All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 10 2017 // As of Oct. 4, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) had received 68,861 claims related to Hurricane Harvey. TWIA is the insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast.Affected policyholders,...
Oct 10 2017 // An unusual October tornado has downed power lines and destroyed garages on the east side of Madison, Wisconsin, but no injuries were reported.The National Weather Service confirmed a weak tornado swept northeast along East...
Oct 10 2017 // About 10,000 customers were without electricity in North Carolina yesterday after storms associated with Tropical Storm Nate moved across the state.Duke Energy reported the outages were worst on Monday in Macon and Polk...
Oct 7 2017 // Hurricane Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday after coming ashore in Mississippi, flooding roads and buildings but sparing the state from catastrophic damages.Maximum sustained winds from Nate, the fourth...
Oct 6 2017 // Tropical Storm Nate, which has already shut oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, strengthened as it continued north on a path that’ll bring it ashore in the U.S. by week’s end.Nate was about 115 miles...
Sep 26 2017 // Damage from a rare tornado that ripped through a Utah county a year ago still lingers in the homes and minds of people who live in its path.The twister gutted 12 homes and damaged dozens more in Weber County, causing a...
Sep 24 2017 // Storm watches have been issued for North Carolina as the U.S. is threatened by a hurricane for the fourth time in a month.Tropical storm watches, meaning winds of at least 39 miles (63 kilometers) per hour could reach the...
Sep 21 2017 // Hurricane Maria continued its thunderous roll northward as forecasters struggled to pin down a trajectory. Whether the storm makes landfall again could be determined by a zombie.That’s what former Hurricane Jose will...
Sep 20 2017 // Editor’s Note: This is a republication of a January, 2013 article by Sally Coombs, who was then with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co, which is now integrated into Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty...
Sep 14 2017 // Hurricane Irma’s devastating storm surge came with weird twists that scientists attribute to the storm’s girth, path and some geographic quirks.A combination of storm surge, heavy rains and swollen rivers sent...
Sep 13 2017 // I wasn’t planning on writing about hurricane season again, but circumstances made it feel like the right thing to do. This hurricane season is already memorable, and it’s still got over two months to go. The...
Sep 11 2017 // In Maryland, which historically has ducked many of the worst storms of the last 50 years, the question is increasingly not if, but when the next big one will strike. And while some believe the state has often been spared...
Sep 10 2017 // Downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, Irma flooded several northern Florida cities with heavy rain and a high storm surge on Monday as it headed out of the state after cutting power to millions and ripping roofs...
Sep 5 2017 // Harvey spread its misery across the Deep South as flooded creeks drove people from their homes in Tennessee and Kentucky and an apparent tornado damaged homes and toppled trees in a rural area of northwest Alabama.More...
Sep 1 2017 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade is reminding policyholders to review their homeowners insurance and understand their coverage as the 2017 Atlantic tropical storm season heads into its busiest time.The...
Aug 29 2017 // A tornado damaged buildings and cars and toppled trees in Florida but no one was hurt. The Bradenton Herald reports that the tornado struck Saturday night in Manatee County with winds of 70 mph (112 kph). The newspaper...
Aug 28 2017 // Though Florida hasn’t suffered a category 5 storm since Hurricane Andrew hit the north Miami area on Aug. 24 1992, the risk of such a storm has not gone away or even declined. In fact, the state’s risk of...
Aug 26 2017 // Early this morning, Hurricane Harvey weakened to a category 1 hurricane as it moved farther inland over southeastern Texas. It continues to bring “life-threatening storm surge, rainfall, and wind hazards to portions...
Aug 24 2017 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association said it has initiated its catastrophe plan and that it is ready for Tropical Storm Harvey.Tropical Storm Harvey has crossed the boundaries of 80 degrees west longitude and 20...
Aug 23 2017 // The National Hurricane Center has issued a storm surge watch for Texas coast from Port Mansfield to High Island and a hurricane watch from north of Port Mansfield to San Luis Pass.The government of Mexican government also...