Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Disaster Declaration Approved for Texas Counties With Damage From Winter Ice Storms
Apr 25 2023 // President Joe Biden issued a disaster declaration Saturday for 13 Texas counties, freeing federal relief for areas damaged in last winter’s crippling ice storms. Disaster relief will be available for state agencies,...
Tornado, Small Earthquake Hit Upstate New York
Apr 25 2023 // A minor magnitude 3.6 earthquake shook parts of upstate New York on Sunday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of significant damage. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the earthquake struck at 2:10 p.m. with...
California to Meet 100% of Water Requests Thanks to Storms
Apr 24 2023 // California will provide 100% of the water requested by cities and farms for the first time in years thanks to winter storms that filled reservoirs and runoff from a record snowpack, regulators announced. The State Water...
Central Oklahoma Tornadoes Kill 3, Cause Widespread Damage
Apr 20 2023 // A tornado outbreak on in central Oklahoma left three people dead and caused heavy damage Wednesday night. Three fatalities were reported in McClain County, where a tornado hit the town of Cole. Another tornado touched down...
Insured Losses from Mississippi Tornado Nearing $100 Million
Apr 20 2023 // Insurance losses from the March tornado that carved a path of destruction through parts of Mississippi are approaching $100 million, and uninsured losses will likely exceed that number, the state insurance department...
TWIA to Maintain $4.6B Total Funding for 2023 Storm Season
Apr 19 2023 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TIWA) Board of Directors on Tuesday elected to forego additional reinsurance beyond the $2.24 billion it selected in January, bringing the insurer of last resort’s total...
Church Tried to Exclude Named Storms, But Appeals Court Says Coverage Due Anyway
Apr 18 2023 // In 2015, the Shilo Christian Center in Melbourne, Florida, cut its property insurance premiums in half by asking its insurer to drop coverage for named windstorms. Hurricane Matthew struck the next year, ripping the roof...
Two Tornadoes Confirmed in Georgia Towns
Apr 17 2023 // The National Weather Service confirmed two weak tornadoes touched down last week in middle Georgia. No one was reported injured in either storm. A tornado with top winds of 90 mph touched down on the southeast edge of...
Mississippi City Faces Tough Road Rebuilding After Tornado
Apr 17 2023 // The scent of the Mississippi Delta’s soil took hold of Charlie Weissinger’s psyche at an early age, and he has chased it ever since. Weissinger, 37, works at a bank to support his farming addiction in Rolling...
Goodyear’s 2nd-Largest Plant Still Recovering After Mississippi Tornado
Apr 14 2023 // Production at a large north Mississippi tire plant has ground to a halt in the wake of a damaging tornado, pausing operations at one of Goodyear’s largest production facilities in North America. Storms that dropped...
AccuWeather: Storms May Have Delayed California’s Wildfire Season
Apr 12 2023 // The massive rainfall and snow California received this winter will likely delay the upcoming wildfire season for the state – though all that moisture is unlikely to curtail it much if at all, a wildfire report out today...
Kin Spins Into Tornado-Prone Mississippi, Relying on Data for Risk Pricing
Apr 12 2023 // Kin Insurance and its reciprocal exchange program have expanded into Mississippi, just as tornado damage may be worsening in the state. Mississippi saw 184 tornadoes in 2022, ranking it first in the nation for tornado...
Tornadoes Damage Homes, Kills One Person in Louisville, Kentucky
Apr 10 2023 // The National Weather Service said Thursday it was surveying damage from three EF-1 tornadoes that touched down in Kentucky. According to preliminary information, tornadoes hit the Pleasure Ridge Park and Newburg sections...
Indiana Insurance Commissioner Directs Grace Period for Residents Hit by Storms
Apr 5 2023 // Indiana Department of Insurance Commissioner Amy L. Beard issued a bulletin directing insurance companies to implement a 60-day cancellation moratorium for any policyholder directly affected by the recent weather events in...
NHC Report Ranks Ian as Costliest Florida Hurricane, Shows Forecasting, Storm Surge
Apr 4 2023 // The National Hurricane Center’s report on Hurricane Ian, posted Monday, six months after the storm hit southwest Florida, pegs Ian as the most expensive to hit the Sunshine State, causing twice as much damage as...
Residents Across South, Midwest Reel From Pack of Tornadoes That Killed 26
Apr 3 2023 // WYNNE, Ark. (AP) – Residents across a wide swath of the South and Midwest raced to assess the destruction wreaked by storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes and killed at least 26 people in small towns and...
Nine People Killed in Tennessee in Powerful Tornado System that Hit Region
Apr 3 2023 // Nine people died in Tennessee’s McNairy County, east of Memphis, in the same deadly storm system that pounded parts of Arkansas and Illinois, according to Patrick Sheehan, director the Tennessee Emergency Management...
Arkansas Tornado Survivors Recount Flying Debris, Destroyed Buildings
Apr 3 2023 // WYNNE, Ark. (AP) – With tornadoes hitting the Midwest and the South this weekend, some survivors said they emerged from their homes to find buildings ripped apart, vehicles tossed around like toys, shattered glass...
Southeast Beware: More Killer Tornadoes on the Way, Study Says
Mar 29 2023 // America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in the more populous...
Mississippi Insurance Agency, Like Others Hit by Storms, Vows to Rebuild After Tornado
Mar 29 2023 // For the third time in the last 18 months, tornadoes or a hurricane have wiped out or have heavily damaged well-established insurance agencies in the Southeast. And all three of those agencies have rebuilt their businesses...
