All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 20 2006 // A tropical storm warning remains in effect as of 2 p.m. for southeastern Massachusetts from Plymouth to Woods Hole including Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.The National Hurricane Center...
Jul 18 2006 // Tropical Storm Beryl was moving slowly to the north and was not intensifying at 11 p.m. est, according to the National Hurricane Center.Initial intensity has kept from 35 to 40 mph, however NHC predicted a chance of some...
Jul 13 2006 // Indiana Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, has released a six-page Disaster Planning Guide available to its 92,000 homeowner insurance customers throughout the Midwest.The Guide, which provides tips on...
Jul 12 2006 // Recent severe thunderstorms in Oklahoma blew vehicles off roads, ripped off roofs and caused an ammonia leak that forced a business to be evacuated, authorities said.At least one person was reported injured when storms...
Jul 10 2006 // While storms such as Hurricane Katrina grab the headlines, a string of smaller storms over the past few years has been taking a toll on insurance companies, industry officials said.Storm claim losses have been running...
Jul 6 2006 // While storms such as Hurricane Katrina grab the headlines, a string of smaller storms over the past few years has been taking a toll on insurance companies, industry officials said.Storm claim losses have been running...
Jul 6 2006 // Recommendations about the expansion of windborne debris regions in Florida’s Panhandle and requirements for storm shutters and missile-resistant glass will be discussed July 11 during a special Florida Building...
Jul 3 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...
Jul 3 2006 // In The Perfect Storm, the book that inspired the movie of the same name, author Sebastian Junger defined “the perfect storm” as a tempest that may happen only once in a century, a storm created by so rare a...
Jun 30 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that the Windstorm Building Code Advisory Committee on Specifications and Maintenance will hold a meeting of the advisory committee on July 12, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. in Room 102 of...
Jun 29 2006 // The deluge of rain that caused flooding in the nation’s capital and elsewhere in the East forced the evacuation of more than 2,200 people near a rising lake on Wednesday and washed out part of a four-lane highway. At...
Jun 19 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...
Jun 19 2006 // The prospect of another nasty hurricane season has everyone in the insurance industry braced for a white-knuckle ride. The spectre of a hurricane hitting a major Northeast population center is hardly the stuff of Hollywood...
Jun 19 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate — the latest being the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft — the public is losing confidence in the...
Jun 14 2006 // Insurance claims from the April tornadoes in Tennessee have climbed to $452 million, and some homeowners and business owners say their efforts to rebuild are being slowed by settlement delays and swamped...
Jun 12 2006 // U.S. commercial real estate (CRE) values in coastal areas, and in particular smaller multifamily properties, may suffer as insurance companies reduce loss exposure to hurricane-prone areas by increasing premiums, raising...
Jun 12 2006 // A team of researchers from Alabama and other states will train an array of instruments skyward in Arizona this summer for an unprecedented study of the genesis of monsoon storms.About 20 scientists will spend July and...
Jun 11 2006 // Tropical storm Alberto is predicted to bring much needed heavy rain to the Florida’s west coast and into southern Georgia early Tuesday Tuesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami....
Jun 9 2006 // FEMA announced that Delaware County, Okla., residents and business owners affected by the March 12 storms and tornadoes have only a few days left to apply for disaster assistance. June 12, 2006 is the last day applications...
Jun 5 2006 // In a move it says will “help protect its ability to meet future customer needs throughout Texas while maintaining a strong presence along the Texas coast,” Allstate Texas Lloyds announced it is phasing out...