Latest Windstorm Headlines

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Buildings Damaged in Texas Storm System That Spawned 2 Confirmed Twisters

May 31 2019 // Forecasters say at least two tornadoes hit parts of north and east Texas in a storm system that damaged dozens of homes and left one person hurt. The National Weather Service has confirmed twisters struck Wednesday in the...

Texas, Louisiana Among States Most at Risk for Storm Surge, CoreLogic Says

May 31 2019 // Some 7.3 million U.S. homes with an estimated reconstruction cost of $1.8 trillion are at risk from storm surge, Irvine, California-based data analytics provider CoreLogic said in its 2019 Storm Surge Report, issued days...

Unusual If Not Unprecedented: 500 Tornadoes in 30 Days

May 30 2019 // The U.S. has been rocked by 500 tornadoes in the past 30 days with a trapped jet stream in the atmosphere “stuck in neutral,” according to the U.S. Storm Prediction Center.In the past seven decades, only 2003,...

Damage to Homes, Large Hail Reported in Pennsylvania After Severe Storms

May 30 2019 // Severe storms swept through Pennsylvania and several tornadoes were reported, causing damage to some homes but no immediate reports of injuries.Emergency dispatchers in eastern Pennsylvania’s Berks and Chester county...

1 Dead After Tornadoes Leave Trail of Destruction Across Indiana, Ohio

May 29 2019 // A swarm of apparent tornadoes so tightly packed that one crossed the path carved by another tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, smashing homes and blowing out windows. One person was killed and dozens were injured.The...

8 Tornadoes, Hail Hit Colorado’s Northeastern Plains

May 29 2019 // Severe thunderstorms produced eight weak tornadoes over Colorado’s northeastern plains while snow fell in parts of the mountains on the unofficial start of summer. The National Weather Service says no damage was...

Texas Would Lose Billions if Another Major Storm Hits Coast, Report Says

May 28 2019 // Housing sales in Texas would drop, gasoline prices would increase and the state would lose hundreds of billions of dollars in economic output if another major storm struck an unprotected coastline, according to a new...

Weekend Tornadoes Rake Oklahoma, Killing 2, Injuring 29

May 28 2019 // A tornado leveled a motel and tore through a mobile home park near Oklahoma City overnight, killing two people and injuring at least 29 others before a second twister raked a suburb of Tulsa more than 100 miles (160...

Texas Windstorm Insurer Withdraws 10% Rate Increase Filing

May 28 2019 // Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast voted at a May 24, 2019, meeting of its board of directors to withdraw a 10% rate increase filed last year that was subsequently put on...

Recovery Begins in Missouri’s Capital After Tornado Sweeps Area

May 24 2019 // A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri’s capital city as part of an outbreak of severe weather across the state overnight that left at least three people dead and dozens injured.The National Weather Service...

At Least 3 Dead in Central U.S. Storms

May 23 2019 // A flooded Oklahoma was deluged once again on Wednesday following days of severe weather that’s blamed for at least three deaths after also battering Iowa, Kansas and Missouri,“The biggest concern is more rain....

Storm-and-Twister Threat Moves to Arkansas-Missouri Farm Belt

May 21 2019 // The heavy rain, high winds and hail that swept across the southern Great Plains is now headed to Arkansas and Missouri, where farmers are already struggling to get crops in the ground in a brutally wet spring.The massive...

Tornadoes Rake Texas, Oklahoma, Plains

May 20 2019 // A spate of tornadoes raked across the Southern Plains, leaving damage and causing few injuries, and parts of the region were bracing for more severe thunderstorms and possible flooding.Twisters destroyed at least two homes...

Hurricane Florence 9th Most Destructive Storm, Caused $24B in Damage

May 20 2019 // Hurricane Florence killed 22 people across three Southeastern states, was the ninth most destructive storm in terms of property damage in U.S. history and spawned 44 tornadoes, according to a report from the National...

North Carolina Town Damaged by Tornado

May 17 2019 // Officials say that a tornado roared through Wake County, North Carolina for up to eight miles, uprooting trees and damaging houses and roads throughout the town of Zebulon. No injuries have been reported. Two rounds of...

Insurers Face Higher Claims from Severe Convective Storms in Germany

May 16 2019 // Swimmers at the Lusshardtsee lake about 60 miles south of Frankfurt in Germany thought they’d found respite from the blazing sun one Sunday afternoon last summer.Unknown to them, however, sweltering ground...

Tornado Causes Minor Damage Near Tennessee-Alabama State Line

May 14 2019 // Officials say a tornado caused minor damage when it touched down near the Tennessee-Alabama state line.The National Weather Service in Huntsville, Alabama, says a tornado with wind speeds of 85 mph (135 kph) touched down...

Some of April’s Costly Storms: U.S. Tornadoes, Canada Floods, Mozambique Cyclone

May 14 2019 // Some of April’s natural catastrophes included an elevated number of tornadoes in the United States, the strongest cyclone to hit Mozambique on record and costly seasonal flooding Eastern Canada that inundated nearly...

Possible Tornado Tears Roof from Arkansas Apartment Complex

May 10 2019 // Several people were injured when a possible tornado tore the roof off an Arkansas apartment building, part of a powerful line of thunderstorms that was dumping more rain Thursday on already drenched areas throughout the...

Trump Visits Storm-Damaged Panhandle, Pledges Financial Aid

May 9 2019 // President Donald Trump blamed congressional Democrats for a lagging federal response to the hurricane-ravaged Florida Panhandle on Wednesday, declaring that his political opponents care more about investigating his...