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
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
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
Midwest tornadoes leave trail of death, destruction
...the Plains over the weekend, leaving five dead, dozens injured and homes reduced to rubble. There were at least 120 reports of tornadoes Saturday and early Sunday, primarily in Kansas but also in northwest Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa, the National Weather...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
Midwest tornadoes leave trail of death, destruction
...the Plains over the weekend, leaving five dead, dozens injured and homes reduced to rubble. There were at least 120 reports of tornadoes Saturday and early Sunday, primarily in Kansas but also in northwest Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa, the National Weather...info
Tornadoes leave 'a royal mess' in Midwest
...through this morning in the nation's midsection. Forecasters at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., warned of more tornadoes and severe storms, the most dangerous likely in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Woodward, Okla., where five people died, including...info