Latest Windstorm Headlines

All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Forecasters Raise Number of Expected Storms for Hurricane Season to 20

Jul 12 2021 // Researchers from Colorado State University boosted their prediction for named tropical storms in the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season in a revised forecast issued last Thursday.Colorado State meteorologists predicted 20...

Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Begins Annual Rate Filing Process

Jul 9 2021 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has begun its annual rate filing process, which will kick off with a July 21 meeting.TWIA’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee is set to review the rate adequacy analysis...

Tropical Storm Elsa Leaves One Dead in Florida, Several Injured at Georgia Navy Base

Jul 9 2021 // Tropical Storm Elsa was carving a destructive and soaking path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida and spinning up a tornado at a Georgia Navy base that flipped recreational vehicles upside-down...

How East States Are Preparing as Tropical Storm Elsa Makes Its Way Northeast

Jul 8 2021 // Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Florida yesterday and is moving to the Northeast at 20 miles per hour, with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) calling for the storm to sweep over parts of the Northeast...

Weakened Tropical Storm Elsa Mostly Spares Southeast as It Moves Through Carolinas

Jul 8 2021 // Tropical Storm Elsa was moving steadily through the Carolinas into the mid-Atlantic region by mid-Thursday, having mostly spared the southeastern states.The National Hurricane Center reported Elsa was about 80 miles...

Kentucky Extends Deadline For Federal Storm Relief

Jul 8 2021 // The deadline for Kentuckians impacted by severe storms earlier this year to register for federal assistance has been extended. The deadline to apply is now July 23. The extension was requested by Gov. Andy Beshear as...

Tropical Storm Elsa to Head into Northeast and New England After Drenching Southeast

Jul 8 2021 // Tropical Storm Elsa, which made landfall in Florida yesterday, is dousing the Carolinas and Georgia today and is on track to hit the northeast on Friday.The National Hurricane Center’s forecast calls for Elsa to move...

Tropical Storm Elsa Weakens Over Northern Florida

Jul 7 2021 // Tropical Storm Elsa was weakening as it traveled over northern Florida, the National Hurricane Center said.The storm was about 105 miles west of Jacksonville and moving toward the north near 14 mph, according to the...

Texas Windstorm Insurance Rates Deemed Inadequate

Jul 6 2021 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has posted its 2021 Rate Adequacy Analysis for public review.The analysis indicates that TWIA’s current rates are inadequate by 39% for residential coverage and 46% for...

Update: Tropical Storm Elsa Moving Up Florida’s West Coast; Other States in Path

Jul 6 2021 // Tropical Storm Elsa is moving northward along the west coast of Florida, bringing heavy rains and winds, the National Hurricane Center reports.At 5 a.m. Wednesday morning, Elsa was reported to be about 70 miles west...

Weather Service Confirms Second Tornado in Delaware

Jul 6 2021 // The National Weather Service has confirmed a second tornado touched down in Delaware during storms earlier this week.The weather service’s office in Mount Holly, New Jersey, announced details from a survey of storm...

Tropical Storm Elsa Threatens to Pound Florida’s West Coast This Week

Jul 5 2021 // The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm and storm surge warnings for the west coast of Florida as Tropical Storm Elsa began moving northward from Cuba.As of 11 am Tuesday, July 6, the tropical storm warning was...

North Carolina Looks to Protect Outer Banks Highway from Storms, Sea Level Rise

Jul 5 2021 // A task force has been formed with the aim of saving the main highway on North Carolina’s Outer Banks from storms, erosion and sea level rise.The Virginian-Pilot reported that the task force will focus on protecting...

4 Texas Windstorm Insurance Bills Signed by Governor in 2021

Jul 5 2021 // In previous legislative years, Texas lawmakers have attempted to tackle the problems of funding for and management of Texas’ insurer of last resort for wind and hail for seacoast properties. This year, numerous...

Governor Signs 4 Bills Impacting Texas Windstorm Insurer

Jul 2 2021 // Numerous measures relating to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association were filed in the Texas Legislature in 2021 and four made it to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.One, House Bill 769, has only two provisions. Authored...

Some Scientists See More Intense, Wetter Hurricane Season Storms

Jul 1 2021 // Like death and taxes, the annual hurricane season can be counted on as a sure thing. The number and intensity of named storms may vary each year, as well as where they occur and whether or not they make landfall. But...

Danny Is No Longer a Tropical Storm as It Moves Over Georgia

Jun 29 2021 // The National Hurricane Center has withdrawn yesterday’s tropical storm warning. Tropical Storm Danny has weakened as it travels inland over Georgia and is no longer classified as a tropical cyclone.The remnants of...

Severe Storms, Flooding in Michigan; Tornadoes in Indiana

Jun 28 2021 // Residents in the Detroit area were cleaning up June 27 after flooding in the area overloaded sewer systems, damaged homes and knocked out power for thousands.Bags of trash lined neighborhood streets in suburban Grosse...

Tropical Storm Warning Issued for South Carolina

Jun 28 2021 // The National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm warning for parts of the South Carolina coast due to the formation of a tropical depression.The warning is for citizens from Edisto Beach northeastward to South...

Update: Deadly, Rare Tornado Devastates Towns in Southern Czech Republic

Jun 25 2021 // Hrusky, Czech Republic — Emergency workers and residents combed through wreckage in southern Czech Republic on Friday after a tornado ripped roofs off buildings and sent cars flying through the air, killing at least...