All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 15 2024 // Tropical Storm Sara has formed off the coast of Honduras, threatening to unleash catastrophic flooding and landslides across Central America.Sara, the Atlantic’s 18th named storm this season, had top winds of 40...
Nov 14 2024 // As with computer models that help predict risk from hurricane winds, insurers now have more than one model to use when gauging flood damage in storm-soaked Florida.The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection...
Nov 13 2024 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department is offering assistance to residents affected by the severe storms that hit the state in early November. Tornadoes and severe storms struck Oklahoma Nov. 2-4, injuring at least 11 people...
Nov 13 2024 // South Africa declared a national disaster after floods and storms caused widespread damage in the country, allowing the government to free up funds for relief and reconstruction.Disruptive rains, floods, strong winds and...
Nov 12 2024 // A new typhoon barreled across an agricultural region in the northeastern Philippines on Monday after thousands were evacuated to safety while still struggling to recover from the devastation caused by three successive...
Nov 6 2024 // Florida’s state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the largest insurer in the state, suspended binding on policies, statewide, as yet another hurricane approaches from the Carribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico....
Nov 5 2024 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Severe storms and tornadoes battered Oklahoma early Sunday, tossing cars and ripping roofs off buildings in the middle of the night and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without...
Nov 1 2024 // Florida’s Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, a state-created layer of reinsurance, expects to pay out about $4.6 billion to help cover insurers’ losses in Hurricanes Helene and Milton. But that won’t trigger a...
Oct 31 2024 // Spain declared three days of mourning as heavy rains killed more than 90 people, in what is already one of the country’s worst-ever natural disasters.The local government of Valencia, the coastal region at the...
Oct 31 2024 // Aerospace startup Sceye has partnered with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to deploy climate management tools to monitor wildfires and storms from the edge of space, the company and the government agencies exclusively...
Oct 30 2024 // More than 60 people died as eastern Spain was hit by one of the worst storms in decades on Tuesday night.The storm is “one of the three strongest in the last century in the region of Valencia,” the Spanish...
Oct 25 2024 // The Philippines is ramping up efforts to contain the devastation caused by severe tropical storm Trami, which has killed 25 people, affected millions and shut government offices for a third straight day on Friday.President...
Oct 21 2024 // Cuba was dealing with heavy rains and winds today from Tropical Storm Oscar, even as it continues to deal with a prolonged blackout affecting a large swath of the island.According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center,...
Oct 21 2024 // As if it were yesterday, I vividly remember going to my first catastrophic fire loss with my dad at the young age of nine. It was a house fire in Sarasota involving a resident falling asleep with a lit cigarette. The...
Oct 18 2024 // Centuries ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent with schools of fish, their marshlands and endless tracts of channels melting into the gray-blue horizon.Fast-forward to today, and in...
Oct 16 2024 // Golden hashbrowns, gravy-smothered biscuits and crispy waffles with a hearty helping of maple syrup are among the classic Southern comfort foods. But when hurricanes tear through Southeastern towns, the hot meals and bold...
Oct 16 2024 // WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) — Tony Brazzale, a diving boat captain who has lived for 10 years in his Wellington home in southeastern Florida, wasn’t worried about Hurricane Milton. The storm’s center was forecast...
Oct 10 2024 // With Hurricane Milton now expected to produce several hundred thousand wind-damage claims and with the storm coming so soon on the heels of Hurricane Helene, industry leaders are bracing for significant delays in claims...
Oct 7 2024 // Another day, another hurricane.That may be the thought in the minds of thousands of Floridians as Hurricane Milton makes its way toward the west coast of Florida – the fourth hurricane in 14 months to target the...
Oct 4 2024 // HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Helene dumped trillions of gallons of water hundreds of miles inland, devastating communities nestled in mountains far from the threat of storm surge or sea level rise. But that...