Posts Tagged ‘Tornado’

Portions of western and central Massachusetts were cleaning up on Wednesday from powerful storms that prompted a tornado warning in a region still recovering from deadly twisters last month. Tuesday’s storms toppled trees and power lines, knocking out power to thousands. Hail, some of its the size of ping pong balls, damaged homes and cars [...]

Six tornadoes — not four — touched down in DeKalb County on April 27, according to information released earlier this week by the National Weather Service. NWS has officially added two more tornadoes to the list of twisters that devastated DeKalb County on April 27. Though much of the damage was on Sand Mountain, where [...]

The anticipation of another round of summer spot storms is now attached to a bit on anxiety, considering the damage yesterday’s storms caused. Today we expect a high of 99 degrees and a 20% chance of showers. By tonight temps will fall into the lower 70s. The “20%” chance of storms yesterday stayed true to [...]

Sunday night’s wild and wicked weather dumped heavy rain, hail and spawned at least two  confirmed tornadoes near New Salem. Some bridges and roads in Morton County were closed Monday as creeks swelled up with runoff the morning after the storms. Tammy Lapp Harris, Morton County emergency manager, said a bridge over the Big Muddy [...]

“I don’t think we’re done counting,” Nixon told The Associated Press, adding, “I still believe that because of the size of the debris and the number of people involved that there are lives to be saved.” Crews found bodies in vehicles the storm had flipped over, torn apart and left crushed like empty cans. Triage [...]

Aren’t you glad it’s Friday? Do you want to maybe cry a little in celebration? Then check out this video, below, of Judy Pugh, whose home was destroyed by the tornadoes that swept through Tuscaloosa, Alabama on April 27. The ferocious twister left at least 39 dead in Tuscaloosa alone.

The National Weather Service is confirming that two tornadoes touched down in western Maryland. One happened near Hagerstown Tuesday. The tornado did plenty of damage before dissipating. Andrea Fujii reports residents just outside Hagerstown are cleaning up the damage from the tornado that was caught on tape. “And a terrible noise. It was coming, exactly [...]

The “Cinderella dress” Delana Blevins had so looked forward to wearing to prom just needed a few alterations when the tornadoes ripped through northwest Georgia late last month, blowing it away along with the rest of the tailoring shop. All she found in the rubble was a scrap of beading from the bodice. “I was [...]

As floods ravage the Mississippi basin and the South picks itself up from last month’s devastating tornadoes, House Republicans want to increase aid. Republicans controlling a key House panel boosted funding for disaster relief on Friday to make up what they called President Barack Obama’s “wholly inadequate request.”

We all have heard of a tornado, but what about the slang term “gustnado?” A gustnado is a short-lived, ground-based swirling wind that can form on the leading edge of a severe thunderstorm. Although the name comes from “gust front of a tornado,” and a gustnado almost looks like a tornado, it is not considered [...]