the state’s worst disaster in that category.The losses exceeded $150 million caused by...

Ga. Releases $3 Million For Local Storm Response

Mar 9 2007 // Gov. Sonny Perdue released $3 million from the state’s emergency discretionary fund to cover past and future expenses incurred by local governments in responding to last week’s severe weather.Preliminary...

Wis. American Family Pays Record $1.1 Billion in Storm Claims

Mar 8 2007 // A string of spring storms across the Midwest caused American Family Insurance Co. to pay a record $1.1 billion in storm losses last year.Other insurers, including the nation’s largest insurer, State Farm Insurance,...

Iowa Winter Storm Damage Tops $65 Million; Governor Seeks Federal Aid

Mar 5 2007 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver sent a letter to President Bush, requesting a presidential disaster declaration for 46 Iowa counties.Damage assessment for potential eligible expenses from winter storms that battered parts of Iowa in...

March in Like a Lion in Alabama; Tornadoes Bring Death, Damage

Mar 2 2007 // A preliminary bulletin issued by Alabama Emergency Management Agency late Thursday reported that there were 17 confirmed deaths in Coffee County and one confirmed death in Wilcox County due to damage caused by tornadoes...

Tornadoes Reported in Four States; 27 Injured in Arkansas

Feb 27 2007 // Authorities went door to door in search of an unknown number of people who remained unaccounted for after severe storms swept through southern Arkansas, shredding home and businesses and injuring at least 27...

Should windstorm be added to the NFIP?

Feb 26 2007 // U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., recently introduced the Multiple Peril Insurance Act, which would offer windstorm coverage as an option for consumers within the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The bill has sparked...

Agents welcome windstorm debate; insurers warn against subsidies

Feb 26 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (the Big “I”) says the debate over windstorm coverage is crucial for consumers and independent agents and brokers in many regions around the...