All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 16 2021 // Mississippi is asking President Joe Biden to approve a major disaster declaration to help local governments and nonprofit groups recover costs from responding to winter storms that brought large parts of the state to a...
Apr 15 2021 // Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. estimated that losses from Winter Storm Uri will have a net negative impact of approximately $180 million on the company’s first quarter 2021 results of operations.Winter...
Apr 15 2021 // Even the best laid plans can go awry in a disaster.For example, when Winter Storm Uri plunged into Texas in mid-February with unprecedented extreme low temperatures, and snow and ice that lingered for far too long, even...
Apr 13 2021 // The National Weather Service confirmed Sunday that a weak tornado hit near Moore in upstate South Carolina on Saturday.Surveyors say the EF-O tornado had top winds of 80 mph (130 kph) and a path of 1.1 miles (1.75...
Apr 12 2021 // A south Louisiana parish is declaring a state of emergency after a tornado killed one person and injured seven in Palmetto on April 10.St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard said on Facebook that two of the injured...
Apr 12 2021 // A cluster of severe storms swept across the South early Saturday, leaving one person dead in Louisiana, toppling trees and power lines in Mississippi, dropping large hail on an Alabama coastal city and leveling buildings...
Apr 12 2021 // The Electric Reliability Council of Texas will argue that it has governmental immunity that protects it from the at least 35 lawsuits that have been filed against the operator after February’s disastrous winter storm...
Apr 12 2021 // The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has changed the number of storms that constitute an average Atlantic hurricane season, the agency said in a statement on Friday.NOAA’s Climate...
Apr 7 2021 // President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration in Kentucky from winter storms in February, Gov. Andy Beshear said last week.The declaration is for harsh weather that hit the state from Feb. 8 to Feb. 19, including...
Apr 5 2021 // Some schools in a county hard-hit by recent storms will remain closed for a couple of weeks as cleanup continues, school officials said. The entire district remained closed, Coweta County Superintendent Evan Horton said...
Mar 31 2021 // Nearly 10,000 homes were impacted by tornado damage that occurred across Alabama and Georgia last week, according to data from catastrophe modeling firm CoreLogic.The March 25 deadly tornado outbreak occurred thanks to...
Mar 31 2021 // It’s been over a month since a tornado tore through southeastern Brunswick County.In Ocean Ridge Plantation, the neighborhood that bore the brunt of the storm damage, some homeowners remain in limbo. Carol Phillips...
Mar 31 2021 // State officials in Vermont say they’re ready to assist residents with insurance claims as they cleanup and rebuild following Friday’s tornado, which injured at least two people.The state Department of Financial...
Mar 30 2021 // One person was killed after severe weather, including a tornado, caused damage in several communities in East Texas, authorities said.Widespread destruction across Panola County was reported, including damaged homes and...
Mar 29 2021 // Tornadoes and severe storms tore through the Deep South, killing at least five people as strong winds splintered trees, wrecked homes and downed power lines.Multiple twisters sprang from a “super cell” of...
Mar 29 2021 // A gas leak forced officials Sunday to evacuate some residents in Newnan, a Georgia city cleaning up after a powerful tornado days earlier ripped roofs off numerous homes and buildings.Newnan city officials ordered...
Mar 29 2021 // Last month’s disastrous and deadly winter storm impacted most Texans served by the state’s main power grid, with almost 70% of those people losing power in subfreezing temperatures and almost half experiencing...
Mar 29 2021 // A tornado with an estimated wind speed of 110 mph touched down in Vermont on Friday afternoon, injuring at least two people.A statement from the National Weather Service in Burlington, Vermont, says the tornado threw a...
Mar 26 2021 // Alabama Gov. Kay issued a state of emergency yesterday after numerous tornadoes caused damage and deaths across the state.Ivey said on Twitter Friday morning that crews would be out assessing the damage and getting...
Mar 25 2021 // At least 111 Texans died as a result of the February 2021 winter storm, according to updated numbers released on March 25 by the state Department of State Health Services.The newly revised number is nearly twice what the...