All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 2 2016 // A Kokomo, Ind. official says more than 60 mature trees at the city’s Highland park were uprooted during last week’s tornado.Parks and Recreation Superintendent Randy Morris told the Kokomo Tribune most of the...
Sep 1 2016 // Over the past several months, the Northeastern U.S. has experienced abnormally dry conditions leading to a drought that could last into the fall. Now, it is facing a different problem with the looming risk of heavy rain...
Sep 1 2016 // Florida is being warned to prepare for arriving Tropical Storm Hermine, which is expected to dump heavy rain, bring strong winds and the possibility of isolated tornadoes across parts of the state, according to the Florida...
Aug 29 2016 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for parts of Kentucky affected by storms in early July. The White House said in a news release Friday that the declaration covers damage from storms, tornadoes,...
Aug 26 2016 // A wave of severe storms produced at least a dozen tornadoes in Indiana and Ohio earlier this week, damaging homes and businesses but causing no serious injuries, authorities said as crews worked to restore power and remove...
Aug 23 2016 // 1347 Property Insurance Holdings Inc., which offers specialty property/casualty insurance through its subsidiary, Maison Insurance Co. (Maison), said it expects to incur losses from claims related to damage from the recent...
Aug 22 2016 // A storm that appeared to spawn at least one tornado slammed parts of western Michigan on Saturday, causing extensive damage but no injuries or loss of life, authorities said.State Police spokesman Dale Hinz said damage...
Aug 18 2016 // Tropical Storm Fiona, which formed more than 900 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands, is forecast to track across the open Atlantic for at least the next five days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Fiona, the sixth...
Aug 16 2016 // The family of a Washington state man who was killed during an intense windstorm when a tree fell on his car has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the developer of the project where the tree was located.Jamie Fay was...
Aug 15 2016 // A hail storm that struck northern Colorado and Wyoming in July has caused at least $25 million in damage to insured private property.The Greeley Tribune reported insurance professionals have deemed the July 29 storm...
Aug 12 2016 // The National Weather Service has classified the windstorm that damaged 16 homes near Gillette last weekend as a tornado.The Gillette News Record reported that the weather service says the EF-1 tornado with wind speeds...
Aug 4 2016 // Tropical Storm Earl* will continue to weaken as it crosses Belize after coming ashore early Thursday with drenching rains and hurricane-strength winds, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Earl was 90 miles (145...
Aug 3 2016 // The high number of tornadoes seen in Kansas in July was unusual, according to a state official.Eight tornadoes touched down in the state in July, The Wichita Eagle reported. Three twisters occurred in Greenwood County on...
Aug 3 2016 // Tropical Storm Earl, forecast to grow into a hurricane, may just graze Mexico’s oil-rich Bay of Campeche as it heads west toward the Honduras Bay Islands before making landfall in Belize within the next 24 hours.Earl...
Jul 26 2016 // Texas Windstorm Insurance Association member companies that want to participate in the Assumption Reinsurance Depopulation Program may now submit required documentation to both TWIA and the Texas Department of Insurance...
Jul 25 2016 // Tropical Storm Darby, which formed off the coast of Mexico on July 11, quickly reached hurricane status as it moved westward toward Hawaii finally reaching landfall on Monday, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR...
Jul 25 2016 // A federal judge has tossed out a woman’s lawsuit against Home Depot over the deaths of her husband and two children who had sought refuge inside the big-box store destroyed during the devastating 2011 tornado in...
Jul 25 2016 // The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down near Coulee City as severe weather hit the Inland Northwest. The weather service confirmed the tornado touched down at about 3:30 p.m. Friday in the area, about 95...
Jul 25 2016 // According to new data released by CoreLogic, the 2016 hail season is already one of the most severe in Texas history, with year-to-date results reaching the nine-year average for U.S. hail storm damage.Estimated losses...
Jul 25 2016 // The Cincinnati Insurance Companies’ property/casualty group expects second-quarter catastrophe losses of roughly $160 million to $170 million.That loss amount represents an impact on the second-quarter 2016 combined...