Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Storm Surge Swamps Nuclear Plant, Pro Golfer’s Home, Many More
Sep 30 2024 // Hurricane Helene’s storm surge along Florida’s western edges is being called the most devastating since 1921, responsible for destroying or heavily damaging hundreds of homes and businesses in the area. One of...
Tropical Storm Helene Lashes Florida With Powerful Winds, Rain
Sep 27 2024 // Hurricane Helene barreled into the western coast of Florida with dangerous winds, knocking out power for more than a million customers and threatening to unleash deadly flooding across several states. Helene made landfall...
Aon Launches US Severe Convective Storm Model
Sep 24 2024 // Just a few weeks after unofficially announcing that a new catastrophe model was in the works, Aon officially announced the launch of a model to analyze U.S. Severe Convective Storms this week. Paul Shedden, head of global...
Hurricane John Makes Landfall in Mexico as Major Category 3 Storm
Sep 24 2024 // Hurricane John hit Mexico’s southern Pacific coast late on Monday as a major category 3 storm, with authorities warning residents to protect themselves against potentially deadly storm surges and torrential rain. The...
Mutually Beneficial: How One Midwest Mutual Insurer Recovered From Financial Storms
Sep 24 2024 // When Iowa mutual GuideOne Insurance began assessing ways to add an infusion of capital to strengthen its balance sheet, the company went to the usual places a mutual of its size might turn to for financial...
Unnamed Storm in Carolinas Caused $7 Billion in Damage, AccuWeather Says
Sep 19 2024 // The storm that swamped parts of the Carolinas this week wasn’t organized enough to be named but it still has caused $7 billion in damage, according to a preliminary estimate from AccuWeather. That was approaching the...
‘Firehose’ Storm Hits North Carolina and Scientists See Climate Change
Sep 19 2024 // The Carolinas early this week braced for a storm that forecasters warned could bring heavy rain — as much as 6 to 8 inches in some spots. But one narrow band got a “firehose” that dumped as much as 20 inches...
Coastal Carolina Gets 1,000-Year Rainfall Event From Storm System
Sep 17 2024 // Parts of North Carolina saw something Monday that has not been seen in hundreds, perhaps 1,000 years – 18 inches of rain in half a day. NWS That’s “once in every 1,000 years!” the National Weather...
Update: Flood Death Toll Rises as Europe Counts Cost of Storm Boris
Sep 16 2024 // Floods ripped through central Europe killing at least 17 people, as governments across the region took emergency measures and prepared to spend hundreds of millions of euros on the cleanup. Flows in the Danube —...
Coastal Cities’ Growing Storm Vulnerability Fed by Climate Change and Growth
Sep 13 2024 // Warm water in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico can fuel powerful hurricanes, but how destructive a storm becomes isn’t just about the climate and weather – it also depends on the people and property in...
As Storm Bebinca Approaches, Taiwan Uses AI to Predict Typhoon Paths
Sep 13 2024 // As tropical storm Bebinca barrels towards waters off northern Taiwan gathering strength into a possible typhoon, weather forecasters in Taipei are using a new and so far successful method to help track its path –...
Tropical Storm Francine Churns Toward Louisiana as Path Shifts
Sep 10 2024 // Tropical Storm Francine is set to become a hurricane Tuesday as it churns toward Louisiana after shifting east, forcing some oil drillers to halt production but following a path that will likely avert key natural gas...
Tropical Storm Francine Strengthens, Spurring Oil Shutdowns
Sep 9 2024 // Tropical Storm Francine strengthened as it moved north in the Gulf of Mexico, prompting oil drillers to evacuate crews and halt some offshore crude production, while the US Coast Guard warned shippers of approaching...
Strengthening Gulf Storm Could Slam Texas, Louisiana Coasts
Sep 9 2024 // A storm system in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane early this week, bringing heavy rain, damaging winds and potentially life-threatening storm surges to parts of the Texas and Louisiana...
Severe Storms (Mostly in US) Account for 70% of Global Insured Natural Disaster Losses
Sep 2 2024 // Global insured losses from natural catastrophes totaled US$60 billion during the first half of 2024, or 62% above the 10-year average, according to preliminary estimates from Swiss Re. Severe thunderstorms (mainly in the...
Severe Storms Leave Over 300K Michigan Homes and Businesses Without Power
Aug 30 2024 // ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Crews for two of Michigan’s largest utilities were working to restore power Wednesday to more than 300,000 homes and businesses left in the dark amid hot, muggy conditions after severe...
Weathering the Storm: How IBHS Is Revolutionizing Building Safety
Aug 29 2024 // I recently watched the new movie Twisters starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell, which gives viewers a fantastic and frightening look at the damage tornadoes and severe weather can cause to American communities. Early...
Unusually Cold Storm That Frosted West Coast Peaks Provides Hint of Winter in August
Aug 28 2024 // Ski season is still at least several months away, but the unusually cold storm that frosted West Coast mountain peaks late last week brought a hint of winter in August. The calendar briefly skipped ahead to November as the...
Tropical Storm Hone Sweeps Past Hawaii; Rain Amounts Ease Wildfire Fears
Aug 27 2024 // Hone passed south of Hawaii and weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Sunday, dumping so much rain that the National Weather Service called off its red flag warnings that strong winds could lead to wildfires on...
Storm Warnings Issued Across Southern Europe – From Italy to Serbia
Aug 27 2024 // Thunderstorm alerts are in place for a swath of Europe from the south of France to the Balkans. There are orange warnings for Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany and Umbria in Italy, as the summer heat gives way to violent storms....
