All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 28 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week the award of $1 million in grant funding to Arkansas for cleanup and recovery activities after severe storms caused extensive damage and flooding in April.Between April...
Jul 22 2025 // Severe storms are triggering flooding in parts of Europe following weeks of extreme heat, while temperatures on the Italian island of Sicily climb to 44C (111F).A powerful low-pressure system delivered heavy precipitation...
Jul 21 2025 // A small East Texas community is in the final stages of installing a state-of-the-art disaster warning system officials have been working toward for years.Six new sirens will be placed strategically throughout the city of...
Jul 21 2025 // Two more property insurers put their toes in the Florida market this summer, bringing to 14 the number of new carriers in the state since 2023. It’s another sign that legislative discouragement of claims litigation...
Jun 25 2025 // Tropical Storm Andrea, the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was forecast to dissipate by Wednesday after forming at sea Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said.The tropical storm was far from land...
Jun 23 2025 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Sunday, June 22, declared a state of emergency in 32 counties in response to severe weather.Three deaths in the town of Kirkland have been attributed to the severe thunderstorms that hit...
Jun 23 2025 // Powerful winds — including a tornado — that swept across parts of the upper Midwest left three people dead and a regional airport heavily damaged, while nearly 150 million Americans were under a heat advisory or...
Jun 20 2025 // Central and southern China were on high alert for more flash floods on Friday as the annual East Asia monsoon gathered pace and extreme rainfall threatened disruption in the world’s second-largest economy. Red...
Jun 18 2025 // A powerful storm system brought severe weather across parts of the Central Plains and Midwest early this week, with more storms forecast for Wednesday.A moist and unstable atmosphere led to significant rainfall, hail and...
Jun 17 2025 // St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer signed an executive order to waive a 25% holdback of insurance payouts for property damage claims related to the May 16 tornado that damaged at least 10,000 properties in the city.The order...
Jun 16 2025 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance released preliminary uninsured estimates for properties in the St. Louis in response to the F3 tornado that struck the region on May 16.DCI Department Director Angela...
Jun 12 2025 // The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced a major disaster declaration for several counties in Missouri, including Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, and others, due to severe storms, straight-line...
Jun 6 2025 // As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving into them to study one of the nation’s costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers:...
Jun 6 2025 // On Jan. 5, 2025, at about 2:35 in the afternoon, the first severe hailstorm of the season dropped quarter-size hail in Chatham, Mississippi. According to the federal storm events database, there were no injuries, but it...
Jun 3 2025 // Current climatic conditions suggest that there will be a slightly above-average number of storms in the North Atlantic during the 2025 hurricane season, according to Munich Re in its Hurricane Outlook 2025.However, Munich...
Jun 2 2025 // A work crew of incarcerated people cleared the way for a woman and her three children to finally leave their rural Oklahoma property more than a week after a tornado caused widespread damage, state officials said.The crew...
Jun 2 2025 // SPRINGFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Another storm hit parts Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia Friday, killing one person and injuring seven others.In Kentucky, Washington County Judge-executive Timothy Graves said two...
May 29 2025 // Missouri lawmakers are to kick off a special session Monday to consider aid for tornado victims and a package of financial incentives aimed at keeping the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from leaving the state for new or...
May 27 2025 // As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode.The agency’s office in Jackson, Kentucky, had begun closing nightly as deep cuts by Elon Musk’s...
May 23 2025 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance released preliminary uninsured estimates for properties in the St. Louis in response to the F3 tornado that struck the region on Friday, May 16.DCI Department Director...