Tornado
Tornadoes didn't stop Kansas couple from marrying
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In the plains of central Kansas, tornadoes are so unremarkable that guests barely flinched as a barrel-racing bride wed her bull-riding groom with a twister dropping from the sky just miles away.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World
Gawkers jump into storm chasers' ranks
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Given life-threatening wind, hail, lightning and flying debris, chasing tornadoes would seem harrowing enough.Now add to that what many agree is a new and growing danger on the edge of the violent vortexes: people -- hundreds and hundreds of regular people.
Date: 04/22/2012 | Nation & World
Residents dig out after tornadoes hit Midwest
WOODWARD, Okla. — The television was tuned to forecasters' dire warnings of an impending storm when Greg Tomlyanobich heard a short burst from a tornado siren blare after midnight Sunday. Then silence. Then rumbling.
Date: 04/15/2012 | Nation & World
'Life threatening' storm sparks Midwest tornadoes
OMAHA, Neb. — More than a dozen possible tornadoes were reported Saturday as forecasters warned residents across the nation's midsection to brace for "life-threatening" weather.
Date: 04/13/2012 | Nation & World
Edmonds church members aid relief efforts in Kentucky
EDMONDS -- Grace Bowen has grown up watching her mother, Cindi Bowen, a pastor and chaplain, prepare for disaster-relief trips, from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to the tornadoes that ripped through Tuscaloosa, Ala., last spring.This time, Grace Bowen, 13, gets to go, too.
Date: 04/13/2012 | Local News
No deaths after tornadoes hammer Dallas area
ARLINGTON, Texas — The tornado hurtled toward the nursing home. Physical therapist Patti Gilroy said she saw the swirling mass barreling down through the back door, after she herded patients into the hallway in the order trained: walkers, wheelchairs, then beds.
Date: 04/04/2012 | Nation & World
Storms demolish Indiana, Kentucky towns; 38 dead
WEST LIBERTY, Ky. -- Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung into buildings and communications crippled after dozens of tornadoes chainsawed through a region of millions, leveling small towns along the way.
Date: 03/04/2012 | Nation & World
More violent weather ahead for damaged communities
HARRISBURG, Ill. — Crews cleared splintered plywood and smashed appliances from small-town neighborhoods Thursday, a day after tornadoes killed 13 people in the Midwest and South. But the forecast held a menacing possibility: More twisters may be coming, and they could be even...
Date: 02/29/2012 | Nation & World
Ore. town still recovering a year after tornado hit
AUMSVILLE, Ore. -- A year after a tornado with winds of up to 120 mph ripped through the Willamette Valley town of Aumsville, residents say the town is recovering but there's still work to do.
Date: 12/14/2011 | Northwest
U.S. had a dozen expensive weather disasters in 2011
HARTFORD, Conn. -- The United States had a dozen weather disasters that caused at least $1 billion in damages in 2011, the greatest frequency of severe weather that caused costly losses in more than 30 years of federal government tracking.
Date: 12/08/2011 | Nation & World
Here’s your checklist for preparing before disaster strikes
Preparation is key to being able to handle the impact of your house being damaged or destroyed.But the decisions you make after such an event can make the difference between a quick recovery or an extended rebuilding process.
Date: 06/26/2011 | Business
Massachusetts digs out after deadly tornadoes
MONSON, Mass. — The sight of flattened homes, peeled-off roofs and the toppled steeple of a 140-year-old church stunned New Englanders after deadly tornadoes swept through Massachusetts, striking an area of the country that rarely sees such severe twisters.
Date: 06/03/2011 | Nation & World
Massachusetts digs out after tornadoes kill 3, hurt 200
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Rev. Bob Marrone was pained to see the steeple of his 137-year-old church shattered and strewn on the grass in the central Massachusetts town of Monson, yet he knows he's more fortunate than some of his neighbors who lost their homes after tornadoes tore through the...
Date: 06/02/2011 | Nation & World
Killer tornadoes hit Massachusetts
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Rev. Bob Marrone was pained to see the steeple of his 137-year-old church shattered and strewn on the grass in the central Massachusetts town of Monson, yet he knows he's more fortunate than some of his neighbors who lost their homes after tornadoes tore through the...
Date: 06/02/2011 | Nation & World
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