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Tornado rips through Indiana town, others possible

AP — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:49:56 +0000

Tornadoes ripped through this central Indiana community and skipped over National Guard barracks full of sleeping soldiers as thunderstorms battered the Ohio Valley, authorities said...

Tornado rips up Indiana town, others possible

AP — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:26:14 +0000

Tornadoes ripped apart this central Indiana community and skipped over National Guard barracks full of sleeping soldiers as thunderstorms battered the Ohio Valley, authorities said...

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Diary from the eye of the storm

Jonathan — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:27:19 +0000

For the next week, the BBC\’s Simon Hancock will be chasing storms through Tornado Alley, an area of high tornado activity that runs through the centre of the US. He has joined a professional team which hunts out tornadoes using hi-tech...

US on track to break record for tornadoes

AP — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:27:05 +0000

Another week, another rumbling train of tornadoes that obliterates entire city blocks, smashing homes to their foundations and killing people even as they cower in their...

US nears record tornado year; meteorologists don't know why

AP — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:48:55 +0000

Another week, another rumbling train of tornadoes that obliterates entire city blocks, smashing homes to their foundations and killing people even as they cower in their...

The Angry Planet: Should we ignore it as natural?

Vikas Shekhawat — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:44:11 +0000

The frequency of recent natural disasters, including the cyclone in Burma, an earthquake in China, tornadoes in Arkansas and Oklahoma and Georgia, volcano eruptions in Chile, fires in Florida and Colorado, forces us to ponder why is the...

At least 5 dead in Central US in new round of tornadoes

AP — Sun, 11 May 2008 02:02:36 +0000

Tornadoes tore across the nation’s heartland Saturday evening, killing at least five people, mangling buildings and trapping people in the rubble of their homes in areas still reeling from other recent bouts with severe...

Man finds check from 1971 after Arkansas tornadoes

AP — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:21:09 +0000

Tornadoes that tore through Arkansas last week picked up homes, cars and everything in between _ including a check from 1971.

Twisters tear up parts of 4 states; 8 die in Arkansas

AP — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:49:45 +0000

Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central states and killed eight people in Arkansas, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she...

Three tornadoes ripped through virginia,leaving 100 injured

Vikas — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:34:52 +0000

Three tornadoes ripped through Virginia on Monday, with one hop-scotching across the southeastern part of the state and leaving behind a 25-mile trail of gutted homes, tossed cars and more than 200 injured...