All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 12 2017 // The National Weather Service says strong winds, unseasonably warm temperatures and low humidity have combined to create a high risk of wildfires in Oklahoma. Forecasters issued a red flag fire warning for western Oklahoma,...
Jan 11 2017 // An 85-year-old Surry County man who died from prolonged exposure to cold is North Carolina’s second fatality from the winter storm, state officials said Monday as the bitter cold dug into the state for another...
Jan 11 2017 // It is fair to say 2016 was the year of the catastrophe in the Southeast. Tornadoes, drought, floods, hurricanes, and wildfires impacted virtually every state in the region.For the insurance industry, these events made for...
Jan 6 2017 // The National Weather Service says at least eight tornadoes hit Louisiana on Jan. 2.Survey teams conclude twisters damaged parts of Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides and Tangipahoa parishes. The most powerful...
Jan 6 2017 // The National Weather Service has counted at least nine tornadoes hitting Mississippi on Monday.Survey teams conclude storm damage was caused by twisters in Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson, Lamar,...
Jan 5 2017 // Fire officials say a woman has died after a violent storm struck southwest Georgia.Albany Fire Chief Ron Rowe said Tuesday that more than 1,000 homes were damaged when a storm about a mile wide swept through the area about...
Jan 3 2017 // Authorities say about 30 homes show impacts from a storm with strong winds that swept through Pensacola, Fla., early Sunday.Escambia County Public Information Officer Joy Tsubooka told the Pensacola News-Journal that no...
Dec 29 2016 // Kenneth and Natasha Briggs and their four children had avoided the area near the Bush Turnpike and Interstate 30 in spite of, and because of, what it had done to form their family.This week, however, Natasha sat front and...
Dec 28 2016 // Three tornadoes were reported in Kansas on Christmas Day, causing some damage but no injuries, the National Weather Service confirmed.The Dodge City office of the weather service said the first tornado was reported six...
Dec 27 2016 // Travel conditions remained hazardous as a winter storm swept across much of the northern Great Plains, with blowing and drifting snow creating near-zero visibility on some roads.The combination of freezing rain, snow and...
Dec 22 2016 // Officials in Birmingham, Ala., say three of five planned community storm shelters will be open before the spring tornado season. That’s nearly six years after the April 27, 2011 tornadoes that devastated parts of...
Dec 14 2016 // Tennessee’s governor has sent a request to President Barack Obama to expedite a major disaster declaration for five of the state’s counties to aid in recovery from wildfires and severe storms.The counties...
Dec 7 2016 // The National Weather Service says forecasters have confirmed that 20 tornadoes touched down in Alabama last week. The agency says storm surveys found damage from 11 twisters in central Alabama and nine more in north...
Dec 2 2016 // PERILS AG has today disclosed its fourth and final loss estimate for the floods in the UK which occurred Dec. 4-24, 2015 and were linked to storm Desmond and other low pressure systems.The revised estimate of the insured...
Nov 30 2016 // At least three people were killed and four children in a daycare center were injured as tornadoes tore through the U.S. south overnight and into Wednesday morning, forecasters said.Three people were killed in Rosalie in...
Nov 30 2016 // Storms roaring across the South appeared to be taking aim at some of the largest wildfires burning across the region, which could finally help firefighters in their efforts to subdue the blazes, authorities said Monday.The...
Nov 8 2016 // Residents in Saltillo, Miss., are closer to having a large, safe place from storms.A crew from Supercell Shelters, in Decatur, Alabama, delivered the city’s community storm shelter Thursday. The 10-foot wide and...
Nov 1 2016 // Authorities are urging residents in North Myrtle Beach to be wary of scammers who claim to be part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and offer to help remove debris in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. The North...
Oct 28 2016 // An official says two tornadoes that recently touched down in eastern Saline County, Kansas, caused an estimated $500,000 in damage. The Salina Journal reports that Emergency Management Director Hannah Stambaugh told county...
Oct 26 2016 // Mississippians are preparing for the tornado season to begin in November.The Clarion-Ledger reports forecasters are looking at shifts in weather conditions – such as El Nino and La Nina – as indicators that this...