Tornado's en noodweer maken slachtoffers in delen USA
Storm en wind
Tornado's en noodweer maken slachtoffers in delen USA
Tornadoes, Hail, Severe Storms Forecast for Parts of Midwest, West and Mississippi Valley
Showers and thunderstorms were forecast from the Plains to the Appalachians on Wednesday as a storm system in the upper Midwest pushes eastward, while storms targeted parts of the West.
Severe weather — including damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes — was possible in the southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley, especially during the afternoon and evening.
In the West, pockets of showers and thunderstorms were forecast for the Intermountain West and Rockies. Rain could mix with snow in the northern Rockies.
Rain was expected to increase throughout the day as a storm system sagged southeast from British Columbia and a low pressure system developed in the central Great Basin. California, however, was likely to see another mild and sunny day.
Warm and sunny weather was also forecast across much of the East, although rain was expected to develop over portions of the Northeast and northern Mid-Atlantic by Wednesday night.
Showers and thunderstorms were forecast from the Plains to the Appalachians on Wednesday as a storm system in the upper Midwest pushes eastward, while storms targeted parts of the West.
Bron: FoxNews | Gewijzigd: 12 mei 2008, 14:57 uur, door Marga
Showers and thunderstorms were forecast from the Plains to the Appalachians on Wednesday as a storm system in the upper Midwest pushes eastward, while storms targeted parts of the West.
Severe weather — including damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes — was possible in the southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley, especially during the afternoon and evening.
In the West, pockets of showers and thunderstorms were forecast for the Intermountain West and Rockies. Rain could mix with snow in the northern Rockies.
Rain was expected to increase throughout the day as a storm system sagged southeast from British Columbia and a low pressure system developed in the central Great Basin. California, however, was likely to see another mild and sunny day.
Warm and sunny weather was also forecast across much of the East, although rain was expected to develop over portions of the Northeast and northern Mid-Atlantic by Wednesday night.
Showers and thunderstorms were forecast from the Plains to the Appalachians on Wednesday as a storm system in the upper Midwest pushes eastward, while storms targeted parts of the West.
Bron: FoxNews | Gewijzigd: 12 mei 2008, 14:57 uur, door Marga
Every cloud has a silver lining
Several Tornado Warnings Issued for Parts of Mississippi, Possible Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma
Several tornado warnings have been issued for the Tupelo, Miss., area, indicating tornadoes have been spotted in the region, FOX News has learned. Reports were coming in of damage on the ground Thursday. Forecasters were predicting strong tornadoes and very severe weather in the area throughout the day.
The Lee County sheriff's office said its officers had reported spotting a possible tornado moving in and out of the clouds during the morning hours, possibly containing debris. A dispatcher said the area was under a tornado warning at the time. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Meanwhile, a number of northeast Mississippi counties and portions of northwest Alabama were under a tornado watch until mid-afternoon, with the possibility of severe storms elsewhere. Areas of Mississippi, including the Jackson metropolitan area, have suffered damage in recent weeks as storm systems packing tornadoes slammed the state.
The National Weather Service in Jackson said the biggest threat in its coverage area included the possibility of large hail and damaging winds. The culprit is a cold front that advanced on the state from the west, bringing showers and thunderstorms.
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Several tornado warnings have been issued for the Tupelo, Miss., area, indicating tornadoes have been spotted in the region, FOX News has learned. Reports were coming in of damage on the ground Thursday. Forecasters were predicting strong tornadoes and very severe weather in the area throughout the day.
The Lee County sheriff's office said its officers had reported spotting a possible tornado moving in and out of the clouds during the morning hours, possibly containing debris. A dispatcher said the area was under a tornado warning at the time. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Meanwhile, a number of northeast Mississippi counties and portions of northwest Alabama were under a tornado watch until mid-afternoon, with the possibility of severe storms elsewhere. Areas of Mississippi, including the Jackson metropolitan area, have suffered damage in recent weeks as storm systems packing tornadoes slammed the state.
The National Weather Service in Jackson said the biggest threat in its coverage area included the possibility of large hail and damaging winds. The culprit is a cold front that advanced on the state from the west, bringing showers and thunderstorms.
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Tornado passes through Mississippi
A tornado swept through parts of Tupelo, Mississippi, on Thursday, damaging trees, power lines and overturning a 18-wheel truck, a law enforcement official told CNN. Just a little earlier this morning, we began to get reports of damage starting from the west side of Tupelo, said Chief Deputy John Hall of the Lee County Sheriff's Department.
Hall said the storm moved north across the city to the the Mall at Barnes Crossing. Near there, on U.S. Highway 45, an 18-wheel truck was overturned, he said.
There were no reports of injuries.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for sections of northeast Mississippi, including Itawamba, southeastern Prentiss and southern Tishomingo counties, and for counties in northwest Alabama, including western Colbert and northwestern Franklin.
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A tornado swept through parts of Tupelo, Mississippi, on Thursday, damaging trees, power lines and overturning a 18-wheel truck, a law enforcement official told CNN. Just a little earlier this morning, we began to get reports of damage starting from the west side of Tupelo, said Chief Deputy John Hall of the Lee County Sheriff's Department.
Hall said the storm moved north across the city to the the Mall at Barnes Crossing. Near there, on U.S. Highway 45, an 18-wheel truck was overturned, he said.
There were no reports of injuries.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for sections of northeast Mississippi, including Itawamba, southeastern Prentiss and southern Tishomingo counties, and for counties in northwest Alabama, including western Colbert and northwestern Franklin.
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1 dead as severe storms sweep across Southeast
Trucks blown off I-40; winds and tornadoes leave thousands without power
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A line of severe storms swept across the Southeast on Thursday, damaging homes and businesses in at least four states. One person was killed and three were injured by a tornado in North Carolina, authorities said. An apparent tornado wrecked a shopping area in Mississippi and strong winds flipped a mobile home in Alabama. In south-central Tennessee, at least four homes and a few barns were damaged. A tornado touched down late Thursday on the outskirts of Greensboro, N.C., blowing three tractor-trailers off Interstate 40, authorities said. One person was killed and two were injured in the freeway accidents, and a third was hurt when a wall collapsed. Two businesses and one house were damaged in Guilford County, said state Department of Crime Control and Public Safety spokeswoman Patty McQuillan. Two houses collapsed in Clemmons, probably because of high winds, and more than 32,000 were without power, officials said.
A woman talks on her cell phone after a tornado ripped through a resort outside of Town Creek, Alabama.
'Rain blowing sideways'
In Alabama, at least 15 school systems released students early, while others held students late as squalls passed. Winds blew a piece of metal roofing off Hamilton High School, about 90 miles northwest of Birmingham. "For 10 minutes, it was pretty good wind with lightning and thunder and rain blowing sideways," said Todd Page, who works at a car dealership in Hamilton. There were no confirmed reports of tornadoes in Alabama but winds gusting up to 60 mph flipped a mobile home, said George Grabryan, emergency management director in Lauderdale County. A house and a building in the rural county were also damaged. In Tupelo, Miss., an apparent tornado wrecked a furniture store where William Felks and Allan Jackson had to brace themselves during the storm. "Me and Allan hid behind a door, and I was holding on to his belt as tight as I could. Then in seconds it stopped," Felks told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. "It took less than a minute to mess this whole building up. Man, I was scared."
Trees toppled
A home improvement store and a farm supply retailer near Tupelo were also damaged, said Paul Harkins, Lee County's director of emergency communications. "There were power lines and trees down around it and a car was lifted off the ground and pushed into a tree," Harkins said. The same weather system struck Oklahoma a day earlier. Severe weather experts there picked through debris and damage Thursday to determine whether tornadoes touched down after severe storms moved through the state, toppling trees and knocking out power to thousands of people.
'Kaboom'
A tornado reported near the southern Oklahoma town of Paoli apparently picked up a mobile home off the ground with a woman and her son inside, said Garvin County Emergency Management Director Buck Pearson. The woman, Cindy Ward, suffered some broken toes and was bruised, but the boy was not hurt. Ward managed to get her son into an interior closet just before the storm hit the home. "There was no shaking, no rattling, no sound like a freight train," Ward told the Pauls Valley Daily Democrat. "It wasn't a calm before the storm. It just pickled it up and slammed it down. The only noise we heard was 'kaboom' when the house landed."
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Trucks blown off I-40; winds and tornadoes leave thousands without power
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A line of severe storms swept across the Southeast on Thursday, damaging homes and businesses in at least four states. One person was killed and three were injured by a tornado in North Carolina, authorities said. An apparent tornado wrecked a shopping area in Mississippi and strong winds flipped a mobile home in Alabama. In south-central Tennessee, at least four homes and a few barns were damaged. A tornado touched down late Thursday on the outskirts of Greensboro, N.C., blowing three tractor-trailers off Interstate 40, authorities said. One person was killed and two were injured in the freeway accidents, and a third was hurt when a wall collapsed. Two businesses and one house were damaged in Guilford County, said state Department of Crime Control and Public Safety spokeswoman Patty McQuillan. Two houses collapsed in Clemmons, probably because of high winds, and more than 32,000 were without power, officials said.
A woman talks on her cell phone after a tornado ripped through a resort outside of Town Creek, Alabama.
'Rain blowing sideways'
In Alabama, at least 15 school systems released students early, while others held students late as squalls passed. Winds blew a piece of metal roofing off Hamilton High School, about 90 miles northwest of Birmingham. "For 10 minutes, it was pretty good wind with lightning and thunder and rain blowing sideways," said Todd Page, who works at a car dealership in Hamilton. There were no confirmed reports of tornadoes in Alabama but winds gusting up to 60 mph flipped a mobile home, said George Grabryan, emergency management director in Lauderdale County. A house and a building in the rural county were also damaged. In Tupelo, Miss., an apparent tornado wrecked a furniture store where William Felks and Allan Jackson had to brace themselves during the storm. "Me and Allan hid behind a door, and I was holding on to his belt as tight as I could. Then in seconds it stopped," Felks told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. "It took less than a minute to mess this whole building up. Man, I was scared."
Trees toppled
A home improvement store and a farm supply retailer near Tupelo were also damaged, said Paul Harkins, Lee County's director of emergency communications. "There were power lines and trees down around it and a car was lifted off the ground and pushed into a tree," Harkins said. The same weather system struck Oklahoma a day earlier. Severe weather experts there picked through debris and damage Thursday to determine whether tornadoes touched down after severe storms moved through the state, toppling trees and knocking out power to thousands of people.
'Kaboom'
A tornado reported near the southern Oklahoma town of Paoli apparently picked up a mobile home off the ground with a woman and her son inside, said Garvin County Emergency Management Director Buck Pearson. The woman, Cindy Ward, suffered some broken toes and was bruised, but the boy was not hurt. Ward managed to get her son into an interior closet just before the storm hit the home. "There was no shaking, no rattling, no sound like a freight train," Ward told the Pauls Valley Daily Democrat. "It wasn't a calm before the storm. It just pickled it up and slammed it down. The only noise we heard was 'kaboom' when the house landed."
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Every cloud has a silver lining
Deadly Tornado Blows Vehicles Off N.C. Highway as Storms Rake Four States
Authorities were waiting for daylight early Friday so they could begin assessing the damage from a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina. What law enforcement officers said was a tornado touched down on the outskirts of Greensboro late Thursday as severe storms swept across the Southeast, damaging homes and businesses in at least three other states.
A tornado damaged Building D at the Tupelo Furniture Markets Mississippi Complex.
An apparent tornado also wrecked a shopping area in Mississippi and strong winds flipped a mobile home in Alabama. In south-central Tennessee, at least four homes and a few barns were damaged. The person killed was in a small truck that overturned in a parking lot in a parking lot west of Greensboro, said Alan Perdue, emergency services director for Guilford County. He did not have other details.
The storm also knocked down a wall at a distributing business, sending one person to the hospital, Perdue said. Two others were hurt while in vehicles, but Perdue said he did not know what happened. None of the injuries were considered life threatening. The Winston-Salem Journal quoted the North Carolina Highway Patrol as saying the storm blew three tractor-trailers off Interstate 40.
Numerous trees and power lines were down and there were some trees on houses, Perdue said. We won't really know until we get daylight to get into the high impact areas to know if we have any other injuries or fatalities, he said. In Alabama, at least 15 school systems released students early, while others held students late as squalls passed. Winds blew a piece of metal roofing off Hamilton High School, about 90 miles northwest of Birmingham.
For 10 minutes, it was pretty good wind with lightning and thunder and rain blowing sideways, said Todd Page, who works at a car dealership in Hamilton.There were no confirmed reports of tornadoes in Alabama but winds gusting up to 60 mph flipped a mobile home, said George Grabryan, emergency management director in Lauderdale County. A house and a building in the rural county were also damaged.
In Tupelo, Miss., an apparent tornado wrecked a furniture store where William Felks and Allan Jackson had to brace themselves during the storm. Me and Allan hid behind a door, and I was holding on to his belt as tight as I could. Then in seconds it stopped, Felks told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. It took less than a minute to mess this whole building up. Man, I was scared.
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Authorities were waiting for daylight early Friday so they could begin assessing the damage from a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina. What law enforcement officers said was a tornado touched down on the outskirts of Greensboro late Thursday as severe storms swept across the Southeast, damaging homes and businesses in at least three other states.
A tornado damaged Building D at the Tupelo Furniture Markets Mississippi Complex.
An apparent tornado also wrecked a shopping area in Mississippi and strong winds flipped a mobile home in Alabama. In south-central Tennessee, at least four homes and a few barns were damaged. The person killed was in a small truck that overturned in a parking lot in a parking lot west of Greensboro, said Alan Perdue, emergency services director for Guilford County. He did not have other details.
The storm also knocked down a wall at a distributing business, sending one person to the hospital, Perdue said. Two others were hurt while in vehicles, but Perdue said he did not know what happened. None of the injuries were considered life threatening. The Winston-Salem Journal quoted the North Carolina Highway Patrol as saying the storm blew three tractor-trailers off Interstate 40.
Numerous trees and power lines were down and there were some trees on houses, Perdue said. We won't really know until we get daylight to get into the high impact areas to know if we have any other injuries or fatalities, he said. In Alabama, at least 15 school systems released students early, while others held students late as squalls passed. Winds blew a piece of metal roofing off Hamilton High School, about 90 miles northwest of Birmingham.
For 10 minutes, it was pretty good wind with lightning and thunder and rain blowing sideways, said Todd Page, who works at a car dealership in Hamilton.There were no confirmed reports of tornadoes in Alabama but winds gusting up to 60 mph flipped a mobile home, said George Grabryan, emergency management director in Lauderdale County. A house and a building in the rural county were also damaged.
In Tupelo, Miss., an apparent tornado wrecked a furniture store where William Felks and Allan Jackson had to brace themselves during the storm. Me and Allan hid behind a door, and I was holding on to his belt as tight as I could. Then in seconds it stopped, Felks told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. It took less than a minute to mess this whole building up. Man, I was scared.
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At least 18 said dead in Missouri, Oklahoma tornadoes
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed on Saturday in Missouri and Oklahoma after tornadoes swept through the area, authorities in the two states said. There were at least 12 storm-related deaths in Missouri, 10 of those in Newton County on the border with Oklahoma, according to Susie Stonner of the Missouri Emergency Management Agency. "There's a lot of wreckage and overturned vehicles," she said, adding police had not ruled out finding more victims.
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Firefighters search an overturned car in Seneca, Mo. following a tornado Saturday May 10, 2008. (AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Roger Nomer)
Hardest hit was Racine, a tiny community in Newton County about 170 miles south of Kansas City. Six people were also killed in the small northeastern Oklahoma town of Picher, officials said. "Basically a 24-block area is virtually destroyed," said Michelann Ooten, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. She added that Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry had ordered National Guard troops to arrive in Picher by Sunday morning to help in rescue and recovery operations.
Local television footage from Picher showed widespread devastation. Homes were ripped from their foundations, trees were stripped of leaves and sheet metal was twisted like paper. Ooten said search efforts for missing people in Picher were shutting down as it was unsafe for rescuers to move through the rubble at night even with mobile floodlights. "You need day break," she said. "That'll be the real story." Fifty people have been treated for injuries ranging from head trauma to lacerations and broken bones, said Jennifer Hessee, spokeswoman for the Integris Baptist Regional Health Center in Miami, Oklahoma, 15 miles from Picher. "I've never seen anything like this," Hessee said. "We went into disaster mode and called in all of our staff. It's slowed down. Hopefully the worst has come in. It'll make for a sad Mother's Day for a lot of people." Picher is at the center of a massive federal clean-up of pollution from lead and zinc mining. Residents were being assisted with relocation from the community after high levels of lead were found in groundwater.
MANY HOMES DESTROYED
In Missouri, Howard Birdsong, the mayor of Neosho, a town of 11,500 that is the Newton County seat, said at least two of the deaths came when a tornado overturned a vehicle. It appeared the twister carved a 15-mile (25-km) path just north of town after striking neighboring Oklahoma. In some areas, the destruction is a half-mile wide, he said. "There's an awful lot of property damage," Birdsong said by telephone. "From what I've seen many homes have been destroyed, some businesses, and some cars have been overturned, uprooted trees and power outages ... There are several dozen injured."
In Barry County, a person was killed in Purdy, where several trailer homes, a church and other residences were damaged, the National Weather Service said.
A tree collapsed a trailer home in Carthage, in Jasper County, killing one person, it said.
In all, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, recorded 34 tornado reports in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, though some were multiple reports about the same twister or twisters. The National Weather Service in Springfield, Missouri, said it would send out assessment teams on Sunday morning to determine the scope of the damage, and figure out the number and paths of the tornadoes.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed on Saturday in Missouri and Oklahoma after tornadoes swept through the area, authorities in the two states said. There were at least 12 storm-related deaths in Missouri, 10 of those in Newton County on the border with Oklahoma, according to Susie Stonner of the Missouri Emergency Management Agency. "There's a lot of wreckage and overturned vehicles," she said, adding police had not ruled out finding more victims.
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Firefighters search an overturned car in Seneca, Mo. following a tornado Saturday May 10, 2008. (AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Roger Nomer)
Hardest hit was Racine, a tiny community in Newton County about 170 miles south of Kansas City. Six people were also killed in the small northeastern Oklahoma town of Picher, officials said. "Basically a 24-block area is virtually destroyed," said Michelann Ooten, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. She added that Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry had ordered National Guard troops to arrive in Picher by Sunday morning to help in rescue and recovery operations.
Local television footage from Picher showed widespread devastation. Homes were ripped from their foundations, trees were stripped of leaves and sheet metal was twisted like paper. Ooten said search efforts for missing people in Picher were shutting down as it was unsafe for rescuers to move through the rubble at night even with mobile floodlights. "You need day break," she said. "That'll be the real story." Fifty people have been treated for injuries ranging from head trauma to lacerations and broken bones, said Jennifer Hessee, spokeswoman for the Integris Baptist Regional Health Center in Miami, Oklahoma, 15 miles from Picher. "I've never seen anything like this," Hessee said. "We went into disaster mode and called in all of our staff. It's slowed down. Hopefully the worst has come in. It'll make for a sad Mother's Day for a lot of people." Picher is at the center of a massive federal clean-up of pollution from lead and zinc mining. Residents were being assisted with relocation from the community after high levels of lead were found in groundwater.
MANY HOMES DESTROYED
In Missouri, Howard Birdsong, the mayor of Neosho, a town of 11,500 that is the Newton County seat, said at least two of the deaths came when a tornado overturned a vehicle. It appeared the twister carved a 15-mile (25-km) path just north of town after striking neighboring Oklahoma. In some areas, the destruction is a half-mile wide, he said. "There's an awful lot of property damage," Birdsong said by telephone. "From what I've seen many homes have been destroyed, some businesses, and some cars have been overturned, uprooted trees and power outages ... There are several dozen injured."
In Barry County, a person was killed in Purdy, where several trailer homes, a church and other residences were damaged, the National Weather Service said.
A tree collapsed a trailer home in Carthage, in Jasper County, killing one person, it said.
In all, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, recorded 34 tornado reports in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, though some were multiple reports about the same twister or twisters. The National Weather Service in Springfield, Missouri, said it would send out assessment teams on Sunday morning to determine the scope of the damage, and figure out the number and paths of the tornadoes.
Bron: Reuters | Gewijzigd: 11 mei 2008, 08:47 uur, door Marga
Every cloud has a silver lining
Zwerm tornado's zaait dood en vernieling in Mid West
Een reeks tornado's hebben zaterdag in het middenwesten van de Verenigde Staten ten minste zestien mensen het leven gekost. De wervelstormen en ander noodweer richtten in de staten Oklahoma en Missouri plaatselijk grote schade aan.
Een zwerm tornado's doodde in Missouri tien mensen. De politie sloot er ondermeer een snelweg doordat brokstukken op het wegdek waren gewaaid. In Oklahoma kwamen in het stadje Picher zes mensen om het leven. Ten minste 150 woningen raakten zwaarbeschadigd.
Hagel als golfballen
De stormen gingen gepaard met hagelstenen ter grootte van golfballen. Harde windstoten beschadigden stroomdraden, ontwortelden bomen en bliezen vrachtwagens omver, aldus de nationale weerdienst. De storm trekt verder naar het oosten, waar zich in staten als Mississippi en Tennessee nog meer tornado's kunnen voordoen.
Twisters
Jaarlijks komen in de Verenigde Staten honderden tornado's voor, met name in het middenwesten. De 'twisters', die vaak gepaard gaan met onweersbuien, duiken vooral op in het voorjaar.
In februari vielen door tornado's meer dan vijftig doden op Super Tuesday, de dag waarop in een reeks Amerikaanse staten voorverkiezingen werden gehouden voor het presidentschap.
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Een reeks tornado's hebben zaterdag in het middenwesten van de Verenigde Staten ten minste zestien mensen het leven gekost. De wervelstormen en ander noodweer richtten in de staten Oklahoma en Missouri plaatselijk grote schade aan.
Een zwerm tornado's doodde in Missouri tien mensen. De politie sloot er ondermeer een snelweg doordat brokstukken op het wegdek waren gewaaid. In Oklahoma kwamen in het stadje Picher zes mensen om het leven. Ten minste 150 woningen raakten zwaarbeschadigd.
Hagel als golfballen
De stormen gingen gepaard met hagelstenen ter grootte van golfballen. Harde windstoten beschadigden stroomdraden, ontwortelden bomen en bliezen vrachtwagens omver, aldus de nationale weerdienst. De storm trekt verder naar het oosten, waar zich in staten als Mississippi en Tennessee nog meer tornado's kunnen voordoen.
Twisters
Jaarlijks komen in de Verenigde Staten honderden tornado's voor, met name in het middenwesten. De 'twisters', die vaak gepaard gaan met onweersbuien, duiken vooral op in het voorjaar.
In februari vielen door tornado's meer dan vijftig doden op Super Tuesday, de dag waarop in een reeks Amerikaanse staten voorverkiezingen werden gehouden voor het presidentschap.
©Hln | Gewijzigd: 1 februari 2017, 16:09 uur, door Joyce.s
Tornadoes and severe storms swept across the central part of the United States on Saturday causing destruction and killing at least 18 people.
The area worst hit is near the state border between Missouri and Oklahoma.
At least six people died when a tornado flattened parts of the mining town of Picher in north-eastern Oklahoma.
Authorities in Picher said a 24-street area of the town had been "virtually destroyed".
Officials have warned that the death toll could climb as rescuers sift through the rubble looking for survivors.
Bron: BBC | Gewijzigd: 1 februari 2017, 16:10 uur, door Joyce.s
Every cloud has a silver lining
Tornadoes' Deadly Trail
A swarm of three dozen tornadoes tore across the south.
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Tornado Winds Flip Cars
Security camera footage of an Alabama parking lot.
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Tornado Sends School Bus Flying
A twister strikes a Mississippi school, turning a bus into a roof ornament.
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Deadly tornadoes hit U.S.
May 11. - National Guard troops move in to help after a series of twisters sweeps across the Midwest. At least 18 people have been killed in the massive storms that have left a trail of devastation in their wake across Missouri and Oklahoma. Paul Chapman (Reuters) reports.
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A swarm of three dozen tornadoes tore across the south.
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Tornado Winds Flip Cars
Security camera footage of an Alabama parking lot.
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Tornado Sends School Bus Flying
A twister strikes a Mississippi school, turning a bus into a roof ornament.
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Deadly tornadoes hit U.S.
May 11. - National Guard troops move in to help after a series of twisters sweeps across the Midwest. At least 18 people have been killed in the massive storms that have left a trail of devastation in their wake across Missouri and Oklahoma. Paul Chapman (Reuters) reports.
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More Storms Hit Tornado-Ravaged States Amid Cleanup Effort
SENECA, Mo. — Another round of storms moved Tuesday into tornado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other states where residents are still picking up from the weekend's killer twisters. The National Weather Service said conditions could be similar to those that spun funnel clouds and killed 27 people Saturday and Sunday in the Plains and the Southeast. A tornado warning was issued for southern Shelby County in northeast Missouri on Tuesday after one was spotted there. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Even if the latest storms aren't particularly violent, they'll make for a soggy cleanup in towns such as Picher, Okla., where Tressie Gilmore and four family members emerged from a pile of debris that used to be their house Saturday evening, shaken but with nothing worse than bruised ribs. More....
May 12: Heath White cleans up tornado debris from the home of his aunt, Sue Sigle, in Picher, Okla.
May 10: Linda Staebler of Joplin, Mo., pulls a metal cross from the wreckage of her niece's home near Racine, Mo.
May 10: Glenn Waggoner surveys a hole torn into the roof of the Pinecrest Private School by a severe storm in Bentonville, Ark.
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SENECA, Mo. — Another round of storms moved Tuesday into tornado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other states where residents are still picking up from the weekend's killer twisters. The National Weather Service said conditions could be similar to those that spun funnel clouds and killed 27 people Saturday and Sunday in the Plains and the Southeast. A tornado warning was issued for southern Shelby County in northeast Missouri on Tuesday after one was spotted there. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Even if the latest storms aren't particularly violent, they'll make for a soggy cleanup in towns such as Picher, Okla., where Tressie Gilmore and four family members emerged from a pile of debris that used to be their house Saturday evening, shaken but with nothing worse than bruised ribs. More....
May 12: Heath White cleans up tornado debris from the home of his aunt, Sue Sigle, in Picher, Okla.
May 10: Linda Staebler of Joplin, Mo., pulls a metal cross from the wreckage of her niece's home near Racine, Mo.
May 10: Glenn Waggoner surveys a hole torn into the roof of the Pinecrest Private School by a severe storm in Bentonville, Ark.
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Every cloud has a silver lining
