Wednesday, December 14, 2011

tornado



may 1

  • Fatality toll from Southern tornadoes hits 337; becomes 2nd-deadliest outbreak in US history ABC News
  • The last time more people were killed in a series of tornadoes in the United States was March 18, 1925, when almost 700 died in a storm that raged through Illinois, Indiana and Missouri. NYTimes Front Page
  • Across the South, in thousands of homes like the Fords', the hours of repeated tornado warnings had seeded a strange kind of tension: well-founded and very real fears pushing up hard against a tempting illusion — one encouraged by the momentarily gentle afternoon weather and unexpected free time — that the state of alert might turn out to be nothing at all. MSNBC Top Headlines
  • Wednesday's tornadoes marked the second-deadliest day of twisters in U.S. history, leaving 342 people dead across seven states — including 250 in Alabama. ABC News Top Stories
  • There, students had more important things to worry about after a huge tornado flattened parts of the town on Wednesday, killing some students. Reuters US News
  • The devastation left in the wake of last Wednesday night 's tornadoes is mind-numbing. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • The tornado that destroyed Hackleburg attacked the little town 's first line of defense. LA Times National News
  • Still, it 's getting old for tornado victim Benjamin Alford and his family. LA Times National News


  • may 24

  • More people have died in tornadoes in 2011 than in the past seven years combined. Slate
  • But snapping an image of the tornado itself is trickier. Slate
  • Jonathan Elliott had heard the tornado sirens blaring outside St. John 's Regional Medical Center for about a half-hour when things suddenly took a terrifying turn. MSNBC Top Headlines
  • The devastation of Joplin, MO has led to a super-storm of media stories on the link between climate change and extreme weather, including tornadoes. Think Progress
  • Seven survivors have been rescued in the deadly tornado 's aftermath. ABC News US
  • A woman removes a rifle from the debris of a destroyed home after a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Missouri May 23, 2011. Reuters Top News
  • Jay Nixon says authorities have found another 10 people alive in the wreckage left by a tornado that killed 116, bringing the number of rescued survivors to 17. Seattle Times full feed
  • Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that killed at least 116 people when it blasted much of this Missouri town off the map and slammed straight into its hospital. San Francisco Chronicle


  • may 25

  • Bob Dylan's famous voice accompanies images of tornado 's destruction. ABC News Top Stories
  • Searchers fought the clock because anybody still alive after the deadliest single tornado in 60 years was losing precious strength two days after the disaster. ABC News US
  • Authorities say a series of tornadoes that rolled through Oklahoma City and its suburbs at rush hour have killed at least four people and critically injured at least three children. ABC News US
  • Kyl said he would give the $3,000 he received to the American Red Cross to help with tornado relief. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • New storm system threatens South just days after deadliest tornado in 60 years. ABC News US
  • Josh Ramsey looks through the rubble of what is left of his mother-in-law 's home following a tornado Monday, May 23, 2011, in Joplin, Mo. VOA US News
  • KOCO weather reporter stunned as a tornado forms during live newscast. ABC News US
  • A massive tornado killed at least 118 people in Missouri. Reuters Politics
  • Ken Haebaum stands in his mud-splattered kitchen after a tornado ripped through the Falcon Lake area of Piedmont, Oklahoma May 24, 2011. Reuters US News
  • As the death toll in Joplin rose to at least 122, another line of severe thunderstorms spawned tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas that killed at least six people. The Oregonian