In article . com,
Richard Dixon writes:
snip
I personally prefer the word "Windstorm", which is used in my job (in
the insurance industry).

Ugh! What a horrible "word". If "storm" could be confusing (which I
still find hard to believe), then how about calling it a tempest?
--
John Hall
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable
of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) to a lady cellist