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Deadliest Tornado Outbreak in Decades Kills Nearly 300
By not in system - AOL NewsPLEASANT GROVE, Ala. -- Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades. At least 297 people were killed across six states - more than two-thirds of them in Alabama, where large cities bore the half-mile-wide scars the twisters left behind. The death toll from Wednesday's storms seems out of a bygone era, before Doppler radar and pinpoint satellite forecasts were around to warn communities of severe weather. Residents were told the ...
1 Dead as Storms Pound South for 2nd Straight Day
By not in system - AOL NewsVILONIA, Ark. - Violent weather ripped through the South for a second straight night, killing at least one person in Arkansas, damaging more than 100 homes in a rural East Texas community and overturning a trailer at an oil drilling site in Louisiana. The latest round of severe weather Tuesday night and early Wednesday came a day after a series of powerful storms killed 10 people in Arkansas and one in Mississippi. The National Weather Service issued a high-risk warning for severe weather in a stretch extending from northeast of Memphis to just northeast of Dallas and covering a ...
Storms Could Spawn Tornadoes, Life-Threatening Flooding This Week
By Paul Yeager - AOL NewsThe final week of April will be similar to the first three, with dangerous thunderstorms over a large portion of the U.S. The forecast includes the potential for tornadoes, life-threatening flash flooding and large hail in highly populated regions from the southern Plains to the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic region from today through Wednesday. Potential tornado-spawning thunderstorms will stretch from eastern Oklahoma and northern Texas to Pennsylvania today and tonight, encompassing the cities of St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Dallas. The greatest risk within this larger area appears to be in ...
No Deaths in St. Louis Tornado Called a Miracle
By not in system - AOL NewsBRIDGETON, Mo. -- The St. Louis area's most powerful tornado in 44 years rips into an airport and through a densely populated suburban area, destroying up to 100 homes, shattering hundreds of panes of glass at the main terminal and blowing a shuttle bus on top of a roof. Yet no one is killed, or even seriously hurt, and the airport reopens less than 24 hours later. How? Early warnings, good timing and common sense all helped prevent a tragedy Friday night. But on Easter Sunday, many of those cleaning up the mess also thanked a higher power. ...
St. Louis Airport to Be Fully Operational by Midweek
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Flights partially resumed out of Lambert Airport Sunday after the area's most powerful tornado in decades ripped off part of the roof and shattered hundreds of windows at the main terminal. The airport expects all 256 daily departures to be back on schedule by the middle of the week. About 60 percent of the daily departures were slated to take off on Easter Sunday, as area residents were still sorting through the debris and rubble. Airlines said the impact on other hubs was minimal due to the limited number of flights out of Lambert. American Airlines, which was housed ...
60-Year Data: Tornadoes a Major Threat Beyond 'Tornado Alley'
By Paul Yeager - AOL News"Tornado Alley," the Southern Plains, has earned its infamous reputation for being the most tornado-prone region in the world. From a climate perspective, though, the tornado threat is relatively high across much of the United States. The recently updated severe report database of the government's Storm Prediction Center, now including data from 1950 through 2010, indicates that tornado touchdowns are indeed most common in the Plains. However, tornado touchdowns have been widespread across the eastern two-thirds of the nation and have dotted the Rockies and the West Coast. (Tornado ...
Tornado Causes Injuries at St. Louis Airport
By not in system - AOL NewsST. LOUIS -- Several people at Lambert Airport in St. Louis are injured after an apparent tornado touched down. The tornado was part of a series of strong storms that struck central and eastern Missouri on Friday night. Lambert spokesman Jeff Lea said he did not immediately have information about how many people were hurt, or how badly. He says the injuries were believed to be from glass that shattered as the storm hit the airport. Damage, possibly from a tornado, was also reported in nearby Maryland Heights and St. Ann in St. Louis County. Unconfirmed tornadoes were reported near New Melle ...
NC's Storm Death Toll Rises to 22 as Infant Dies
By not in system - AOL NewsBONNETSVILLE, N.C. -- A fourth child from a Raleigh mobile home has died from storm-related injuries, bringing North Carolina's death toll to 22. Six-month-old Yaire Quistian-Nino had been in the hospital. Raleigh police confirmed her death Tuesday. Yaire's 9-year-old brother Daniel Quistian-Nino was also killed in the home, along with two cousins, 8-year-old Osvaldo Coronado-Nino and 3-year-old Kevin Uriel Coronado-Nino. Family spokesman Hector Velazco declined to comment, saying the family will speak at a memorial service to be held Wednesday night. Authorities have said that Yaire's ...
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15-State Tornado Outbreak Deadliest Since 2008
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The devastation is stunning -- homes and lives shattered as the deadliest swarm of twisters in three years battered up to 15 states. Ultimately, this could turn out to be among the top 10 three-day outbreaks for number of tornadoes, though experts can't be sure until all the reports are sorted, said Greg Carbin of the federal Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. While tornadoes occur regularly, their power always shocks. This time it was storms battering their way from Oklahoma to North Carolina, claiming at least 44 lives, almost half of those in North Carolina. It was ...
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