All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 16 2021 // Three tornadoes that hit Rhode Island and southeast Connecticut this weekend were the first since at least 1950 to strike the area in November, the National Weather Service said Sunday.The service confirmed the three...
Nov 15 2021 // Rising after a hard knock can be wrenching, but for Claudette Price _ who has just endured her fourth punch _ accepting defeat is not an option.In the three years she has been the leasing manager for the Claire Gardens...
Nov 10 2021 // After two years of heavy storm-related losses, FedNat Insurance is pulling out of the Louisiana and Texas markets and doubling down on its home state of Florida.FedNat announced its decision to exit non-Florida markets...
Nov 4 2021 // A total of 31 tornadoes last month was a record-high for October in Oklahoma dating to 1950, according to the National Weather Service.The previous high for October, the fifth most active month for tornadoes, was 27 in...
Nov 1 2021 // In a century-old building in a long-faded part of town, the lights go on, the curtains open and a cast of tap dancers swing into action. A year ago, it wasn’t clear if this would happen again.“We looked around...
Oct 29 2021 // The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared an insurance catastrophe for parts of South Australia, which were hit by significant hail, rain, and strong winds over the past 24 hours.Insurers have received more...
Oct 29 2021 // A tornado touched down in western Louisiana Wednesday, Oct. 28, damaging more than a dozen homes in a part of the state still struggling to recover from repeated weather disasters, officials said.The National Weather...
Oct 28 2021 // The deluge California received from a powerful atmospheric river made streams and waterfalls come alive while coating mountains with snow, but as the storm headed east to the Plains on Tuesday it left the Golden State...
Oct 27 2021 // A severe storm generated thunderstorms and reports of tornados across southeastern Texas into Louisiana late morning Wednesday, Oct. 27.The National Weather Service put out severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for much...
Oct 26 2021 // Storms that hit southern Ontario on Sept. 7 and Sept. 22 caused C$105 million (US$84.9 million) in insured damage, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), which quoted initial estimates from Catastrophe Indices...
Oct 25 2021 // A large storm system spawned tornadoes along the Missouri Illinois state line late Sunday, Oct. 24, causing structural damage to residences and knocking out power.The National Weather Service reported an EF-0 tornado...
Oct 20 2021 // A pair of tornados have been confirmed in western Pennsylvania over the weekend, forecasters said. The National Weather Service says an EF-0 tornado with estimated winds up to 85 mph touched down in the town of...
Oct 20 2021 // German reinsurer Munich Re doubled its profit in the third quarter, despite big losses from storms in Europe and the United States, it said on Tuesday, but left its forecasts for the year unchanged.Profit rose to around...
Oct 15 2021 // North Dakota residents experienced a range of weather this week, with rare October tornadoes in the southeastern part of the state, an early season snowstorm in the west and record rainfall in Bismarck.Preliminary reports...
Oct 14 2021 // Two likely tornadoes touched down in the Oklahoma City area Wednesday in addition to two other suspected twisters in western Oklahoma as severe storms hit the state, according to the National Weather Service.There are no...
Oct 14 2021 // A weather-roiling La Nina appears to have emerged across the equatorial Pacific, setting the stage for worsening droughts in California and South America, frigid winters in parts of the U.S. and Japan and greater risks for...
Oct 12 2021 // Severe storms brought suspected tornadoes and baseball-sized hail to parts of Oklahoma, but there were no reports Monday of deaths or injuries.The severe weather system that hit Oklahoma late Sunday also brought heavy...
Oct 11 2021 // When the remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped record-breaking rain on the East Coast this month, staircases leading into New York City’s subway tunnels turned into waterfalls.In Philadelphia, a commuter line along the...
Oct 7 2021 // President Joe Biden partially granted a request for a major disaster declaration in response to storms that severely damaged much of Cheshire and Sullivan counties in New Hampshire, Governor Chris Sununu said Monday.The...
Oct 6 2021 // While events like Hurricane Ida and a Texas winter freeze demonstrate wide-reaching impacts of climate change to all but ardent deniers, even insurers and reinsurers may not fully appreciate all the risks, a new report...