Tornadoes can be absolutely devastating forces of nature, especially when they materialize over a populated area with little warning, but the destruction they bring often fades with time. That doesn’t seem to be the case in northern Wisconsin, where a 40-mile-long scar still remains from a strong tornado which tore through thousands of acres of…
Wisconsin tornado’s trail of destruction was unusually long, raising theory of second twister..destructive path of 30 to 60 miles crossed two counties.
The trail of destruction laid down by a tornado Tuesday in northwestern Wisconsin was unusually long — as much as 10 times longer than a typical storm of its strength, the National Weather Service (NWS) said Thursday. The twister that hit the Chetek area also may be bumped up a notch on the severity scale,…
With More Than 300 Tornadoes, It’s the Most Active Start to a Year Since 2008
A series of outbreaks that began in January has propelled the preliminary 2017 U.S. tornado count to its highest level for mid-March in nearly a decade. Two dozen people have lost their lives from tornadoes so far this year, and the waves of severe weather have contributed to economic losses of more than $2 billion.…
No sirens in Wentzville as weak tornado injures 2 people, damages buildings
WENTZVILLE • The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday that it was a weak tornado — not straight line winds — that hit Wentzville about midnight Monday, injuring two people and damaging homes and businesses. A tornado also hit Oak Grove, Mo., near Kansas City, where nearly 500 homes and commercial buildings were damaged. Gov. Eric…
Weeks after a mile-wide tornado, operations on this Marine base are dramatically altered
A tornado that ripped through the Marine Corps’ top logistics base last month caused damage extensive enough that virtually all work on one of its primary functions — the restoration of combat vehicles — has not recommenced, the service’s No. 2 general said Tuesday. Gen. Glenn M. Walters, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, told…
Albany tornado packed 150 mph winds, traveled 71 miles
ALBANY — Baker, Dougherty, Worth, Turner and Wilcox counties were slammed Jan. 22 by an EF3 tornado that packed 150 mph winds and traveled nearly 71 miles in a northeast direction, starting several miles north of Newton and ending up near Abbeville in Wilcox County, leaving a swath that was, in places, a mile and…
Death Toll Rises Again in Southern Tornado Outbreak; EF3 Confirmed in Albany, Georgia
Officials confirmed another death Thursday from last weekend’s tornado outbreak that hammered the South, while the National Weather Service finalized a storm survey from one of the most devastating twisters to hit the South during the event. WALB.com said Patricia Ann Gohman died Thursday after being hospitalized for head injuries suffered when a tree fell…
20 tornadoes confirmed in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM – The National Weather Service says forecasters have confirmed that 20 tornadoes touched down in Alabama last week. The agency says storm surveys found damage from 11 twisters in central Alabama and nine more in north Alabama. The strongest was the tornado blamed for three deaths and multiple injuries in the Rosalie community of…
Plaque honors resilient Coal City residents after June 2015 tornado
COAL CITY – On the night of June 22, 2015, the village of Coal City lost about 50,000 trees when an EF3 tornado ripped through town and tore trunks, limbs and branches apart. Many of those trees, particularly near Broadway Street, were decades old. What’s left of one such tree sits at Campbell Memorial Park…
More than 90 homes damaged in EF2, EF3 tornadoes
GREENWOOD COUNTY, Kan. UPDATE – 6:00 pm: The National Weather Service says the EF-3 tornado that hit Eureka on Thursday was only the fifth EF-3 tornado to strike in Kansas in the month of July since 1950. No Kansas tornadoes that have hit in July have ever been rated above an EF-3. The last EF-3…