PERRYVILLE, Mo. • The tornado that killed one motorist and destroyed homes in Perryville on Tuesday night packed winds of up to 165 mph and covered nearly 50 miles, weather officials said Thursday. The National Weather Service has preliminarily labeled the tornado an EF-3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. A final report is expected by…
Second tornado confirmed in Tuesday storm in Arkansas; governor monitoring damage
A second tornado has been confirmed in Arkansas as part of a storm system that ripped through the state Tuesday evening, according to the National Weather Service. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday that he is monitoring damage caused by that EF-2 tornado in Kensett as well as an EF-1 tornado that struck the nearby…
1 death reported in Ottawa tornado; nursing home also damaged
BLOOMINGTON — One person was killed in Ottawa and emergency crews are looking for people trapped in rubble in the neighboring town of Naplate in the wake of a string of severe, late-winter storms that raked across northern Illinois. The National Weather Service reported a tornado touched down in Ottawa, about 70 miles north of…
Texas woman, 2 children pulled from rubble left by tornado
VAN VLECK, Texas (AP) — Residents of a coastal area southwest of Houston are cleaning up debris after at least six tornadoes left a swath of damaged buildings. Among the homes destroyed was one where a woman inside held tightly to her two young children. Anthony Ovesny told KPRC-TV in Houston that his wife, Ashlie…
It’s official: Tornado hit Stilson…Seven hurt as storm rakes area
The storm that ravaged the Stilson community in southern Bulloch County early Thursday morning was determined to be a tornado. “It was an F1 tornado with some F2 tornadic activity,” said Bulloch County Public Safety Director Ted Wynn, after spending hours with National Weather Service investigators Thursday, viewing damage caused by the storm. The twister…
‘It’s Just A Mess.’ New Orleans Residents Clean Up After Tornadoes
It was a familiar scene for many in New Orleans East, part of the city’s Ninth Ward. “As helicopters hovered overhead and emergency response vehicles streamed into neighborhoods, it reminded them of Katrina,” reported Tegan Wendland of member station WWNO in New Orleans. “The area was hit hard by that storm, and now many…
This monster tornado just rolled through New Orleans — major damage reported
Severe thunderstorms barreled through the Southeast on Tuesday, dropping multiple tornadoes in southern Louisiana, one of which did major damage to communities in east New Orleans — among the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The large tornado was filmed by storm chasers and residents as it tracked from west to east across the populous New…
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…
5 tornadoes cause injuries, damage Saturday in Louisiana
Storms that rolled through Louisiana Saturday (Jan. 21) dropped five tornadoes across the state within the span of a few hours, leaving uprooted trees, crumpled homes, toppled power lines and several injured people in their wakes. The tornadoes formed amid thunderstorms Saturday that pummeled the Southeast, with the system ultimately killing 18 people in Georgia…
Witness saw twister as warnings sounded; damage reported at Wal-mart in Warner Robins
Severe storms raking across Middle Georgia are blamed for significant damage in multiple counties Saturday afternoon. As tornado sirens sounded, part of the roof ripped off the Wal-Mart on Booth Road, Houston County EMA Director Jimmy Williams said. Water puddled up in the aisles of the store as emergency responders dealt with a gas leak,…