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If you have special needs, emergency preparedness plan should be high priority
With flood risks about to increase quickly in parts of the Northern Plains, and with a spring and summer of weather warnings ahead, the need for emergency preparedness becomes more apparent. Thats es...
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“Go into the lowest level of your home, wrap a blanket around yourself to aid in stopping flying debris,” the emergency broadcast on the radio announced Saturday night. So we all got in tr...
Posted on 6/29/10 at 11:25 AM
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Weathering the Storms and Wild Iris
Yesterday there were 35 tornadoes in Minnesota. The town of Wadena was hard hit yesterday, it is located about 45 miles south of us. We were in the grocery store when the Noah weather radio started go...
Posted on 6/18/10 at 5:15 AM
More blog posts about tornadoes

3 dead in storm packing ice, snow, tornadoes

SHUQUALAK, Miss. (AP) — A strong spring storm that socked the Midwest with ice and heavy, wet snow made its way east, raking the South with tornadoes Thursday, with three deaths blamed on the rough weather and thousands of people without power.

By Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press , April 11, 2013

Many in Tornado Alley relying on warning sirens

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Warnings sent directly to cell phones and broadcast over the airwaves can provide a detailed heads-up before dangerous storms. But for many parts of Tornado Alley, storm sirens remain so ubiquitous that one official says the pole they sit on could almost be called the state tree of Kansas.

By Chris Blank, Associated Press , June 04, 2012

More families build their own shelters against tornadoes

More families build their own shelters against tornadoes MONTGOMERY, Ala. — When deadly twisters chewed through the South and Midwest in 2011, thousands of people in the killers’ paths had nowhere to hide. Now many of those families are taking an unusual extra step to be ready next time: adding tornado shelters to their homes.

By Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press , April 30, 2012

Warnings credited in Midwest tornado outbreak

THURMAN, Iowa (AP) — 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.

By Grant Schulte and Sean Murphy, Associated Press , April 16, 2012

Tornadoes by the dozen: Officials say early storm warnings saved lives

Tornadoes by the dozen: Officials say early storm warnings saved lives 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.

By Sean Murphy, Associated Press , April 16, 2012

Tornadoes in Southeast kill 6, flatten houses

LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A day after deadly tornadoes struck the Southeast, survivors looked for what they could salvage, huddled in loved ones' hospital rooms and shared stories of how they made it through the furious storms.

By Michael Biesecker and Mitch Weiss, Associated Press , November 17, 2011

'Miracle' tornado survivor denied workers' comp

JOPLIN, Mo. — By all accounts, Mark Lindquist is a hero, an underpaid social worker who nearly gave his life trying to save three developmentally disabled adults from the Joplin tornado.

By By Jim Salter, The Associated Press , October 23, 2011

Lee's remnants spawn Ga. twisters, drown Miss. man

ATLANTA — The slow-moving remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped rain across the South and whipped up twisters that damaged dozens of Georgia homes as the system pushed farther inland on Monday.

By By Dorie Turner, The Associated Press , September 05, 2011

4th of July storm in ND, MN had 5 tornadoes

The National Weather Service says a Fourth of July storm that swept through the Red River Valley region spawned at least five tornadoes.

July 07, 2011

Three tornadoes confirmed in southeast North Dakota

The National Weather Service has confirmed that damage to homes near the southeast North Dakota towns of Mapleton and Grandin was caused by tornadoes.

July 06, 2011

Towns in Pa., Ohio reflect on tornado anniversary

WHEATLAND, Pa. — As they dig out, tornado victims in the South and Midwest might find it hard to see past the wreckage of their communities to a future in which homes and businesses are rebuilt, trees are once again standing tall and proud, and life is back to normal.

By By John Seewer, The Associated Press , May 30, 2011

First person on Joplin missing list found alive

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — As emergency workers in Joplin searched Thursday for more than 230 people on a list of the missing after a tornado smacked into the city, one of them was sitting in a wooden chair outside the wreckage of her home, cuddling her cat.

May 26, 2011

Tornado victims seek comfort in Sunday services

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Macolee Muhammed accepted the prayer of a relief worker who stopped by what was left of her Birmingham home.

By By Christopher Hawley, The Associated Press , May 01, 2011

Update: N.C. gets worst of storms that ravaged swath of U.S.

ASKEWVILLE, N.C. — A tornado-spewing storm system that killed at least 45 people across half the country unleashed its worst fury on North Carolina, where homes broke apart, trees snapped and livestock were swept into the air.

By By Brock Vergkasis, The Associated Press , April 17, 2011

Storm's fury over 6 states leaves at least 40 dead

RALEIGH, N.C. — A furious storm system that kicked up tornadoes, flash floods and hail as big as softballs has left at least 40 people dead on a rampage that stretched for days as it barreled from Oklahoma to North Carolina and Virginia.

By By Tom Foreman Jr., The Associated Press , April 17, 2011

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