All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2018 // Thunderstorms have caused flights to be delayed and knocked out power in some parts of Massachusetts.A flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service for the areas of Springfield, Clinton, Boston and Northborough...
Jul 17 2018 // The third insured loss estimate for extratropical Cyclone Friederike, also known as “David,” has risen to €1.675 billion ($2.0 billion), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organisation that...
Jul 16 2018 // All eight outdoor warning sirens in a North Dakota oil patch city were sounded before a deadly tornado ravaged an RV park, but park residents and others said they didn’t hear them, authorities said.A newborn baby was...
Jul 16 2018 // Following a tornado that caused millions of dollars of property damage in the Wilkes-Barre, Penn., area, the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is urging all involved in...
Jul 11 2018 // Authorities say more than two dozen people were hurt, three critically, when a violent storm whipped through a northwestern North Dakota city, trapping some people in overturned recreational vehicles. The McKenzie County...
Jul 3 2018 // A storm that produced as many as five tornadoes destroyed a home and caused other damage in Montana and South Dakota, the National Weather Service confirmed. The NWS estimates one tornado Thursday night had winds over 130...
Jul 3 2018 // The estimate of insured losses from Europe’s windstorm Burglind, also known as Eleanor, have risen to €724 million (US$842.3 million), according to PERILS, the Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide...
Jul 2 2018 // Storms that swept across Alabama with powerful winds left thousands of people without power and are being blamed for one death.The Storm Prediction Center and news outlets report that a man died in the east Alabama city of...
Jul 2 2018 // Anyone involved with disaster response knows to expect the unexpected, and that mantra has only intensified as 2018’s catastrophe (CAT) season heats up. Unexpected seems to be the theme.Oklahoma — which...
Jun 28 2018 // Residents in a small Kansas town were surveying damage Wednesday after the community took a “direct hit” from a tornado for the second time in two years.Eight people were hurt, two critically, when the latest...
Jun 26 2018 // Emergency management officials say more than a dozen recreational vehicles and campers were overturned by winds as strong storms moved across southwestern Oklahoma. Comanche County Emergency Management spokeswoman Ashleigh...
Jun 26 2018 // A possible tornado tore through a northern Alabama county, uprooting and destroying a mobile home and leaving two adults and two children with minor injuries.Cullman County Assistant Emergency Management Director Scott...
Jun 22 2018 // More than 10,000 people were still without power Tuesday, a day after strong winds and rain from storms in northern New England sparked a tornado in New Hampshire and razed a historic barn in Vermont.Monday...
Jun 21 2018 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued an advisory letter to property/casualty insurers operating in the state that seeks to clarify the interpretation and application of state law regarding policy deductibles in...
Jun 15 2018 // A northern Iowa man was driving through a storm when his truck was lifted in the air and carried into a farm field. The Globe Gazette reports that 22-year-old Parker Brumm left Rockford on Saturday before the storm became...
Jun 15 2018 // President Trump has granted a major disaster declaration for the state of New Jersey for damage stemming from the severe winter storm and snowstorm March 6-7.The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the declaration...
Jun 14 2018 // Federal Emergency Management Agency officials on Monday began assessing damage from a tornado and a macroburst that hit Connecticut during severe storms last month, a process that could lead to federal aid.Officials...
Jun 12 2018 // A tornado that tore across the prairie was about as big as they get in Wyoming.The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado in a rural part of the state, and estimates the twister’s winds reached 150 mph and its...
Jun 1 2018 // April showers bring May flowers but in Ontario, the last few months brought a series of severe, and unique, weather events. Insured damage from an early-May windstorm affecting Ontario and parts of Quebec topped $410...
May 31 2018 // Texas and Louisiana are among the top three states for potential storm surge losses at the start of the 2018 hurricane season, which begins on June 1.That’s according to Irvine, California-based CoreLogic, a provider...