A new report assessing last May’s tornadoes in Oklahoma says the National Weather Service needs to develop a protocol for when there are multiple severe weather events. The recommendation stems from the combination tornado and flash flooding that occurred on …
An Oklahoma judge says Farmers Insurance and a subsidiary must pay a total of $15 million to three plaintiffs whose homes were damaged in the 2012 Woodward tornado. District Judge Ray Dean Linder ruled in favor of three plaintiffs who …
The Oklahoma tornadoes of May 2013 not only caused significant loss of life but also contributed to its designation last year as the costliest state for natural disaster related insurance payouts, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). “Oklahoma’s policyholders …
After a tornado ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs this spring and demolished two schools, killing seven children, a longtime legislator thought the time was ripe for state action on a well-known problem. Although Oklahoma averages more than 50 tornadoes …
A group of volunteers who’ve spent the past several months cleaning photographs that were blown far and wide by May tornadoes in central Oklahoma have now returned thousands of them. The group Oklahoma Photo Rescue met Saturday in Moore for …
Officials in Moore, Okla., issued a slew of new building permits in recent weeks, as residents seek to rebuild from the deadly May 20 tornado that devastated the community. Moore issued 78 building permits in the last month – compared …
With thousands of destroyed houses, forty-six deaths and damage estimates topping the $5 billion mark, victims of Oklahoma’s two EF-5 tornadoes are asking the same question: What have we learned? The answers are almost as varied as those asking the …
Survivors of the tornadoes, severe storms and flooding that occurred in Oklahoma from May 18 to June 2 have less than two weeks to register for state and federal disaster assistance. The deadline is July 19. “Even if you think …
Gov. Mary Fallin says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved public assistance for 16 counties hit by May storms that brought tornadoes and flooding to Oklahoma. Fallin said FEMA on Friday approved the request that she submitted Wednesday. Approval …
Insurance claims filed in Oklahoma following the tornado outbreak at the end of May have jumped to 60,308 with insurance payments reaching $470,323,299, the top state insurance regulator reported. “These numbers are already staggering, and this is just the beginning,” …