Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Karen Clark Report Shows Just What Failed in Ian, Making it Florida’s Costliest Storm
Jun 5 2023 // A granular look at the most expensive hurricane in Florida’s history, written by the catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Co., highlights building practices that had a major impact on the scale of insured...
New Models Aim to Better Predict Storm Surge, Insured Losses From Hurricanes
Jun 2 2023 // Two new hurricane forecast models promise to help property owners and insurers better predict the losses from storms that may be increasing in intensity as ocean waters continue to warm. The National Hurricane Center...
California Unlikely to Run Short of Electricity This Summer Thanks to Storms, New Power Sources
May 30 2023 // California regulators say the state is unlikely to run out of electricity this summer because of a big increase in power storage and a wet winter that filled the state’s reservoirs enough to restart hydroelectric...
Typhoon Mawar Is Most Powerful Storm of 2023, So Far
May 26 2023 // Mawar is now one of the three strongest storms ever to hit the North Pacific in May and is the undisputed most powerful — in terms of windspeed — of 2023 so far, according to Jeff Masters, a meteorologist for Yale...
2 Killed in Severe Storms North of Houston
May 25 2023 // CONROE, Texas (AP) – Two people were killed and several others were hurt Tuesday afternoon when a home that was under construction collapsed as strong storms hit north of Houston in the Conroe area. A home under...
TWIA Finalizes Funding for 2023 Storm Season
May 24 2023 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Board of Directors met in Austin Tuesday to finalize financial preparations for the 2023 storm season. The Board previously established $4.5 billion as the association’s...
Alabama Lawsuit Shines a Light on Fee-Sharing Agreements for Storm Claims
May 23 2023 // Insurance defense attorneys say a pair of lawsuits filed by a law firm and a claims consulting business – against a national personal injury law firm – raises questions about the proper relationships between legal...
Karen Clark Report Shows Just What Failed in Ian, Making it Florida’s Costliest Storm
May 23 2023 // A granular look at the most expensive hurricane in Florida’s history, written by respected catastrophe-modeling firm Karen Clark & Co., highlights building practices that had a major impact on the scale of...
Cyclone Mocha Is One of Strongest Storms Recorded in North Indian Ocean
May 16 2023 // The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Mocha have moved further inland over Myanmar after coming ashore Sunday with winds of 155 miles per hour on the US wind scale. At its peak the winds reached 175 mph, tying it with...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Group Getting Update on Cat Funding for 2023 Season
May 15 2023 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Board of Directors will meet at the Austin Marriott South on May 23 at 9 a.m. In addition to the TWIA board’s consideration of routine association updates, the board will...
Tornado Hit South Texas Near The Gulf Coast, Damaging Dozens of Homes
May 15 2023 // One person was killed and a curfew was imposed after a powerful tornado tore through a community near the southern tip of Texas before dawn Saturday, damaging dozens of residences and knocking down power lines, authorities...
Storm Tears Roofs Off Buildings in Northern Missouri
May 10 2023 // TRENTON, Mo. (AP) – Severe storms tore the roofs off several buildings in northern Missouri and pelted the region with softball-sized hail. Grundy County Emergency Manager Glen Briggs told KSHB television that...
Southern California Got Snow, Rain, Tornado in Spring Storm
May 5 2023 // An unseasonably cold storm coated Southern California mountains with snow, dumped heavy rain elsewhere and spawned a small tornado Thursday as spring struggled to shake the grip of an exceptionally wet winter. More than 4...
Nevada Puts March Winter Storm Costs at $10.6M
May 3 2023 // State emergency managers are projecting clean-up and repair costs of at least $10.6 million following severe winter storms that affected rural parts of Nevada in March. Nevada Division on Emergency Management spokeswoman...
Dust Storm Causes Crashes in Illinois, Leaving at Least 6 Dead
May 3 2023 // DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) – A windstorm in central Illinois kicked up dangerous clouds of blinding dust off farm fields Monday, causing numerous crashes that killed at least six people on Interstate 55, police said. The...
Recovery Continues After Tornado Hits Palm Beach Gardens
May 2 2023 // A tornado touched down in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Saturday as a powerful storm system brought intense rain and powerful winds to the state, overturning cars, damaging homes and snapping tree branches. The National...
Virginia Beach Tornado Causes $15M in Residential Damage; No Reports of Injuries
May 1 2023 // The Virginia Beach community in southeastern Virginia was hit by a tornado on Sunday, April 30, just minutes before 6:00 pm. City Manager Patrick Duhaney declared a state of emergency. Officials said there were no reported...
Mississippi Tire Plant Partly Covered, Will Reopen in June After Tornado
May 1 2023 // A northeast Mississippi tire plant that was damaged by an April tornado is expected to restart production in June. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said this week that it was likely to take several months for its Cooper Tire...
Federal Housing Aid to Help Rebuild From Kentucky Storms
Apr 28 2023 // An infusion of federal funding will help build hundreds of homes in Kentucky communities devastated by tornadoes and floods in 2021, Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday. Four counties hardest hit by the storms – Graves,...
A Record Start to the 2023 U.S. Tornado Season
Apr 27 2023 // The U.S. has experienced a record number of tornadoes in the first three months of 2023 according to preliminary data from the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center (NWS SPC), delivering an active start to the...
