All posts tagged "Tornado"

A severe storm could slam a slew of major cities along the east coast with gusting winds and heavy rain this weekend, forecasts show.

That rain would be snow if it wasn’t so unseasonably warm, the Washington Post notes. It means flooding will be a risk along the Gulf Coast, which could see up to 4 inches of rain.

Tornado threats arrive in Florida late Saturday night, then creep north to Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia Sunday, the Washington Post forecast shows. ...

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Severe storms and tornadoes in Tennessee left at least six people dead on Saturday and caused what local emergency services described as extensive damage with tens of thousands of residents without power. "At this time we can confirm that three people are deceased, two adults and one child as a result of the tornado that touched down this afternoon. Additionally, 23 people have been treated at the hospital," the Montgomery County in Tennessee said on its Facebook page. Three more deaths were reported in the suburbs of Nashville, the Nashville Office of Emergency M......

Rolling Fork (United States) (AFP) - As the thunder roared outside and the lights inside Chuck's Dairy Bar began to blink, owner Tracy Harden realized the tornado conditions forecasted for her small Mississippi town Friday night were far more severe than she realized. "Cooler!" yelled out Harden, and she, her husband and their employees scrambled into a giant gray metal box -- normally used to keep the restaurant's food refrigerated, but which that night saved nine lives in the shattered small town of Rolling Fork.  The tornado cut a trail of havoc more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) long acr......

Rolling Fork (United States) (AFP) - A brick house reduced to rubble, its floors strewn with personal effects like a pink backpack and a bottle of shampoo, somehow standing upright. That's just one of many scenes of the utter devastation left by a tornado that ripped through the southern US state of Mississippi Friday night. And shell-shocked residents of the shattered town of Rolling Fork are now grappling with how much their lives changed in the blink of an eye. At least 25 people were killed, 13 of them in this town of 2,000 people. On Sunday morning, under skies that were blue for the time......

Washington (AFP) - At least 23 people were killed as a devastating tornado ripped across the southern US state of Mississippi, tearing off roofs, smashing cars and flattening entire neighborhoods. The powerful storm system, accompanied by thunderstorms and driving rain, cut a path of more than 100 miles (60 kilometers) across Mississippi late Friday, slamming several towns along the way. The state's emergency management agency said Saturday that at least four people were missing and dozens more were injured, while tens of thousands of people in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee were without p......

Mayfield (United States) (AFP) - With the help of volunteers from around the country, families in western Kentucky will be able to celebrate Christmas on Saturday, two weeks after a string of tornadoes wrought a path of deadly destruction. "We're just trying to provide Christmas," said Jimmy Finch, a volunteer from the neighboring US state of Tennessee who came to Mayfield the day after the twisters hit. "I haven't kept a total tally of how many people we have fed," Finch said. "We just encourage everybody to keep coming back." Under a big yellow tent set up in a parking lot, the Scientology V......