Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio on Tornado Watch After Storms Sweep Midwest: Weather Watch
Feb 28 2024 // Eleven tornadoes were reported across the Midwest, with five coming in Illinois, four in Ohio and two in Michigan, the US Storm Prediction Center said as of 7 a.m. New York time. In addition, there were 36 instances of...
Biden Approves Disaster Declaration for North Dakota December Ice Storm
Feb 22 2024 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum’s request for a major disaster declaration related to a Christmastime ice storm that toppled power lines and left thousands of...
New Storms Hit California as Wet Winter Brings More Flooding, Winds and Heavy Snowfall
Feb 19 2024 // AccuWeather meteorologists on Sunday forecasted the “relentless wet pattern” will continue for residents along the West Coast at least the middle of the week, as stormy conditions will moved onshore withrounds...
TWIA Committee Recommends $6.5B as PML for 2024 Storm Season
Feb 16 2024 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee met on February 13 and voted unanimously to recommend the TWIA Board of Directors establish $6.5 billion as the Association’s...
February Tornadoes in Wisconsin Caused $2.4M in Damage
Feb 16 2024 // EVANSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The first ever tornadoes ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February caused more than $2.4 million in damage, officials said Wednesday. The tornadoes that ripped through...
Regulators to Review Power System Performance During Recent Winter Storms
Feb 15 2024 // U.S. energy regulators have launched a review of the performance of the bulk power system during recent winter storms in January that brought Arctic air across much of North America, the North American Electric Reliability...
Summer-Like Conditions Lead to First Wisconsin Tornadoes in February
Feb 14 2024 // EVANSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The first tornadoes ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February tore through mostly rural areas on a day that broke records for warmth, setting up the perfect scenario for...
AM Best Says Losses from California Storms Largely Uninsured, Underinsured
Feb 9 2024 // The economic losses from the latest round of California storms will be significant, with many of these losses may not be insured because only 2% of California residents have purchased flood insurance, David Blades,...
Two Years After Deadly Tornadoes, Some Kentucky Families Still Waiting for Housing
Feb 8 2024 // MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Ashley Prince and her family have been chasing “normal” for years now. Two years ago, the tornado that whipped through Mayfield peeled the roof off their rental property “like a...
Category 6? As Warming Stokes Storms, Some Want a Bigger Hurricane Category
Feb 7 2024 // A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown that the strongest...
CoreLogic: California Storms Put 543K Homes at Risk of Flash Flood Damage
Feb 6 2024 // CoreLogic estimated that across the greater Los Angeles area, nearly 543,000 single- and multifamily homes with a combined reconstruction cost value (RCV) of more than $258 billion are at risk of flash flood...
TWIA to Consider 1:100 PML for 2024 Storm Season at Upcoming Meeting
Feb 6 2024 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s (TWIA) Actuarial & Underwriting Committee will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 13 to discuss and potentially make a recommendation to the Board of Directors for determining...
AccuWeather: Preliminary Damage and Loss from California Storms $9-$11B
Feb 5 2024 // The preliminary total damage and economic loss from the intense storms and record rainfall in California this week will be between $9 billion and $11 billion, according to AccuWeather estimates released on Monday. The...
Cone of Uncertainty to Include Inland Areas, Where Storm Damage can Be Heavy
Feb 5 2024 // ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The “cone of uncertainty” produced by the National Hurricane Center to forecast the location and ferocity of a tropical storm is getting an update this year to include predictions...
Norway’s Most Powerful Storm in Over 30 Years Rips Roofs Off Houses, Cuts Power
Feb 2 2024 // Norway’s most powerful storm in more than three decades ripped off roofs, heightened avalanche risks, canceled flights and cut power as it raged in parts of the Scandinavian country Thursday. Hurricane-force winds...
Maine Approved for Federal Disaster Aid for December Storm Damage
Feb 2 2024 // President Joe Biden has issued a federal disaster declaration for extensive damage caused by a massive wind and rainstorm in Maine in December, the first of three storms to pummel the state, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills...
Texas Freeport LNG Unit Faces Month-Long Outage After Winter Storm
Jan 31 2024 // U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Freeport LNG said on Friday it expects one of three liquefaction units at its Texas plant will be out of service for about a month after it faced a technical issue during last...
Jersey Shore Town Fighting State Over Beach Erosion Suffers Winter Storm Damage
Jan 29 2024 // A New Jersey shore town locked in a legal battle with the state over tens of millions of dollars it has spent trying — mostly in vain — to hold back the ocean now is more vulnerable than ever. A recent winter...
Cyclone Kirrily Makes Landfall in Australia as Severe Storm
Jan 25 2024 // Australia is being lashed by damaging winds and heavy rainfall as Severe Tropical Cyclone Kirrily makes landfall, the biggest system to hit the Queensland coast in almost five years. Kirrily is crossing near Townsville as...
After $70 Billion Hit, Insurers Wake Up to Growing Risks of Severe Convective Storms
Jan 25 2024 // The insurance industry is grappling with a new kind of weather risk that’s increasingly driving its biggest loss category. While no single weather event caused more than $10 billion in losses for insurers last year,...
