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In TV Crews Hunt for Twisters, More Than They Bargained For
JOPLIN, Mo. -- The crew of The Great Tornado Hunt, a show about storm chasers on The Weather Channel, had been suffering through a calm spell for the projects first two weeks. We had chased Thursday, Friday, Saturday -- it had been pretty quiet, said Greg Forbes, the channels tornado forecasting expert, who was with the seven-member crew - By BRIAN STELTER and NOAM COHEN; Brian Stelter reported from Joplin and Noam Cohen from New York.
Tornadoes of 2011 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This page documents the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 2011. Extremely destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the U.S., Bangladesh and Eastern India, but ...
TORNADOS | Define TORNADOS at Dictionary.com
noun, plural -does, -dos. 1. a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel ...
Tornadoes in Midwest, South kill over 30 people
HENRYVILLE, Ind. -- A string of violent storms from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes demolished small towns and cut off rural communities as an early season tornado outbreak killed more than 30 people, and the death toll rose as daylight broke ...
TORNADOS Threaten U. S., But Are Bigger on Mars and Gigantic on ...
The deadly Tornados prowling the Midwest and South are one of the planet's most powerful type of storm. But Tornados are far larger on Mars and so gigantic on the Sun that a dozen Earths could stack inside them (video ...
Tornado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base ...
Housing Starts Are Higher, But Analysts Are Cautious
The pace of new construction of private homes in the United States last month was the highest since January, according to government figures released on Tuesday. Economists, however, warned that the sector had still not stabilized for a full recovery. Builders broke ground at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 629,000 units in June, a rise of - By CHRISTINE HAUSER
New Law in Massachusetts Allows for Three Casinos
BRIMFIELD, Mass. — Spurred on by a gambling law so new that the agency charged with enforcing it does not yet exist, developers are scouring this state for places to build casinos — looking in cities and on the coast, off the Massachusetts Turnpike, by the stadium where the New England Patriots play, and even in little towns like this - By ABBY GOODNOUGH
Popular Demand
The top category of apps last year was weather, surpassing navigation tools, finance, sports and games. Its no surprise, given extreme events around the world like Japans tsunami, floods in Thailand, above, and a 50-year drought in East Africa. Closer to home there were the deadly onslaught of 200 Tornados in April and extensive East Coast floods - Popular Demand column features chart of the top paid weather apps for 2011. Photo (S) - By SHELLY FREIERMAN
In Virginia, Big Uranium Deposit, and Big Debate on Wisdom of Mining It
CHATHAM, Va. -- Atop Coles Hill, a crown of oak trees encircle an old plantation house from which generations of Coles have looked down gently sloping lawns to fields that once grew tobacco. Today, enormous uranium deposits below the estates rolling hills and pastures have set off a bitter fight over mining in this community 30 miles north of the - Long-awaited safety report on uranium mining is expected to rekindle the debate in Chatham, Va, over what to do about the enormous uranium deposits that exist underneath the community and whether to keep in place a moratorium on uranium mining that has been in place since 1982; a proposal to build a mine is expected to be one of the most contentious issue for the state legislature in 2012, thrusting Virginia into a national debate over energy security, nuclear power and the environment. Map, Photos (M) - By THEO EMERY
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Our quirky, discerning picks for the most interesting things to do around the state this week. SAN ANTONIO Melting Pot Never let it be said that Little Joe of Little Joe y La Familia, the Tejano band from Temple that provided a soundtrack to the Chicano movement of the 1960s, lacks a sense of humor. He is currently in El Paso filming La Pinche - Michael Hoinski writes for texasmonthly.com, where a version of this column appears. mhoinski@texasmonthly.com - By MICHAEL HOINSKI
Second Wave Of TORNADOS Ravages Central US | TPM News
(AFP) — A second wave of Tornados tore across the central United States Friday leaving a trail of damage as residents were recovering from a string of twisters that killed 13 people earlier in the week.
Apparent tornadoes hit southern Kenton Co.
Tornadoes tore through Northern Kentucky Friday afternoon leaving devastation in Crittenden and southern Kenton County. Hardest hit was the Harvesters subdivision in Crittenden and the Piner area in Kenton County. At least three people died in ...
Tornadoes - National Hurricane Center
Hurricanes can also produce tornadoes that add to the storms destructive power. Tornadoes are most likely to occur in the right-front quadrant of the hurricane.
Multiple tornadoes hitting Southern Indiana twice and Kentucky with ...
Writing from Greenville, IN this reporter could see both tornadoes that touched down and tracked from Palmyra, IN into Pekin, then on to Henryville, as well as into Madison then beyond.
The Morning Ticker: TORNADOS, Abrams, Rodriguez… - TVNewser
Ashleigh Banfield and Soledad O'Brien will be hosting their CNN morning shows from tornado-ravaged Harrisburg, IL this morning. CNN's Don Lemon as well as four other correspondents and meteorologists are in the ...
Tornadoes death toll mounts; rescue efforts underway
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A series of tornadoes that cut a swath of death and destruction across at least 10 states left stunned residents digging through rubble Saturday, looking for survivors and bodies. The death toll stood at 37 on Saturday ...
TORNADOS tear through the Midwest | Cincinnati Breaking News
Friday afternoon and evening Tornados tore through the Midwest, including the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky regions. This Storify post shows tweets and photos from across the Midwest affected by the storms. [View the ...
Tornadoes kill dozens in Southern Indiana, Kentucky
The Associated Press has updated the death toll to 28 persons killed across the region by Fridays storms. The region’s deadliest outbreak of tornadoes in nearly 40 years carved a path of destruction through Indiana and Kentucky on Friday ...
Tornadoes and Storms Tear Through South; at Least 292 Dead ...
Apr 28, 2011 ... A Deadly tornado went through the area Wednesday. ... NOAA said it was the worst tornado outbreak since 1974, when storms killed 315 ...
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Tornadoes
Tornadoes. Information on tornadoes and other severe weather may now be found at the NOAAWatch Severe Weather theme page.
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Tornadoes What is a tornado? A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes are capable of ...
Six dead, one town 'gone' as TORNADOS rip central US « America On ...
At least six people were killed and one small town was “gone” as more than six dozen Tornados tore across the central United States on Friday. Five other deaths were reported, but have not yet been officially confirmed.
Tornadoes....Nature's Most Violent Storms
Colorado Tornado (David Blanchard) ... This type of tornado is most common along the front range of the Rocky Mountains, the Plains, and the Western States.
Tornadoes Slow, With Destruction In Their Wake
As night approached, the death toll rose in areas affected by extreme weather in the Midwest and the South. Towns have been wrecked and the number of people missing is unclear. The Associated Press reports that at least 28 people have been ...
Tornado - YouTube
Jun 26, 2007 ... Derek and I going to Alberta, a tornado appeared RIGHT in front of us... No zoom was used Manitoba Canada **UPDATE** bigpowerfulpeople ...
Tornadoes havoc widespread
Powerful storms stretched from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes on Friday as the system tore roofs off schools and homes, flattened a fire station, flipped over tractor-trailer trucks and damaged a maximum security prison. At least 24 people ...
Dozens die as TORNADOS hit United States | Sturvs
No fewer than 31 people have died in the United States after dozens of tornadoes tore through nine states. Fourteen people were killed in southern Indiana,
Visiting Joplin, Obama Offers Familiar Message of Comfort
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A week ago the Missouri Southern State University campus here was rich with celebration and smiles as the graduating seniors of the public high school paraded across stage to grasp their diplomas. Within hours, a third of the town was destroyed -- including Joplin High School -- and scores of residents were dead, at least one of the - By A. G. SULZBERGER; Arthur Sulzberger reported from Joplin, Mo., and Dan Bilefsky from Manhattan.
Tornado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tornadoes in the dissipating stage can resemble narrow tubes or ropes, and often curl or twist into complex shapes. These tornadoes are said to be "roping out", or ...
Record Snowpacks Could Pose Threat To Western States
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. -- For all the attention on epic flooding in the Mississippi Valley, a quiet threat has been growing here in the West where winter snows have piled up on mountain ranges throughout the region. Thanks to a blizzard-filled winter and an unusually cold and wet spring, more than 90 measuring sites from Montana to New Mexico and - By KIRK JOHNSON and JESSE McKINLEY; Kirk Johnson reported from Steamboat Springs, Colo., and Jesse McKinley from Twitchell Island, Calif.
Death toll from tornadoes rises to 36
(RNN) – People searched for survivors and assessed damage Saturday following tornadoes in the southeast and Midwest that killed at least 36 people. The severe storms began Friday morning and caused deaths in Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.
Tornadoes - Science - The New York Times
Find articles and multimedia about tornadoes from The New York Times.
The Tornado Project Online!
New! With the help of a top expert in the field, Dr. Bill McCaul, we have developed the most thoroughly researched lists of tornadoes spawned by hurricanes and ...
HowStuffWorks "How Tornadoes Work"
Tornadoes leave destruction in their wake. Learn why tornadoes rotate, how experts rate tornadoes and view pictures of damage caused by tornadoes.
Tornadoes....Natures Most Violent Storms
Although tornadoes occur in many parts of the world, these destructive forces of nature are found most frequently in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains ...
The Tornado Project Online!
The Tornado Project is a small company that researches, compiles and makes tornado information available to tornado and severe weather enthusiasts, the ...
Tornadoes | Ready.gov
A tornado appears as a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that extends from a ... Before a tornado hits, the wind may die down and the air may become very still.
Tornadoes
Tornadoes are vertical funnels of rapidly spinning air. Their winds may top 250 miles (400 kilometers) an hour and can clear-cut a pathway a mile (1.6 kilometers ...
Early tornadoes not predictors for future twisters
When a powerful jet stream bringing in cold northern air collided with a large mass of warm, moist air from the south, the conditions were right for the tornadoes that have left at least 45 dead this week. Two powerful storm systems in the ...
TORNADOS Snack Food - A Whirlwind of Flavor!
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US tornadoes leave 27 dead, destroy town
Trucks and trees were tossed aside like playthings on Friday as deadly funnel clouds descended on five states. The images were surreal: a school bus smashed through the wall of a house, trucks thrown into lakes, solid brick homes reduced to ...
Tornadoes again rake Midwest, South; 27 dead
A wave of tornadoes — the second this week across the nations midsection — swept through parts of the South and Midwest on Friday, leveling most of two southern Indiana towns and killing at least 27 people in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.
Tornadoes investigated in Cookeville, yet most of TN spared
JACKSON COUNTY -- As families evaluated storm-damaged homes in this unincorporated community just north of Cookeville, many recounted what appears to have been a destructive tornado that ravaged homes in less than three minutes. Scores of homes ...
Friday tornadoes claim more than 30 lives, including three in southern Ohio
HENRYVILLE, Ind. -- A string of violent storms demolished small towns in Indiana and cut off rural communities in Kentucky as an early season tornado outbreak killed more than 30 people, and the death toll rose as daylight broke on Saturdays ...
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Tornadoes reported in Alabama as severe weather system continues
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Apparent tornadoes destroyed houses, sent people to hospitals and tore up the roof of a maximum security prison in northern Alabama as bad weather threatened more twisters across the region Friday, two days after a ...
TORNADOES: Images of 32 different shapes, sizes and colors
The Wedge Tornado. Typical "wedge tornado" is straight on the sides not funnel shaped and has a wide damage path. Its usually as wide, or wider than it is tall.
TORNADOS Hit South, Twitter Reacts | WebProNews
Severe weather has been occurring across the midwestern and southern U.S. today, with Tornados so far touching down in Alabama and Tennessee. The weather Channel has stated that the greatest threat is in Kentucky and Tennessee.
WEATHER: Tornadoes death toll mounts; rescue efforts underway
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A series of tornadoes that cut a swath of death and destruction across at least 10 states left stunned residents digging through rubble Saturday, looking for survivors and bodies. The death toll stood at 31 early Saturday ...
OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Earth Is Full
You really do have to wonder whether a few years from now well look back at the first decade of the 21st century -- when food prices spiked, energy prices soared, world population surged, Tornados plowed through cities, floods and droughts set records, populations were displaced and governments were threatened by the confluence of it all -- and - Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column contends that populations and governments are still in denial about severity of climate crisis and just how big a response is going to be needed (M) - By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Tornadoes kill at least 28
INDIANAPOLIS, March 3 (UPI) -- The deadly tornadoes that hit the U.S. heartland Friday left some small towns in southern Indiana almost totally destroyed, officials said. The storms killed at least 28 people, 13 of them in Indiana, WIBC-AM ...
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tornado: Definition from Answers.com
Tornadoes normally travel at 30 – 40 mph (50 – 65 km/hr). The winds around the vortex may exceed 300 mph (500 km/hr) in extreme events. Tornadoes often occur in groups.
Dispute on Disaster Aid Threatens Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
1:59 p.m. | Updated The House and Senate are headed for a showdown over a short-term bill to fund the government because of a disagreement over disaster relief funding. While a plan to fund the government through November was expected to attract far less controversy than the measure that nearly led to a government shutdown last spring, Democrats - By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Tornadoes: News & Videos about Tornadoes - CNN.com
Tornadoes show natures power to upend lives updated: Sat Apr 30 2011 14:18:00. The tornado outbreak that ravaged the southern U.S. this week, exacting a ...
@PaulHarrisonUTD Just alot of strange things going on in the news like the floods an Tornados xxx From: VickyHall93 - Source: Twitter for iPhone
33 dead, town ‘gone’ as Tornados rage across US - Residents and rescue workers went house to house Saturday in a des... http://t.co/10Ib7OMw From: sincefreedom - Source: HootSuite
#EUA Dejan Tornados 28 muertos y decenas de desaparecidos http://t.co/VjvmpxtH From: Diegocruz1010 - Source: Twitter for Mac
RT @Milenio: Lanza EU alerta por Tornados; avanzan hacia el sudeste del país http://t.co/4cnS4FWM From: ErnestgZiran - Source: TweetDeck
RT @iansomerhalder: These storms are crazy down here-shut us down!Anyone or anything hurt by these Tornados Im truly sorry-its bad..Climate Change sucks-really From: CupcakeLady_ - Source: Echofon
Sooooooo Tornados ??? From: MentionKayKay - Source: Plume for Android
RT @Milenio: Lanza EU alerta por Tornados; avanzan hacia el sudeste del país http://t.co/4cnS4FWM From: Diego_Estrella1 - Source: TweetDeck
Tornados yesterday. Snow today. -_- From: mcelust - Source: Twitter for iPhone
@russellcrowe I dodged 3 Tornados here in Georgia over the last 18 hours. My abs are burning and tricepts are trashed. Feeling pumped! From: MattLovesYoohoo - Source: web
RT @atompkins: Some of the more remarkable moments of local TV coverage of Tornados and storms in Ind, Ky, Tn, AL http://t.co/boI80Sgq From: jpcreel3 - Source: web
RT @Milenio: Lanza EU alerta por Tornados; avanzan hacia el sudeste del país http://t.co/4cnS4FWM From: luy_1207 - Source: TweetDeck
RT @BarackObamaLies: Are Tornados in Midwest casued by #obamas hot air on the West coast and Fat @MichelleObama passing gas on the East coast? #liberals #tlot From: jimmie48rulz - Source: web
Dodged a lot of storms and Tornados yesterday. But here was the one that almost ate us, and stranded us in Knoxville http://t.co/jWWrH4bX From: shanovsky - Source: Twitter for iPhone
@caseyatthebat21 there were Tornados in alvaton and on matlock. #gotyouthere From: Paige0333 - Source: web
Tornados provocam num dia mais de 30 mortos - Estas são imagens do que restou da localidade Henryville, no estado no... http://t.co/3CYXUdIE From: NunoNunes360 - Source: HootSuite