Tornadoes

Charlie Higginbotham, Sr., walks away from the remains of his convenience store in Shuqualak, Miss., Thursday, April 11, 2013, after it was hit by a tornado. Higginbotham, 90, built the store in 1958 for his wife to run in the rural east Mississippi community and later it was turned into an apartment for family. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Storms unleash deadly tornadoes

 

SHUQUALAK, Miss. -- A powerful spring storm unleashed tornadoes, hail and high winds as it swept through the Midwest into the Deep South, leaving three people dead and thousands without power before heading for the Carolinas early Friday.

Will Carter, 15, surveys the damage to his house upon arriving home from school following a tornado, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Adairsville, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Massive storm unleashes tornadoes in South; 2 dead

 

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. -- Kandi Cash trudged in rain through the splintered debris of her grandparents' home, hoping to salvage photos and other keepsakes after violent storms raked the Southeast, leaving two people dead before the vast storm front moved on to pummel the East Coast.

A house in the Midtown section of Mobile, Ala. is damaged after a tornado touched down Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. A Christmas Day twister outbreak left damage across the Deep South while holiday travelers in the nation's much colder midsection battled sometimes treacherous driving conditions from freezing rain and blizzard conditions. (AP Photo/AL.com, Mike Kittrell)

Storm systems ravage South with twisters, East with snow

MOBILE, Ala. — An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation’s midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South began punching its way toward the Northeast on Wednesday, slowing holiday travel.

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

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.

Juan Ventura Sr., smiles after discovering the portrait of his two-year-old grandson Adrian Ventura in the tornado damaged home of Ventura's son Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in Forney, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas residents start to rebuild after tornadoes

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Amid preliminary estimates that an EF-2 tornado might have touched down in southwest Arlington on Tuesday, city officials Wednesday switched to recovery mode, allowing homeowners back into devastated neighborhoods, setting up a help center, and warning residents about shady contractors.

An estimated 428 homes were damaged when winds estimated at 135 mph roared through shortly after lunch, officials said.

Tornadoes hammer central Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas — A powerful spring storm swept suddenly into the Dallas-Fort Worth area shortly after lunch on Tuesday, spawning reported tornadoes in Arlington and Kennedale, parts of Johnson County, and in Lancaster and Mesquite in Dallas County.

Television footage showed residential and commercial damage in southwest Arlington and Lancaster, and large hail fell throughout Arlington and then moved through Northeast Tarrant County.

NEXRAD Radar at the WSR-88D Radar Operations Center

New weather radar better tracks violent storms

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.

Social media sites help aid agencies, families after disasters

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Death toll from tornadoes at 39

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.

Jessie Sexton, a volunteer, helps rummage through the remains of a home after a tornado in Henryville, Ind., on Sunday. (AP Photo/Lincoln Journal Star, Brynn Anderson)

Baby found in field after tornadoes dies

LOUISVILLE, Ky.  — An Indiana toddler found in a field after violent tornadoes died Sunday after being taken off life support, ending a hopeful tale for survivors in the Midwest and South picking through the storms’ devastation.

Stories of survival emerge from tornado victims

EAST BERNSTADT, Ky. -- The stories from tornado survivors across the South and Midwest were remarkable: schoolchildren took cover under desks, people hunkered down in a church basement or hid out in a bank vault. One family even piled on top of one another for protection.

One of the most remarkable survivors was a toddler found alone in a field near her Indiana home. Her four immediate family members were among at least 36 people killed by tornadoes that scarred communities scattered across hundreds of miles of the nation's midsection from Alabama to Indiana.

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