GAO: Wind Risk Linked to Larger Insurance Premium Jumps Than Wildfire April 7, 2026 A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that average premium increases between risk levels are larger for wind...
High Winds Battered Water-Logged Northwest, Cutting Power to Half-A-Million December 19, 2025 By Gene Johnson High winds toppled trees and power lines across parts of Washington state and Idaho this week, killing one adult and...
North Carolina Celebrates 15,000 Fortified Roofs from Grant Programs March 26, 2025 The North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association this week marked the 15,000th fortified roof in the state, a huge increase since...
Hurricane-Force Winds Leave 150,000 Without Power in Colorado April 8, 2024 By Mark Chediak and Brian Eckhouse More than 150,000 Xcel Energy Inc. customers in Colorado are without electricity amid hurricane-force winds — and some may not...
Child Survives After Tennessee Tornado Threw Him into a Tree December 19, 2023 CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A 4-month-old boy has survived after a tornado in Tennessee sucked him up from his family`s...
Powerful Storm System Kills Two, Leaves 1M Without Power in South, East Coast August 9, 2023 At least two people died, thousands of U.S. flights were canceled or delayed, and more than 1.1 million homes and...
AccuWeather: California Storms Added $6-8B in Damage and Economic Loss March 23, 2023 AccuWeather issued preliminarily estimates on Thursday showing the total damage and economic loss from the series of recent intense storms...
Florida Girl Killed When Straight-Line Winds Blow Tree Onto Car March 13, 2023 A 16-year-old girl in the Florida Panhandle was killed when a tree fell on the vehicle she was in during...
Southern California’s Santa Ana Winds Toppled Trees, Big Rigs January 30, 2023 Powerful Santa Ana winds tore across Southern California on last week – topping 100 mph, in parts – blowing over...
$86M in Safety Upgrades Completed in Louisiana Parish April 5, 2022 Louisiana’s largest power utility says it has completed $86 million in transmission system improvements in a small part of the...