All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jun 29 2021 // The National Hurricane Center has withdrawn yesterday’s tropical storm warning.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...
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...
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...
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...
Jun 23 2021 // A tornado that swept through Chicago’s western suburbs, damaging more than 100 homes and injuring several people, was packing 140 mph winds when it hit the heavily populated area, the National Weather Service said.A...
Jun 22 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 last week that the task force will focus on...
Jun 22 2021 // A tornado damaged several buildings and knocked down power lines and trees in eastern Iowa Sunday night; a tornado near the Ohio-Indiana border damaged houses and other structures; and several parts of Missouri were...
Jun 21 2021 // Severe thunderstorms tore through the Chicago area on Sunday night after the National Weather Service said a “confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado” had touched down in a western suburb of the city,...
Jun 20 2021 // Jun 19 2021 — Thunderstorms and high winds on the east side of Tropical Storm Claudette battered the Florida panhandle and much of Alabama on Saturday, as the weather system moved toward the North Carolina coast.The...
Jun 17 2021 // The National Hurricane Center’s updated its tropical storm warning for the Gulf Coast is in effect for east of Morgan City, Louisiana to the Okaloosa/Walton County line in Florida.The center has warned of heavy...