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Damaging Wisconsin Tornado Takes Out Power to Thousands

Crews are still looking for people who may be injured

(Newser) - A tornado struck northeastern Wisconsin on Monday, blackening the midday sky and sending workers sheltering in office basements as ferocious winds splintered homes, scattered twisted metal across a highway, and knocked out power to more than 30,000 people. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado in Winnebago County, about...

US Has a 'Blind Spot' on Severe Storms: Hail

New York Times looks at the costs and the push to understand the storms better

(Newser) - In America's storm narrative, one familiar villain is quietly being upstaged. The New York Times ' Judson Jones reports that while tornadoes have long dominated the headlines, it's hail that's increasingly emptying wallets. One staggering stat illustrates the point: A single hour of hail over a midsize...

Tornado Kills 11, Hurls Man From 12th Floor in China

Hundreds are injured amid 160mph winds in Hubei devastation

(Newser) - A man was reportedly hurled from his 12th-floor apartment as a powerful tornado tore through central China's Hubei province late Monday, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 330. State media say winds reached roughly 160mph, shredding homes, toppling vehicles, and battering farmland across the industrial region,...

'TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY': Tornadoes Pummel Midwest

Homes leveled, power poles ripped down outside Chicago

(Newser) - At least three tornadoes battered communities outside Chicago, leveling homes and ripping down trees and power poles, while storms grounded flights and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands in the Midwest and Northeast, the AP reports. As a large funnel cloud swept through Merrillville, a town about 33 miles...

Storm Chaser Rescues Kitten in Tornado Rubble

He followed faint meow, found kitten that appeared scared but unhurt

(Newser) - As storm chaser Ashton Lemley picked his way through a tornado-ravaged Mississippi trailer park, he heard the unmistakable meow of a kitten pierce the predawn darkness. The homes were flattened just hours earlier as storms spawned at least three tornadoes across the bottom half of Mississippi, injuring a dozen at...

'I Went Back to My Room, and the Room's Gone'

Nearly 500 homes damaged in Mississippi after powerful tornadoes ripped across multiple counties

(Newser) - Powerful storms that included at least one confirmed tornado tore through parts of Mississippi, damaging nearly 500 homes, tearing up trees, and downing power lines, authorities said Thursday. There were no immediate reports of deaths from the storms that struck several counties on Wednesday night, per the AP . At least...

Tornado Hits Air Force Base in Oklahoma

Homes were wrecked in nearby neighborhood, but no deaths or major injuries reported

(Newser) - Northern Oklahoma woke Friday to flattened homes, a damaged Air Force base, and a count of at least 10 injured after tornadoes tore through the region overnight. The worst destruction was reported in Enid's Gray Ridge neighborhood, which local officials said suffered major damage, and at nearby Vance Air...

Surprise Tornadoes Raise Q's About Weather Service Cuts

Kansas meteorologists ask about reduced balloon launches, staffing after storm warnings come late

(Newser) - Residents near Kansas City, Kansas, didn't get much advance warning before tornadoes tore through the area on Monday night, and that's now fueling questions about cuts and staffing changes at the National Weather Service. At least five tornadoes formed southwest of the city, damaging homes, toppling trees, flipping...

6 Dead in Tornado Alley: 'It's Lifting Houses!'

Terrifying videos show powerful twisters after they touched down in Michigan, Oklahoma

(Newser) - Powerful storms that whipped up tornadoes killed at least four people in southern Michigan and two people in eastern Oklahoma on Friday, leaving swaths of damage, including homes reduced to rubble and downed trees and power lines. In Michigan, three people were killed and 12 were injured in the Union...

Weather Service Has Updated How It's IDing Storms

Severe-weather outlook maps will now cover storm intensity, as well as the likelihood of them hitting

(Newser) - Weather maps that once focused on where storms might hit are about to say more about how nasty they could be. The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center started this week to tweak its severe weather outlooks to factor in not just the odds of storms, but their potential...

Southern California's Latest Storm Is a Doozy

Floods, mudslides, even a possible tornado are all risks as state is hit with atmospheric river

(Newser) - Southern California is bracing for the full force of a powerful atmospheric river, with forecasts predicting up to 5 inches of rain in just two days' time in low-lying areas, and even higher totals in the mountains by Sunday. The storm, which first began drenching more northern parts of the...

North Dakota Tornado Was Nation's Strongest in 12 Years

NWS researchers say tornado that killed 3 in June is the first EF5 recorded since 2013

(Newser) - A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200mph, the strongest classification of tornado and the first on American soil in 12 years, meteorologists said Monday. The June 20 twister in Enderlin caused significant damage and killed three...

A Twister Killed Her Sisters. Now, a Move Into Meteorology

Aria Vargyas, 20, survivor of 2013 tornado in Oklahoma, studies meteorology in college

(Newser) - In a story that seems inspired by the plot of Twisters , a college student who survived a massive tornado more than a decade ago that killed her two little sisters is now learning how to predict the same type of extreme weather that upended her town and family. Per CBS...

9 Dead After 'Mass Casualty Event' in Kentucky

Tornadoes wreak havoc there, plus at least 7 more die in Missouri from severe storms

(Newser) - Storm systems sweeping across the Midwest have left at least 16 dead, including nine people killed after a tornado sparked a mass casualty event in southeastern Kentucky. Kentucky authorities said there were also severe injuries when a twister tore across Laurel County late Friday. "The search is continuing in...

Tortoise Reunited With Owners Weeks After Tornado

Myrtle disappeared after two trees fell on her pen

(Newser) - Myrtle, a pet tortoise, has been reunited with her family in Kokomo, Mississippi, weeks after she disappeared during a tornado outbreak. Tiffany Emanuel, Myrtle's owner, expressed relief and commitment to nursing Myrtle back to health. "He's been through a lot," she said. The family fled...

'Once-in-a-Generation' Weather Wallops Midwest, South

At least one dead amid tornadoes, violent weather

(Newser) - At least one person was killed Wednesday as violent storms hit the Midwest and South, and potentially deadly flash flooding could still come. Dozens of warnings for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms were issued in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri (where the fatality was reported), and Mississippi , the AP reports. The storms...

5 Injured in Rare California Tornado

Storm in Scotts Valley came after San Francisco received its first-ever tornado warning

(Newser) - Five people were injured over the weekend in severe California weather, but not the type you'd typically associate with the state. A rare tornado touched down Saturday afternoon in the small city of Scotts Valley, about six miles north of Santa Cruz and 70 miles south of San Francisco,...

Storms Bring Icy Roads, City's First Tornado Warning

Gusts top 80mph at San Francisco airport

(Newser) - A major ice storm created treacherous driving conditions across Iowa and eastern Nebraska this weekend and prompted temporary closures of Interstate 80 after numerous cars and trucks slid off the road. Many events were canceled across the region when the storm hit Friday evening, and businesses announced plans to open...

See Tornado Hit Downtown Buffalo
See Tornado Hit
Downtown Buffalo
Aug 6, 2024 1:00 AM CDT

See Tornado Hit Downtown Buffalo

Tornado can be seen on video ripping roof off building

(Newser) - A tornado hit downtown Buffalo, New York, Monday afternoon, bringing down trees and power lines, blowing a roof off a building, causing damage to other buildings and vehicles, and leaving some customers without electricity. The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado was an EF-1 ( the scale goes from EF-0...

Nation's 'Tornado Alley' Is Shifting to the East
'Tornado Alley' Isn't
Where It Used to Be
new study
Jun 10, 2024 7:54 AM CDT

'Tornado Alley' Isn't Where It Used to Be

Study suggests it's shifting from the Great Plains to the Deep South

(Newser) - If the Wizard of Oz were written today, Dorothy might be trying to get home to Tennessee instead of Kansas. The reason? A new study suggests the nation's "Tornado Alley" has been gradually shifting to the east and south , reports CBS News . Decades ago, most tornadoes took place...

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