More tornadoes possible in battered Midwest
...been as many as 121 tornadoes to touch down in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. According to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, 97 tornadoes hit the Sunflower State alone, although no fatalities have been reported. The tornadoes were at times so violent that they...info
More tornadoes possible in battered Midwest
...been as many as 121 tornadoes to touch down in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. According to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, 97 tornadoes hit the Sunflower State alone, although no fatalities have been reported. The tornadoes were at times so violent that they...info
Tornadoes pound U.S. Plains as residents hunker down
...concerns that this year would be a repeat of 2011, the deadliest tornado year in nearly a century. Some 550 people died in tornadoes last year, including 316 killed in an April outbreak in five Southern states, and 161 people in Joplin, Missouri, the following...info
Plains states hit by tornadoes, brace for more
...said in an advisory. "Tornadoes will be possible in these areas through the early morning hours." It warned that nighttime tornadoes can be particularly dangerous because they are usually fast-moving and often obscured by rain and darkness, but said the likelihood...info
More tornadoes possible in battered Midwest
...Plains, which claimed five lives in Oklahoma. National Weather Service data suggests that there may have been as many as 121 tornadoes to touch down in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. According to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, 97 tornadoes hit the Sunflower...info
Plains states hit by tornadoes, brace for more
...Chapman, a deputy at the Fremont County Sheriff's Office. "I would estimate a fourth of the houses have been made unlivable." Tornadoes also raced through north-central Kansas in the early evening. Five homes in rural Saline County were damaged, but the tornado...info
US Plains states hit by tornadoes, brace for more
...'Violent' tornadoes predicted into the night * Some damage, but no injuries reported so far OKLAHOMA CITY, April 14 (Reuters) - Tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas on Saturday and residents of the U.S. Plains states braced for a predicted...info
Tornadoes, Bad Weather Batter Oklahoma, Wichita
...in the forecast of tornadoes, had warned about this storm for days. A spokesman from the center said that the threat of further tornadoes was far from over with more storms predicted for Sunday over a large area of the continental mid-west United States, ranging...info
Weekend tornadoes leave 'a royal mess' in Midwest; 5 dead
...the weekend, leaving five dead, dozens injured and homes and buildings reduced to rubble. There were roughly 100 reports of tornadoes Saturday and early Sunday, primarily in Kansas but also in northwest Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa, according to Weather Channel...info
U.S. Plains states hit by tornadoes, brace for more
...of the U.S. Plains states braced for a predicted major outbreak of dangerous nighttime twisters. Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes were expected in the evening over parts of the three states, the National Weather Service said, and severe storms were also...info