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Lightning strikes in the distance as volunteers (on right) help rescue more than a thousand turkeys from a destroyed barn on the property of a farmer who did not wish to be identified east of Wayland, Iowa Thursday, May 3, 2012 after a suspected tornado went through the area. Wayland Police Chief Ron Roth said he saw a tornado around nine o’clock Thursday night heading for the small town. (AP Photo/The Gazette-KCRG,Brian Ray)

Extreme weather conditions seem to be getting more common

Todd C. Frankel St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 9:20am

ST. LOUIS -- The weather feels weird.

You might think this as you hide in the basement during yet another severe storm. Or when you cranked the A/C back in March and put away that barely-used snow shovel.

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A flowering Dog wood tree in Johnstown, Pa., is covered by a fresh blanket of snow, Monday, April 23, 2012. A spring nor'easter packing soaking rain and high winds churned up the Northeast Monday morning, unleashing a burst of winter and up to a foot of snow in higher elevations inland, closing some schools and sparking concerns of power outages. (AP Photo/The Tribune-Democrat, Todd Berkey)

A spring snowstorm hits the East Coast

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 23, 2012 - 1:22pm

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Damage is evident at the Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems Sunday April 15, 2012 after they took a direct hit, officials said, when a tornado swept through southeast Wichita, Kansas late Saturday. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback acknowledged that the damage could have been far worse. (AP Photo/Mike Hutmacher, The Eagle)

Severe Midwest weather

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 10:51am

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Carole Beckett reacts as she sorts through belongings at her home after a tornado moved through Woodward, Okla., Sunday, April 15, 2012. Residents of several states scoured through the wreckage of battered homes and businesses after dozens of tornadoes blitzed the Midwest and Plains Saturday night. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Bryan Terry)

Early warnings credited in Midwest tornado outbreak

Grant Schulte, Sean Murphy The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 9:55am

THURMAN, Iowa — Concerned that Midwesterners might be complacent after repeated tornado warnings came to nothing, forecasters issued a sternly worded alert, well in advance, that weekend storms could prove fatal.

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A stranded vehicle sits in a flooded ditch on Monday, March 19, 2012 in Tulsa, Okla. Storms shuffled through parts of the south-central United States again Tuesday, bringing more heavy rain and thunder so loud some people in Oklahoma mistook it for an earthquake. (AP Photo/Tulsa World, Cory Young)

Loud thunder spooks residents as storms sweep central U.S.

Jeannie Nuss, Ken Miller The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 11:51am

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Storms shuffled through parts of the south-central United States again Tuesday, bringing more heavy rain, damaging winds and thunder so loud some people in Oklahoma mistook it for an earthquake.

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Flooding feared after storms pound central U.S.

Katie Fretland The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 6:51am

OKLAHOMA CITY — Residents and businesses from southeast Texas north through western Missouri braced for flooding Tuesday after a violent band of storms brought heavy rain, hail and at least one tornado, with more of the same forecast for the next several days.

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New weather radar better tracks violent storms

Steve Campbell Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 10:03am

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Faster and more precise storm detection radar will get its first urban test this spring in Dallas-Fort Worth, mapping weather hazards down to street levels when tornadoes, high winds or flash floods threaten.

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As storm clouds slowly recede in background, a new home under construction is shown to have sustained heavy damage from a twister which lashed Dexter Twp and the nearby town of Dexter, Mich Thursday March 15, 2012. The property is in the Copper Meadows development south of North Territorial Road. (AP Photo/Alan Ward, Daily Press & Argus)

Early tornado hits Dexter Township in Michigan

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 11:17am

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A house is destroyed by tornado damage in Dexter, Mich. Friday, March 16, 2012. Initial estimates indicate the tornado that hit Dexter, northwest of Ann Arbor, Thursday evening was packing winds of around 135 mph, National Weather Service meteorologist Steven Freitag said Friday. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Daniel Mears)

Tornado tears through Michigan city

David Jesse, Tina Lam Detroit Free Press

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 9:50am

DEXTER, Mich. -- Sandy Pollard was driving to her Dexter, Mich., home about 5:50 p.m. Thursday when she met up with an approaching tornado.

Despite the pouring rain and high winds that ripped the windshield wipers off her car, she didn't stop. All she could think about was her 17-year-old daughter, Amanda, who was home alone.

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Prep softball player struck by lightning

Contributed The Tribune (Seymour, Ind.)

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 11:27am

SEYMOUR, Ind. -- A southern Indiana high school freshman is on the mend after being struck by lightning as she and other members of a girls softball team were practicing outside Seymour High School.

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Social media sites help aid agencies, families after disasters

Deborah M. Todd Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Last updated Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 4:29pm

As a series of catastrophic storms and twisters touched down in at least 10 states the end of last month, those in the midst of the destructive weather tapped into social media sites to report the status of their neighborhoods and to try to connect with lost loved ones.

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This undated photo provided by Joe Decker Monday, March 5, 2012, shows Decker with his 36-year-old wife, Stephanie Decker. Decker told the Courier-Journal his wife lost parts of both her legs when the family's home collapsed onto her Friday in Marysville, Ind., as she was shielding their two children from a devastating tornado. The Deckers' 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter weren't injured. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Decker family)

Woman loses legs saving kids from tornado

Rick Callahan The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 11:30am

INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana woman who saved her two children by binding them together with a blanket and shielding them with her body as a tornado ripped apart their house lost parts of both her legs, which were crushed by the falling debris, her husband says.

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Family and friends arrive at the memorial service for Joseph Babcock, Moriah Brough, and their three children _ Angel, 15 months, Jaydon, 2, and Kendall, 2 months _ Monday, March 5, 2012 at Life Tabernacle church in Salem, Ind. The family was killed after a tornado ripped through the home of Joe Miller, 31, where they were taking refuge from the storm. Angel was initially found alive in a field after Friday's storm, but succumbed to her injuries on Sunday. The family was buried in two caskets in the pauper section at Crown Hill Cemetery in Salem, Ratts said. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)

Baby dropped in field by tornado buried in Indiana

Dylan T. Lovan, Tom LoBianco The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 6:53pm

SALEM, Ind. -- A 15-month-old Indiana girl who clung to life for two days after being scooped up by a tornado that killed her parents and two siblings was buried Monday in a snow-covered cemetery, a poignant end to what had seemed to be a miracle story of survival.

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Death toll from tornadoes at 39

Bruce Schreiner, Tom LoBianco The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 12:39pm

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Fifteen-month-old Angel Babcock seemed to be the miracle survivor of a deadly tornado that killed her parents and two siblings when she arrived Friday night at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Though critically injured when the twister scooped her up and deposited her in a field, Angel was opening her eyes. Hospital workers said that was a hopeful sign.

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