All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 9 2021 // President Joe Biden approved a request on Wednesday for federal funds to be made available to residents of western North Carolina who saw major flooding last month due to Tropical Storm Fred.Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper...
Sep 9 2021 // Tropical Storm Mindy is expected to produce two to four inches of rainfall across the Florida Panhandle into southern Georgia and South Carolina through Tuesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.Mindy was...
Sep 8 2021 // Seven tornados tore through parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey during last Wednesday night’s storm, including an EF-3 that damaged homes and businesses in the Garden State, according to the National Weather...
Sep 3 2021 // Two electric company employees contracted to work with Alabama Power were killed while working on storm restoration, according to the company.WBMA-TV reports that the Pike Electric workers were on duty near an intersection...
Aug 31 2021 // A storm survey team from the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has confirmed it was a tornado that caused damage in and around Lennox during the weekend.The weather service tweeted the brief tornado...
Aug 30 2021 // Officials in northeastern Iowa say a tornado caused significant damage, especially in the small town of Marble Rock. KCRG-TV reports that emergency management officials cited power lines and trees knocked over after a...
Aug 27 2021 // Louisiana has declared a state of emergency in preparation for what the National Hurricane Center warns could be a major hurricane. Florida, Mississippi and Alabama are also being warned to prepare for heavy rains and...
Aug 24 2021 // The Coastal Windstorm Insurance Coalition in Texas is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.Established originally as the Windstorm Action Committee in Galveston, the coalition has expanded in recent years to include...
Aug 23 2021 // Henri is soaking the U.S. Northeast with rain and disrupting transport after being downgraded to a tropical depression.The former hurricane will produce additional rainfall of 1 to 3 inches, with locally higher amounts...
Aug 20 2021 // Tropical Storm Henri is set to grow into a hurricane before slamming the U.S. Northeast anywhere from Long Island to Massachusetts, bringing heavy rain, a flooding storm surge and thrashing winds to the region starting...
Aug 19 2021 // Massachusetts’ two largest utilities have asked to defer reimbursement payments for weather damage after a record amount of storms exceeded the maximum number the companies can seek reimbursement for.Under state law,...
Aug 18 2021 // North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has issued a State of Emergency in response to Tropical Storm Fred, which caused severe flood in the western part of the state.Approximately 30 people are currently in missing in Haywood...
Aug 17 2021 // The National Weather Service has confirmed a 10th tornado that struck during storms last month in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.Forecasters in Mount Holly, New Jersey, said Sunday that the EF-0 tornado struck July 29 in a...
Aug 16 2021 // Tropical storm Fred made landfall near Cape San Blas, Florida Monday Aug. 16 at approximately 3:15 p.m. EST, according to the National Hurricane Center.Fred is expected to bring dangerous storm surge and flooding rains...
Aug 13 2021 // Fred is forecasted to bring tropical storm conditions in portions of Florida Saturday according to a National Hurricane Center Aug. 13 update.The Keys, southern and central Florida could see between three to six inches of...
Aug 13 2021 // The National Weather Service confirmed the severe thunderstorms that moved through northern parts of the Red River Valley earlier this week produced six tornadoes.The weather service’s damage assessment team said...
Aug 12 2021 // As a longtime Florida resident, I have witnessed the destructive power of hurricanes on the lives and properties of countless Floridians and others across the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.Hurricanes can pack such enormous...
Aug 12 2021 // Flooding and debris from storm runoff closed a 17.5-mile stretch of U.S. between Superior and Miami in east-central Arizona, authorities said.The Arizona Department of Transportation said there was no estimated reopening...
Aug 12 2021 // North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has requested federal help for counties dealing with recent storms that caused more than $2 million in damage to roads and other infrastructure.The storms during the second week of June...
Aug 11 2021 // The National Weather Service confirmed that at least six tornadoes touched down in four northern Illinois counties.Based on video, photos and storm reports provided by storm spotters and storm chasers, the agency confirmed...