All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 12 2004 // The storm that struck the western portion of Amarillo on June 21 caused $175 million in insured losses making it the sixth costliest wind and hailstorm in Texas history, according to the Insurance Council of...
Aug 12 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher will keep the Department of Financial Services’ storm line, 1-800-22-STORM, operating throughout the weekend to assist Floridians in the event of damage from...
Aug 12 2004 // Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist has activated a toll-free hotline and urged Florida residents to report suspected price gouging associated with Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley. The Attorney...
Aug 9 2004 // AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) announced the release of its 2004 U.S. hurricane, earthquake, severe thunderstorm and terrorism models.The updated models reflect the latest scientific and engineering research into these...
Jul 28 2004 // Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher has signed an Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.Beginning on July 13, and continuing for several days, widespread severe weather occurred across...
Jul 25 2004 // Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo is putting residents on alert to watch for price gouging.Recent storms in Kentucky have resulted in widespread wind and flood damage. In attempts to recover, residents are purchasing...
Jul 16 2004 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has requested that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency provide disaster relief and assistance for Briscoe County that has suffered damage from excessive rain, hail,...
Jun 22 2004 // The Office of Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher has extended the deadline for the 2004 Homeland Security grant application process from June 25 to July 9, 2004.“Since the storms hit the commonwealth during the last...
Jun 21 2004 // The storms and tornado systems of late spring have once again struck cities and towns across the Midwest, with an estimated $63 million in insured damages announced by the time this magazine went to press. That estimate...
Jun 16 2004 // Des Moines, Iowa-based EMC Insurance Group announced that it will strengthen its bulk loss and settlement expense reserves by about $2.9 million for the second quarter. The company also estimated additional storm losses of...
Jun 10 2004 // Oakland Calif.-based EQECAT, Inc. has announced the release of its U.S. Tornado/Hail/Straight Wind model, for assessing and managing insurance risk associated with these key natural hazard perils.The bulletin noted that...
Jun 9 2004 // Missouri Gov. Bob Holden has requested a Federal Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance for counties impacted by the severe storms and tornadoes from May 18 through Memorial Day weekend.“We are requesting...
Jun 9 2004 // Recent storms in Kentucky have resulted in wide spread wind and flood damage affecting many consumers. Attorney General Greg Stumbo is warning residents needing repair work done quickly to repair storm damaged homes and...
Jun 8 2004 // North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley has declared a state of disaster and emergency for Bolton, Lake Waccamaw, Chadbourn, Tabor City, Fair Bluff and Whiteville due to a Jan. 26-27 ice storm.The towns qualify for a Type 1...
Jun 7 2004 // U.S. Senators Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) recently announced that the City of Jackson will receive $10.9 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help rebuild public housing...
Jun 4 2004 // Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns has released the latest public damages estimate from tornadoes, high winds, hail and flooding that hit Nebraska on May 22, which total approximately $12.1 million.The Governor sent a letter this...
Jun 3 2004 // Cincinnati Financial Corp. announced a preliminary estimate of approximately $50 million for May 2004 pretax catastrophe losses resulting from three periods of severe weather between May 17 and May 31. The Cincinnati...
Jun 3 2004 // U.S. Senators Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) this week made the following statements in response to strong thunderstorms and tornadoes that moved through the Midwest and Tennessee last...
Jun 2 2004 // Allmerica Financial Corporation announced that it currently expects to incur approximately $13 million in pre-tax catastrophe losses resulting from severe thunderstorms, hail and tornadoes. The storms occurred mainly in...
Jun 1 2004 // Powerful storms again swept across the Midwest, downing trees and power lines and spawning twisters that leveled houses and barns and sent mobile homes hurtling through the air.In Marengo, Ind., a town of 800 about 35...