Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tornadoes Kill 2 in Alabama, Damage Homes and Businesses in Mississippi
Nov 30 2022 // Tornadoes and high winds destroyed a fire station, damaged homes and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Alabama, as the storm front moved into eastern states Wednesday morning. Local news reports and the...
Safer Snow Storms: NC DOT Adds Simulator Training for Snow Plow Operators
Nov 22 2022 // The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s winter weather prep is going digital this year with a snow plow simulator designed to give employees more training time without getting behind the wheel of an actual...
Tropical Storm Nicole Weakened Over Florida But Emergency Orders Remained in Effect
Nov 10 2022 // Tropical Storm Nicole was over west central Florida to the northeast of Tampa at 10 a.m., having weakened from being a Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall earlier in the morning on the coast. Nicole’s maximum...
Deadly Tornadoes Hit Texas and Oklahoma, Flatten Buildings
Nov 7 2022 // Residents in southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas began assessing weather damage Saturday, working to recover and thankful to have survived after a storm stretching from Dallas to northwest Arkansas spawned...
Lisa Weakens to Tropical Storm After Leaving Belize’s Largest City in Darkness
Nov 3 2022 // Lisa weakened into a tropical storm as it moved across Belize Wednesday, leaving much of the country’s largest city in the dark, although there were no reports of deaths or major damage so far in the Caribbean nation...
Hong Kong Scraps Market Trading as Storm Nalgae Draws Near
Nov 2 2022 // Hong Kong closed its $4 trillion stock market early as severe tropical storm Nalgae moved closer on a day when the city hosted a top-level summit for global bankers. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. scrapped...
Cleanup After Five Tornadoes Touched Down in South Alabama, Mississippi
Nov 1 2022 // Residents and businesses are cleaning up after at least five tornadoes touched down in a severe weather outbreak along the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast. No injuries or deaths were reported after the Saturday...
Tropical Storm Lisa on Track to Strike Belize as 12th Atlantic Storm of 2022
Nov 1 2022 // Tropical Storm Lisa has spun up in the Caribbean Sea south of Jamaica, on track to strike Belize late Wednesday as the 12th storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. Lisa’s top winds have reached 40 miles...
Insured Losses for Australia’s October 2021 Storms Estimated at A$972M: PERILS
Oct 31 2022 // Insured losses for the severe storms, which hit Southern Australia on Oct. 28-30, 2021, are estimated at A$972 million (US$623.1 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides...
Philippines’ Death Toll From Storm Nalgae Rises to 98
Oct 31 2022 // The Philippines said 98 people died from flooding and landslides triggered by storm Nalgae, which hit the country over the weekend. The death toll has risen from 48 reported Sunday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and...
Post-Sandy Repairs Help Some But Maybe Not Enough for Next Big Storm
Oct 31 2022 // After Superstorm Sandy struck the northeast U.S. in 2012, an unprecedented effort began to fortify the densely populated coastline against the next big storm. Thousands of homes were raised on pilings. Concrete and steel...
Florida Cat Fund May Borrow Billions Next Year, Even Without Another Storm
Oct 28 2022 // The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund is well equipped to handle losses from Hurricane Ian, which are now estimated to cost the fund about $10 billion, but it could mean the fund will have to borrow billions next year –...
Fierce Storms Batter Northern France, Ripping Off Roofs, Cutting Power
Oct 25 2022 // Tornado-like storms that tore through northern France sheared off part of a church roof, felled trees and power lines and left scores of people without a safe place to live, authorities said Monday. One person suffered...
Snow Storm Hits Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Causing Power Outages
Oct 20 2022 // It’s beginning to look a lot like winter in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with snow falling and high winds toppling trees and causing power outages. MLive reported that as much as 18 inches (45 centimeters) of...
Storm Batters Maine Coastal Communities
Oct 17 2022 // A storm packing strong winds and heavy rain lashed the New England coast on Friday with the greatest impact in Maine, where more than 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. The storm brought a gust of 72 mph (116 kph),...
How Uninsured Residents of Maryland’s Smith Island Help Each Other in Tornado Recovery
Oct 17 2022 // The aftermath of the tornado that struck Smith Island is still visible two months after it carved a destructive path through the sparsely populated Chesapeake Bay archipelago. The EF1 tornado began as a waterspout that...
Search for Victims Done, Florida Coast Begins Recovery from Storm
Oct 12 2022 // An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian’s onslaught, and Brenda Palmer’s place is among them. By the...
Arizona Tornado Damaged Homes, Power Lost in Dust Storms
Oct 5 2022 // Up to 10 homes were damaged after a tornado touched down in northern Arizona Monday while around Phoenix, dust storms caused downed power lines, fires and cut power to thousands, authorities said. The National Weather...
Video Shows Ian Storm Surge Devastated Part of Florida; Losses Mounting
Oct 3 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv FORT MYERS, Fla. – Dave Lusk, who lives on San Carlos Island, sandwiched between Fort Myers and devastated Fort Myers Beach, Florida, told the story of how his daugther and her family...
Storm Noru Brings Floods to Thailand, Forcing 5,000 People to Seek Shelter
Sep 30 2022 // Water up to waist-high flooded some riverfront neighborhoods and other areas of Thailand on Thursday after a tropical depression dumped heavy rains and knocked down trees, causing at least one death. The heaviest rainfall,...
