Latest Windstorm Headlines

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Major Texas Storm Surge Project Included in Defense Bill

Dec 16 2022 // Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas — but mostly spared the region’s oil refineries and chemical plants — Congress has authorized the most...

Tornadoes, Storms Leave Trail of Destruction From New Orleans to Great Plains

Dec 16 2022 // A vast and volatile storm system ripping across the U.S. killed at least three people in Louisiana, spinning up tornadoes that battered the state from north to south, including the New Orleans area where memories of...

South Central Storms Linked to 2 Deaths in Louisiana

Dec 15 2022 // DALLAS (AP) – A destructive storm ripping across the U.S. spawned tornadoes that killed a young boy and his mother in Louisiana and threatened the South with more severe weather Wednesday.Meanwhile, the huge storm system...

Massive Storm Brings Tornadoes to South Central, Blizzard Threat to Plains

Dec 14 2022 // SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A massive storm blowing across the country spawned tornadoes in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as much of the central United States from the Rocky Mountains to...

House Advances Texas Storm Surge Project in Water Bill

Dec 12 2022 // HOUSTON (AP) _ Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas _ but mostly spared the region’s oil refineries and chemical plants _ the U.S. House of...

One Year Later: Kentucky Agency, Community Recovering from Powerful Tornado

Dec 9 2022 // A year ago Saturday, one of the most powerful tornadoes to hit the United States ripped through western Kentucky with 190-mph winds, destroying multiple homes, businesses, a candle factory, churches, a county courthouse...

Tornadoes Kill 2 in Alabama, Damage Homes and Businesses in Mississippi

Nov 30 2022 // Tornadoes and high winds destroyed a fire station, damaged homes and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Alabama, as the storm front moved into eastern states Wednesday morning.Local news reports and the Associated...

Safer Snow Storms: NC DOT Adds Simulator Training for Snow Plow Operators

Nov 22 2022 // The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s winter weather prep is going digital this year with a snow plow simulator designed to give employees more training time without getting behind the wheel of an actual...

Tropical Storm Nicole Weakened Over Florida But Emergency Orders Remained in Effect

Nov 10 2022 // Tropical Storm Nicole was over west central Florida to the northeast of Tampa at 10 a.m., having weakened from being a Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall earlier in the morning on the coast.Nicole’s maximum...

Deadly Tornadoes Hit Texas and Oklahoma, Flatten Buildings

Nov 7 2022 // Residents in southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas began assessing weather damage Saturday, working to recover and thankful to have survived after a storm stretching from Dallas to northwest Arkansas spawned...

Lisa Weakens to Tropical Storm After Leaving Belize’s Largest City in Darkness

Nov 3 2022 // Lisa weakened into a tropical storm as it moved across Belize Wednesday, leaving much of the country’s largest city in the dark, although there were no reports of deaths or major damage so far in the Caribbean nation...

Hong Kong Scraps Market Trading as Storm Nalgae Draws Near

Nov 2 2022 // Hong Kong closed its $4 trillion stock market early as severe tropical storm Nalgae moved closer on a day when the city hosted a top-level summit for global bankers.Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. scrapped...

Cleanup After Five Tornadoes Touched Down in South Alabama, Mississippi

Nov 1 2022 // Residents and businesses are cleaning up after at least five tornadoes touched down in a severe weather outbreak along the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast.No injuries or deaths were reported after the Saturday twisters....

Tropical Storm Lisa on Track to Strike Belize as 12th Atlantic Storm of 2022

Nov 1 2022 // Tropical Storm Lisa has spun up in the Caribbean Sea south of Jamaica, on track to strike Belize late Wednesday as the 12th storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season.Lisa’s top winds have reached 40 miles...

Insured Losses for Australia’s October 2021 Storms Estimated at A$972M: PERILS

Oct 31 2022 // Insured losses for the severe storms, which hit Southern Australia on Oct. 28-30, 2021, are estimated at A$972 million (US$623.1 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides...

Philippines’ Death Toll From Storm Nalgae Rises to 98

Oct 31 2022 // The Philippines said 98 people died from flooding and landslides triggered by storm Nalgae, which hit the country over the weekend.The death toll has risen from 48 reported Sunday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and...

Post-Sandy Repairs Help Some But Maybe Not Enough for Next Big Storm

Oct 31 2022 // After Superstorm Sandy struck the northeast U.S. in 2012, an unprecedented effort began to fortify the densely populated coastline against the next big storm.Thousands of homes were raised on pilings. Concrete and steel...

Florida Cat Fund May Borrow Billions Next Year, Even Without Another Storm

Oct 28 2022 // The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund is well equipped to handle losses from Hurricane Ian, which are now estimated to cost the fund about $10 billion, but it could mean the fund will have to borrow billions next year –...

Fierce Storms Batter Northern France, Ripping Off Roofs, Cutting Power

Oct 25 2022 // Tornado-like storms that tore through northern France sheared off part of a church roof, felled trees and power lines and left scores of people without a safe place to live, authorities said Monday.One person suffered...

Snow Storm Hits Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Causing Power Outages

Oct 20 2022 // It’s beginning to look a lot like winter in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with snow falling and high winds toppling trees and causing power outages.MLive reported that as much as 18 inches (45 centimeters) of...