The end of last week a lot of stories came out about the flooding situation in the Midwest, as well as the record setting pace for Tornadoes in 2008 and their connection to Global Warming. From the Center for American Progress, “Global Boiling” On Gristmill, guest contributer Joseph Romm who is a senior fellow at [...]
This week, the First State Bank in Parkersburg released surveillance video of the EF5 that devastated Parkersburg, Iowa. The video from above was recorded the evening of May 25 from the bank’s outside ATM camera. You can see the power of these storms. It just destroys this home.
On Monday, the same bank released interior surveillance [...]
Another week, another rumbling train of tornadoes that obliterates entire city blocks, smashing homes to their foundations and killing people even as they cower in their basements.
With the year not even half done, 2008 is already the deadliest tornado year in the United States since 1998 and seems on track to break the U.S. record [...]
How Tornadoes Formfrom the Storm EncyclopediaA tornado is a violently rotating column of air in contact with and extending between a cloud (often a thunderstorm cloud) and the surface of the earth. Winds in most tornadoes blow at 100 mph or less, but in the most violent, and least frequent tornadoes, wind speeds can exceed 250 mph.Tornadoes, often nicknamed "twisters," typically track along the gr
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (May 24) - Authorities checking on a car stranded in a field Saturday morning found two people killed by a powerful storm that raked the state a day earlier with at least 17 tornadoes.
First of all, I feel like I need to explain that the only time it usually rains in Southern California is in the winter...between the months of November and February. We hardly ever get thunderstorms but it does happen occasionally. Well today...and remember it is almost JUNE, we had tornadoes, hail, heavy rain, flooding and mudslides. I witnessed my day go from sunny to dark, followed by lighte
AFP - US authorities rushed aid to disaster areas Monday after a series of tornadoes tore across the United States, killing at least 22 people, shattering homes and businesses, and leaving tens of thousands without power.
What's with all the tornadoes? Twenty-five documented tornadoes rip through the the U.S. in a matter of two days leaving much damage and at least seven dead and are still continuing through the rest of the week in the southern U.S. Craziness!Link - Sky News
Monday my state was devastated by 6 tornadoes, the most devastating in Suffolk less than an hour from where I live. At first, it did not register in my mind that the tornadoes had actually happened. When my mom told me about the tornado warning I just blew her off and told her that tornadoes happened in Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas and never in Virginia because we received hurricanes. Guess I was wrong. It was also pretty depressing to hear all the news stations reporting on how they were still waiting to hear the death toll, like deaths were the most important aspect. I was so relieved to hear that no one had died (as far as I know of right now because my mom said there are still people missing). One guy tried to outrace the storm by driving. He did not have on a seat belt and his
LALATE sends our wishes out to our readers in Suffolk Virigina and neighbors.Three tornadoes sliced through Virginia tonight, smashing 25-miles of homes, leaving an estimated more than 200 people currently injured.WOW!
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has declared a state of emergency for the affected areas of southeastern Virginia.
How many tornados were there? Some say as many [...]
Tornadoes kill dozens and sometimes hundreds of people every year in the United States. Warning systems have improved dramatically, however, so some of the deadliest tornadoes were recorded many decades ago. In some cases, a single tornado caused hundreds of deaths. Following are the 10 deadliest on record, based on data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)10. The Waco Tornado(May 11 1953) in Texas destroyed 200 business buildings and damaged another 400, including a six-story furniture store that collapsed.Deaths: 114 ? Injuries: 597 ? F-Scale F5. [more]9.The Flint Tornado(June 8 1953) destroyed homes on both sides of Coldwater Road and killed multiple family members of at least 20 families in Michigan.Deaths: 115 ? Injuries: 844 ? F-Scale F5. [more]8.The New Richmond Torna
This is not what anyone expected yesterday. The photo on the left is from AP. Check out their story.I was on my way home from a Pampered Chef party and notices lot of lightening and some thunder. It just seemed like a spring thunderstorm. When we turned on the TV the news was reporting that something was going on at the dome where they were playing the SEC basketball tournament.It was something alright. As the night progressed, the news crews got the cameras rolling and there had been a "probable" tornado. Nobody would call it until the National Weather Center did their assessment. It didn't really take a meteorologist to determine that, in fact, Atlanta had a tornado hit downtown. When they finally confirmed the tornado, it was an EF-2 with 130 MPH winds.For those of you reading who know
Creating and practicing a family disaster plan could be the difference between safety and vulnerability. You need to know the emergency management procedures at your work, the kid’s school, the daycare, and maybe even the nursing home.
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A mash-up of two of the New York Times' interactive newsmaps: one showing the deadly path of Tuesday's tornadoes, the other showing which Democratic candidates won which states on Super Tuesday. The results: does God hate Hillary?
NASA scientists have developed a new climate model that indicates that the most violent severe storms and tornadoes may become more common as Earth’s climate warms.
Previous climate model studies have shown that heavy rainstorms will be more common in a warmer climate, but few global models have attempted to simulate the strength of updrafts in these storms. The model developed at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies by researchers Tony Del Genio, Mao-Sung Yao, and Jeff Jonas is the first to successfully simulate the observed difference in strength between land and ocean storms and is the first to estimate how the strength will change in a warming climate, including “severe thunderstorms” that also occur with significant wind shear and produce damaging winds at the ground.
This information can be derived from the temperatures and humidities predicted by a climate computer model, according to the new study published on August 17 in the American Geophysical
Top 10 Killer Tornadoes10: May 11, 1953: The Waco Tornado in Texas destroyed 200 business buildings and damaged another 400, including a six-story furniture store that collapsed.09: June 8, 1953 The Flint Tornado destroyed homes on both sides of Coldwater Road and killed multiple family members of at least 20 families in Michigan.08: June 12, 1899 The New Richmond Tornado in Wisconsin began as a waterspout on Lake St. Croix, then moved northeast in the direction of New Richmond. The massive amount of flying debris result in multiple deaths and a 3,000 pound safe was carried a block by the winds. More than 300 buildings were damaged or destroyed.07: April 24, 1908 The Amite/Pine/Purvis Tornado hit Louisiana, Mississippi. It was reported to be two miles wide. Only seven of 150 homes in Purvis County were reported left standing.06: April 9, 1947 The Woodward Tornado hit Gray, Roberts, Hemphill, Lipscomb counties in Texas, Ellis, Woodward and Woods counties in Oklahoma and Barber and Kingm
There's someone I care for that lives in a state in 'tornado alley'. Since moving here, when ever there's a tornado that hits, they only announce that the US was hit. Today, they said 3 states in America were hit...
Photo: Associated PressWhen we all got up this morning, there was a beautiful piece of Americana here...a normal high school in a small American town, Enterprise, Alabama. A high school full of teenagers whose biggest worries were crushes, proms, papers and tests. In a flash, Mother Nature changed that.Life is fragile and it only takes a moment for it to change forever.
Date of Tornado:: 02feb,2007The time:The twister hit between 3 and 4 a.m., when few people were awake to hear the tornado warnings broadcast just minutes in advance. Few communities in the region have warning sirens. Rescued:Volunteers, jail inmates and National Guard troops Death Toll:Reported total : 191.A teenager struck by a tree as she lay in bed.2. 17-year-old Brittany May's bedroom, killing her, her stepmother 3.Thirteen people had been confirmed dead in the Paisley area plus seven in Lady Lake, about 30 miles to the west, emergency officials said. Among the seven identified Saturday were Brittany, five women ranging from 66 to 81 and a 20-year-old man4.In Lady Lake, where at least six people died. 5..Bernadette Fields, 67, said two of her neighbours in mobile homes were blown through a bedroom wall into Lake Mack. Their bodies were found by their own dog, she saidGovernment activities:Florida Governor Charlie Crist, dealing with his first natural disaster since taking office a
