Neighborhoods in all over Houston were hit with softball sized hail leaving a path of destruction that included broken windows, lifted and broken roof shingles among other property damage to homes in the area. Weather reports indicate that wind speeds in parts of Houston reached up to 58 MPH while multiple trees and powerlines were […]
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A thunderstorm that passed through Midland and on through West of Abilene brought with it tennis ball-sized hail that left a trail of damage yesterday evening. According to early reports, the hailstone sizes reached up to as high as 2.5″ in diameter between 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM CST along the Permian Basin. Cars littered
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On March 29, 2012, McAllen was absolutely pummelled by one of the worst hail storms Texas has ever seen. Parts of the city saw hail the size of baseballs swoop down while being driven by frequent winds of over 75 MPH. In other parts, hail slammed overhead for over an hour, leaving behind piles of
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Cities around the Dallas – Fort Worth area are reeling from a historic hail storm that pummelled the area Sunday night. The next morning, many residents woke to find hole-punched windows and dented roofs on their cars while others put up tarps over their roofs to prevent further damage. According to weather reports, cities like
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The Texas Department of Insurance has made several recommendations to the Texas legislature for the 2019 Texas legislative session. One such recommendation, in response to the massive amounts of flooding that occurred during 2017’s Hurricane Harvey, is a law that would require insurance carriers to “prominently disclose” if your property insurance does not include flood
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Hurricane Willa will make landfall off the coast of Southwest Mexico as a Catagory 3 hurricane with the cities of Mazatlán and popular vacation spot, Puerto Vallarta, in the path of the storm. With it, experts say that Hurricane Willa will have devastating winds and rain flooding. Earlier Monday, Hurricane Willa actually reached Catagory 5 winds, however,
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In the course of 24 hours, Hurricane Michael has grown into a historically dangerous Category 4 hurricane that will bring a life-threatening storm surge and winds of over 155 miles per hour, just shy of a category 5. Meteorologists now say that Michael will be the most powerful Hurricane the Florida panhandle has seen in a
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Hurricane Michael is expected to make landfall in Florida by Wednesday and will be a “dangerous” category 3 hurricane when it does. Officials at the National Hurricane Center say that Hurricane Michael “could produce three life-threatening hazards along portions of the northeastern Gulf Coast: storm surge, heavy rainfall, and hurricane-force winds” as experts predict that
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Meteorologists are keeping an eye on some tropical development in the Carribean Sea, currently named “Invest-95” that could potentially grow into a tropical depression, tropical storm, or this season’s next hurricane and head anywhere between the Rio Grande Valley and Houston. According to the National Hurricane Center, the tropical development is expected to move into
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TWIA’s board of directors, in a 5-4 vote, proposed a 10% hike in all residential and commercial policies for 2019 coverage. This proposed hike would affect 213,278 policyholders to date and, if approved by the Texas Commissioner of Insurance, the average premiums per policy would increase from $1,589 per year to $1,745. Residents of cities such
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