Great Neck residents share ongoing insurance battles, 15 months after EF-3 tornado [Video]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — It’s been nearly 16 months since a tornado tore through Virginia Beach, reaching wind speeds of up to 145 miles per hour and damaging more than 100 homes.

For many homeowners in the storm’s path, the journey to repair the damage is far from over, and many say that’s thanks to insurance companies standing in their way.

State Sen. Bill DeSteph, Virginia Commissioner of Insurance Scott White, and representatives with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) heard from many of those residents at a community meeting on Wednesday night. 

White thanked residents for attending, saying, “I just toured a house and it was really painful to see, you could just tell the lives that lived in that house are no longer there, the house is …