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U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 12, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Frightened Boy Scouts huddled in a shelter as a tornado tore through their western Iowa campground, killing four people and injuring 48 others who had little to no warning of the approaching twister. Tornadoes also touched down in Kansas, Minnesota and.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 26, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Worst twister season in a a decade The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch about 6 p.m. for 45 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, but canceled the alert five hours later as the storms began to ease. Slide show•Twisted mess View images of th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 8:11am neoform

CNN -- At least one tornado ripped through central Arkansas Thursday evening, savaging a mobile home park and sending National Weather Service forecasters into a bunker as the storm roared overhead. "There's pretty extensive damage in the Little Rock area," said.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 8, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

BBC News -- Relatives of a baby boy found alive after being flung 100m (300ft) by a tornado that hit the southern US have described his survival as "a miracle". Eleven-month-old Kyson Stowell was found face down in a muddy field after being picked up by a tornado.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 25, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- A massive spring storm plowed toward the Midwest early Wednesday after dumping more than a foot of snow on the Colorado foothills and spawning a tornado that killed nine people along the Texas-Mexico border. Six of the victims were killed a few miles s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 2, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

New York Times -- A storm system that stretched nearly 1,000 miles from the Midwest to the Southeast on Thursday killed at least 20 people in three states, including eight who died when what appeared to be a tornado caused the roof to collapse at a high school in Enterpris.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- First came the shock, then the grief. As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the deaths of four teenage Scouts who had gone to the elite camp to learn how to be leaders... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 12, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

MSNBC -- Lawrenson, of the Mondamin Fire Department, initially said most of the kids who were hurt had been hiking when the tornado hit, but later said he could no longer confirm the victims' whereabouts. The ranch about 40 miles north of Omaha, Neb., includes.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 10, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- An apparent tornado with winds of up to 70 mph moved through West Texas early Thursday, tearing shingles from roofs, shattering glass and flipping vehicles. Paramedics were dispatched throughout the city, but San Angelo police didn't have a number of i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Nov 26, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

CNN -- A passenger bus collided with a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer rig in northeastern Arkansas, killing three people. The Tornado Bus Co. bus was westbound on Interstate 40 about 10 p.m. Sunday when it veered across the median into eastbound lanes. State.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- Authorities say high winds, possibly from a tornado, damaged buildings and caused minor injuries to three children in an area near Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Wednesday night. The Tennessee Highway Patrol and residents reported seeing a tornado touch do.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- Severe weather, including a possible tornado, damaged about 50 homes, shearing the entire second story off one home, authorities said Friday. Radar indicated a tornado spun off from a storm system that crossed through central Florida before spilling in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 27, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

USA Today -- A tornado destroyed a small trailer court, uprooted trees and damaged homes and businesses here, including a nursing home and grain elevator, officials and witnesses said. One man was killed and at least 17 people were injured. "This town is a mess. Th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 14, 2007 @ 11:46pm neoform

Washington Post -- Church leaders told more than 3,000 residents, volunteers and disaster workers, gathered Sunday in this tornado-ravaged community, that they should not fear the future because God was with them. The nondenominational service marked the first time the c.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 9, 2007 @ 11:11am neoform

Boston Globe -- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says the war in Iraq has exposed holes in domestic disaster response like the one currently under way in tornado-ravaged Kansas. The governor said about half the state's National Guard trucks are in Iraq, equipment that would be.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 8, 2007 @ 10:20pm neoform

FOX News -- Pentagon officials are disputing claims that the Iraq war has spread National Guardsmen too thin to respond to a Kansas tornado after the governor and some Democratic lawmakers complained that the Guard are not equipped to help displaced residents. Kan.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 3:21pm neoform

SF Gate -- Rescue teams searching the rubble that was once Greensburg found two more victims and a survivor, raising the death toll from a powerful tornado that largely obliterated the small community to at least 10, authorities said Monday. The massive tornado,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 5, 2007 @ 9:43am neoform

CNN -- A half-mile wide tornado swept through Greensburg, Kansas, on Friday night, injuring at least 50 people, 16 of them critically, and wiping out the majority of the town, according to officials and witnesses. At least one person was killed, according to.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 25, 2007 @ 3:59pm neoform

CNN -- Authorities in the southwest Texas border town of Eagle Pass searched Wednesday for anyone who might be trapped in the debris left behind by a powerful tornado that killed 10 people. The storm uprooted mobile homes and battered buildings, killing seven.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 25, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- A massive spring storm plowed toward the Midwest early Wednesday after spawning a tornado that killed nine people along the Texas-Mexico border. Six of the victims were killed a few miles south of Eagle Pass, about 150 miles southwest of San Antonio. F.. Read More