Storms caused flooding, mudslides and power outages, killing 11 people in Mississippi and six people in Georgia
Severe weather has swept across the southern US, killing at least 19 people and damaging hundreds of homes from Louisiana into the Appalachian mountains.
Many spent part of the night sheltering in basements, closets and bathtubs as sirens wailed to warn of possible tornadoes.
Continue reading...A tornado strike destroyed homes and left a trail of devastation across large parts of the US south on Sunday. In northern Louisiana, up to 300 homes and other buildings were damaged, and utility companies reported thousands of power outages. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency confirmed at least six deaths in the state from the severe weather
Continue reading...Twister destroyed buildings in Monroe, Louisiana, while local media said at least two tornadoes touched down in central Texas
A tornado strike destroyed homes and left a trail of devastation across parts of Louisiana on Sunday, as forecasters warned that a powerful Easter storm could affect more than a dozen states and millions of people before the early hours of Monday.
The storm provided a dilemma for public safety officials trying to find the balance between wanting people to stay in lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic and wanting them to leave their homes for shelter if conditions worsened.
Continue reading...Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee as people slept early on Tuesday, shredding at least 140 buildings and killing at least 25 people. Authorities described painstaking efforts to find survivors in piles of rubble and wrecked basements as the death toll climbed.
A Tennessee emergency management agency spokeswoman raised the death toll on Tuesday morning, after police and fire crews spent hours pulling survivors and bodies from wrecked buildings.
Continue reading...Footage recorded by a Nashville resident after two tornadoes ripped through central Tennessee shows shredded buildings, damaged power lines and debris across roads. At least 22 people have been killed and hundreds are homeless
Two tornadoes touched down in central Tennessee, shredding at least 140 buildings and killing at least 22 people across the Nashville area
Continue reading...Scientists narrow down causes of low-frequency rumbles emitted before twisters form
Mysterious rumbles that herald tornadoes could one day be used to predict when and where they will strike, according to researchers.
Storms emit sounds before tornadoes form, but the signals at less than 20Hz are below the limit for human hearing. What causes these rumbles has also been a conundrum.
Continue reading...Severe weather has spawned multiple tornadoes, flooding and even snow across America’s Midwest and Northeast
Continue reading...There has been a spate of tornadoes in the US over the last two weeks as a volatile mix of warm, moist air from the south-east and persistent cold from the Rocky Mountains clashes over the midwest
Continue reading...A line of tornadoes tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, killing one person and injuring dozens in a wave so close together that one tornado crossed the path carved by another. In and around Dayton, Ohio, more than 40 people were taken to hospital for storm-related injuries
Continue reading...Sweltering heat, storms and possible twisters were expected to hit the southern plains and south-eastern states on Memorial Day, on the heels of deadly tornadoes and flooding.
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Continue reading...Large and violent tornadoes swept through US state as torrid weather continues to pummel parts of midwest
Continue reading...Two tornadoes hit Alabama on Sunday, damaging multiple homes and cutting power lines. Footage showed smashed buildings with rooftops blown away, cars overturned and trees bare of branches. At least 23 people were killed in the storms
Continue reading...Sheriff says more people are missing as weather system sparks flurry of tornadoes across south-eastern US on Sunday
At least 23 people, including children as young as six, have been killed and more are missing after at least two tornadoes struck in Alabama on Sunday, causing “catastrophic” damage, a county sheriff has said.
Crews searched a trail of destruction several miles long before pausing efforts overnight as conditions became too dangerous, Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said. “The challenge is the sheer volume of the debris where all the homes were located,” Jones told CNN. “It’s the most I’ve seen that I can recall.”
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