Roofing companies across the state of Texas are now preparing for this year’s storm season by preordering necessary work materials and hiring additional crew members to handle the workload. According to officials with the Farmers’ Almanac, this may be one of the worst storm seasons that the North Texas region has seen in recent years. [...]
Numerous collapsed roofs and rubble line Brady Street in Harrisburg, Illinois after a devastating tornado swept through the town on Wednesday. The tornado stormed through the town, destroying everything within an 8-mile radius. Brady Street was almost completely demolished by the tornado. The houses and duplexes on the street were either badly damaged or completely [...]
Residents in a southwest San Antonio neighborhood are now beginning to clean-up after a tornado swept through over the weekend and left damaged homes throughout the area. According to the National Weather Service, a 150-foot-wide tornado struck down 1.5 miles from the Lackland Air Force Base and ran for two miles. In the Ridgestone neighborhood, [...]
Many people are finding out the hard way that their homeowner’s insurance does not cover damage that occurs from flooding. During hurricane season, this information is particularly important to understand. Standard policies covers water and structural damage when wind knocks down a tree onto a home and it causes rain to come in. There is [...]
Storms in East Texas left thousands without power and strong winds caused roofs to be ripped from buildings. One hotel employee stated that the roof was ripped right off the hotel as it was raining and thundering. A loud metal crunching noise started and then the roof was ripped off. There were customers inside the [...]
The Attorney General has recently filed a lawsuit against a roofing contractor claiming that he was using “deceptive practices” while working on the Coastal Bend region. The owner of a local insurance agency noticed that many people were filing complaints about the same roofing company. State investigators looked into it and found that the roofing [...]
After storms ripped through the downtown area of Willis Point, emergency crews worked to clean up. Utility crews worked to repair phone lines that were torn down by storms and workers cleaned pieces of the roofs off of other buildings. Witnesses said that when the storms hit, bricks and debris began to fly everywhere. One [...]
Widespread roof damage was reported by families in East Texas after tornadoes touched down in the area. According to officials there was a lot of tree damage along with damage to many shingles and roofs. This occurred in the town of Mabank, which is 50 miles southeast of Dallas. Luckily, no injuries were reported in [...]
The Dallas/Fort Worth area is now assessing damage that was done when a major storm with high winds and hail hit the cities. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service said that there were winds of 90 mph during the peak of the storm. Storm teams have already been sent to the areas and counties that [...]