All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 16 2020 // South Carolina continued to clean up Tuesday from the state’s deadliest tornado outbreak in 36 years.Nine people were killed as a series of twisters moved from one end of the state to the other Monday morning....
Apr 15 2020 // Storms that killed more than 30 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power amid floods...
Apr 14 2020 // Though tornadoes were reported in Arkansas, Lousiana and Texas over the Easter weekend, in the South Central region, northern Louisiana bore the brunt of the storm system that swept across the South on Sunday.The weather...
Apr 14 2020 // Severe weather swept across the South Monday, killing at least 19 people and damaging hundreds of homes from Louisiana into the Appalachian Mountains. Many people spent part of the night early Monday sheltering in...
Apr 14 2020 // A powerful storm that unleashed deadly tornadoes across the South was expected to shake trees and snap power lines in New York and other cities along the U.S. East Coast.Rainy gusts of up to 60 miles per hour were forecast...
Apr 13 2020 // There are 11 confirmed deaths, multiple injuries and damage in 18 counties in Mississippi due to severe weather that hit the state April 12, according to an initial damage report from Mississippi Emergency Management...
Apr 13 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance has moved the effective date of approved rate changes for the state’s FAIR Plan from May 1, 2020, to Aug. 1, 2020.TDI said the date change was due to the impact of the coronavirus...
Apr 9 2020 // Thousands of utility customers across Pennsylvania were without power early Wednesday after severe thunderstorms roared through the state, knocking down trees and utility lines and possibly spawning a tornado. The storms...
Apr 7 2020 // Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail in counties along the state’s coastline is temporarily reducing the amount of premium due in order to issue a policy and providing 75 days to pay the...
Apr 1 2020 // Hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed in an EF-3 tornado that swept through Jonesboro, officials said Monday following damage assessments. Craighead County Judge Marvin Day said about 150 homes were mostly or...
Apr 1 2020 // Crews and homeowners cleaning up after a weekend tornado swept a southwestern Indiana town are working under the watchful eye of local officials eager to make sure they adhere to social distancing amid the coronavirus...
Apr 1 2020 // A tornado hit Henderson County over the weekend, damaging homes and downing trees and electrical poles, but no injuries were reported, according to The Gleaner.On Sunday, the National Weather Service office in Paducah...
Mar 30 2020 // A tornado ripped through northeast Arkansas on Saturday, leaving six people hurt after hitting commercial and residential areas in the college town of Jonesboro.The six people reported injured were taken to a local...
Mar 30 2020 // A severe weather system tore through the Midwest over the weekend, bringing damaging high winds, tornadoes and flooding.Authorities say severe weather in Ohio spawned what forecasters are calling a “100-year...
Mar 30 2020 // The initial insured property loss estimate for Europe’s extratropical cyclone “Victoria,” also known as “Dennis,” is an estimated €286 million (US$318.4 million), according to PERILS, the...
Mar 26 2020 // Teresa Hazelwood stopped by a Dollar General store in northern Mississippi to get some chips, and soon found herself riding out a suspected tornado in the parking lot and felt it lifting her car. She gripped the steering...
Mar 24 2020 // The initial loss estimate for extratropical cyclone Sabine”, also known as “Ciara” and “Elsa,” is €1.55 billion (US$1.8 billion), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based...
Mar 23 2020 // Severe storms, including at least one possible tornado, struck parts of Arkansas on the evening of March 19, damaging homes and causing widespread damage to trees and power lines.Additionally, the National Weather Service...
Mar 20 2020 // At least one unconfirmed tornado tore through part of rural North Texas on Wednesday night, damaging numerous roofs and outbuildings, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Storm spotters reported...
Mar 18 2020 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has issued a directive to all licensed Tennessee insurance carriers that cancellations/non-renewals for non-payment of insurance premiums on all lines are to be...