Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Storm Leaves Thousands of Homes Without Power: Weather Watch
May 29 2024 // Across parts of Texas, and mostly in the east, 500,789 customers reportedly had outages at 4:45 am EDT, according to PowerOutage.us. On Tuesday, 1,161 flights into and around the US were canceled with the majority of those...
Kentucky, Alabama Towns Dealing with Tornado Damage, Florida Feeling Record Heat
May 29 2024 // The latest community left with shattered homes and no power was the tiny Kentucky town of Charleston, which took a direct hit Sunday night from a tornado that the governor said appeared to be on the ground for 40 miles (64...
Tornado, Winds Again Pound Kentucky, Leaving 5 Deaths, Heavy Damage
May 28 2024 // The same weather system that spawned deadly tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas also killed five people in western Kentucky and left hundreds of properties damaged. Local news reports said that people died in Mercer...
Storms Leave 15 Dead, Hundreds Injured in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas
May 28 2024 // VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop...
Iowa Wind Farm Hit by Tornado, Resulting in Rare Destruction of Turbines
May 24 2024 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A wind farm in southwest Iowa suffered a direct hit from a powerful tornado that crumpled five of the massive, power-producing towers, including one that burst into flames. But experts say...
Tornado Devastates Iowa Town, Killing Multiple People
May 23 2024 // GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Multiple people died Tuesday and at least a dozen were injured when a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees,...
Texas Braces for More Heat, Storms and Floods: Weather Watch
May 23 2024 // Parts of the central US stretching from North Dakota to northern Texas, including Dallas, face an enhanced risk from severe thunderstorms, strong wind, hail and possibly tornadoes on Thursday, the US Storm Prediction...
TWIA Prepares Biennial Report for Texas Legislature; Assoc. Sees Limited Claims From Houston Storm
May 22 2024 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Board’s Legislative & External Affairs Committee met on May 21 to plan the association’s Biennial Report to the Texas Legislature. TWIA submits a biennial report to...
Houston Storm Hit Most-Stressed US Grid With Power Outages at 140,000
May 22 2024 // Windows are still falling from skyscrapers in downtown Houston after a historic wind storm whipped through the city last week. And days after the disaster, more than 140,000 customers in the area remain without power. Most...
Climate Change Made Recent UK and Ireland Storms Much Worse
May 22 2024 // The heavy downpours seen in the UK and Ireland last fall and winter were about 20% worse because of climate change, a new scientific report found. The region saw as many as 14 severe storms between October and March,...
Central US States Brace for Possible Severe Storms: Weather Watch
May 21 2024 // There is a moderate risk — the second highest — of severe thunderstorms across parts of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri affecting more than 3.8 million people, the US Storm Prediction Center said. “All...
Power Restored to Majority of Houston Residents Affected by Deadly Storms
May 21 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Houston area residents affected by deadly storms last week received some good news as officials said power was restored Sunday to a majority of the hundreds of thousands who had been left in the dark and...
Houston Windstorm Causes Preliminary Economic Loss of $5-7B: AccuWeather
May 20 2024 // The destructive windstorm that blew out windows in downtown Houston and left hundreds of thousands of southeast Texas residents without power caused upwards of $5-7 billion in total damage and economic loss, according to...
Thousands Remain Without Power After Deadly Storms Hit Houston
May 20 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead, it will do so amid a smog warning and scorching temperatures that could...
After Two Years in the Eye of the Storm, Neal Steps Down From FIGA. Brown Up Next
May 20 2024 // Corey Neal took over as executive director of the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association in early 2022, at the height of what many would say were some of the darkest days for the Florida property/casualty market. Two...
Maine to Spend $25 Million to Rebuild Waterfront Damaged by Winter Storms
May 20 2024 // Maine waterfrontMaine’s government will spend tens of millions of dollars to rebuild the state’s working waterfront communities after a series of devastating winter storms pummeled the state’s docks,...
Q1 Global Insured Natural Disaster Losses Driven by Severe Convective Storms: Aon
May 20 2024 // Global natural catastrophes cost insurers $17 billion during the first quarter of 2024 with economic losses rising above $45 billion, according to Aon’s Q1 Global Catastrophe Recap – April 2024. Q1 natural...
Texas Storms Leave 800,000 Without Power While Flights Grounded
May 17 2024 // A line of dangerous storms and flooding rains rolled over the US Gulf Coast, killing at least four people and leaving more than 800,000 customers in Texas — about 6% of the total — without power while grounding...
Storms Destroy Nearly 50 Homes in Southwestern Michigan: Officials
May 16 2024 // PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) — Nearly 50 homes were destroyed and dozens more were seriously damaged during severe weather last week in southwestern Michigan’s Kalamazoo County, authorities said Monday. The lost homes...
Louisiana Department of Insurance Offers Guidance Following Severe Storms
May 15 2024 // Severe storms killed three people and caused significant damage in southwest Louisiana Monday. At least one EF3 tornado hit Lake Charles, officials said. The St. Martin Parish coroner reports that a female died in Cecilia...
