All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 22 2021 // At least 10 tornadoes struck Alabama and Mississippi this week during a severe weather outbreak that could have been worse if temperatures hadn’t remained relatively low, forecasters said.Teams from the National...
Mar 22 2021 // February saw a spate of winter storms in the United States, including the period from Feb. 12-20, which will become the U.S. insurance industry’s costliest winter weather peril on record, according to insurance...
Mar 21 2021 // A San Antonio hotel owner has been sued and accused the operator of price-gouging during last month’s storm that left millions of Texans without power and heat during sub-freezing temperatures, the state attorney...
Mar 19 2021 // Update: 12:23 pm EST – Storms that left splintered homes and broken trees across Alabama and Mississippi moved into Georgia and Florida on Thursday, rousing residents with early morning warnings as forecasters said...
Mar 18 2021 // The U.S. National Weather Service said a regional outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes was possible on Thursday from parts of east-central Georgia and north-eastward across South Carolina and North...
Mar 17 2021 // At least 57 people died in Texas as a result of the mid-February 2021 winter storm, according to preliminary data the state health department released March 15.The largest number of deaths — at least 25 — occurred in...
Mar 16 2021 // Severe thunderstorms rolled through the Kansas City area on March 15, spawning at least one brief tornado touchdown that damaged homes and downed fences and tree limbs. The National Weather Service said on Twitter that law...
Mar 15 2021 // Several suspected tornadoes touched down Saturday afternoon in the Texas Panhandle between Lubbock and Amarillo, according to the National Weather Service, but no injuries or fatalities were reported.Two possible tornadoes...
Mar 15 2021 // February saw a spate of winter storms in the United States, including the period from Feb. 12-20, which will become the U.S. insurance industry’s costliest winter weather peril on record, according to insurance...
Mar 15 2021 // Most people in Mississippi’s capital now have running water, more than three weeks after the majority of taps in the city of 161,000 went dry during a winter storm. Still, officials said Thursday that thousands will...
Mar 9 2021 // After being battered by withering criticism of its management of the power grid during February’s winter storm, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) saw several of its board members resign and fired its...
Mar 8 2021 // In mid-February, when a severe cold front came down from the North Pole and swept across the nation and record snowfall and low temperatures froze society in its tracks, insurance professionals were ready to lend a helping...
Mar 5 2021 // Damage costs and economic losses from the intense winter storm that hit the country in mid-February may rise to as much as $130 billion in Texas alone, according to AccuWeather. That figure is up from the $50 billion to...
Mar 5 2021 // Frustrations are mounting in Mississippi’s largest city, more than two weeks since winter storms and freezing weather ravaged the city’s water system – knocking out water for drinking and making it...
Mar 1 2021 // It’s likely that insured losses in Texas from Winter Storm Uri, which overwhelmed the state in mid-February, will climb into the $10 billion to $20 billion range, according to catastrophe modelers and insurance...
Feb 26 2021 // Some West Virginia residents are waiting longer than anticipated for their power to come back on after utility crews found new damage from ice storms earlier this month.Drone and helicopter surveillance found the new...
Feb 25 2021 // South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster wants the state’s electric providers to review their power grids to see if they could face problems like what happened in Texas during the recent winter storm.McMaster sent a letter...
Feb 21 2021 // Insurers could suffer record first-quarter catastrophe losses after the historic Texas winter storm, which crippled the state’s electrical grid and caused extensive property damage including collapsed roofs and...
Feb 19 2021 // Winter storms that dumped additional snow and ice on the Deep South plunged more than 300,000 homes and businesses into darkness early Thursday and left roads impassable across a wide area.While temperatures were expected...
Feb 19 2021 // U.S. property insurers are bracing for claims for damage from collapsing roofs, bursting pipes and lost business as Texas takes stock of its losses from a winter storm that has crippled its electrical grid.Insurers’...