Tornadoes

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?️ Mapped: Trail of destruction

Data: Storm Prediction Center. ("Preliminary" reports are eyewitness storm reports issued shortly after an event before being verified.) Map: Danielle Alberti/Axios Storms and tornadoes that slammed the Midwest and South over the past month produced the second-highest tornado count on record for the month of April, Axios' Andrew Freedman writes. Why it matters: 220 million Americans faced some sort of severe weather risk over the past 48 hours. Severe weather killed at least four people this week, including two from tornadoes.

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Authorities searching for survivors after tornado slams Iowa; at least 1 dead

GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Crews moved methodically Wednesday through a small Iowa town devastated by a powerful tornado, searching through mounds of debris to be sure no victims remained buried in the rubble, but authorities would not say how many were killed or injured in the storm.

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-midwest-iowa-tornadoes-26c73e14ab481ef77a1b0606a2b10adc?

5 dead and at least 35 hurt as tornadoes ripped through Iowa, officials say

GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes ripped through Iowa, with one carving a path of destruction through the small city of Greenfield, officials said Wednesday.

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-midwest-iowa-tornadoes-26c73e14ab481ef77a1b0606a2b10adc?

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More bad weather could hit Iowa, where 3 powerful tornadoes caused millions in damage

GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — For block after block through the small city of Greenfield, Iowa, the destructive power of a tornado that ripped apart more than 100 homes in just one minute is evident in the muddy, shattered mess left behind.

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-midwest-iowa-tornadoes-0c8fb42453cdac5a7e0ec7e193071e6d?

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?️ Tornadoes scar heartland

Image: Maxar Technologies via Reuters This satellite view shows a "tornado scar" after a powerful twister ripped through the heart of Greenfield, Iowa — population: 2,000 — last week. The death toll from the tornado outbreak that damaged multiple communities across the heartland this weekend has risen to at least 20. In Cooke County, Texas, two young children were among at least seven people killed in a tornado. Deaths were also reported in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky. Get the latest.

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Kentucky families struggling after being hit for a second time by a tornado in the same locations

BARNSLEY, Ky. (AP) — Devin Johnson’s life was uprooted for a second time when a tornado flattened his home over the Memorial Day weekend — on the same lot in Kentucky where another storm left him homeless in 2021.

https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-tornado-severe-weather-b8fd3a678e00fc09ea303c72d7b9d9ad?

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A dam fails after rain, wind, tornadoes pound the Midwest. The Chicago area is cleaning up

CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of people in a southern Illinois town were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as water rolled over the top of a dam, just one perilous result of severe weather that raged through the Midwest overnight with relentless rain and tornadoes and hit the Chicago area especially hard.

https://apnews.com/article/iowa-tornado-des-moines-weather-illinois-949aa0d324988c7920e2c16b2f7a2f60?

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Weekend tornadoes kill 6 in North Dakota and New York, toss trees and train cars

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two tornadoes that killed six people in North Dakota and New York each had wind speeds topping 100 mph and caused brief but widespread damage as they tore through largely rural areas, officials said.

https://apnews.com/article/north-dakota-weather-tornado-new-york-7f1be36ee87c1705766455b4b2ccc83d?

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EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation’s first in 12 years

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first confirmed on American soil in a dozen years, meteorologists said Monday.

https://apnews.com/article/tornado-ef5-deadly-storm-north-dakota-59771fadf69b1e5503d23bc8d3b5feb1?

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Americans eye Thanksgiving travel weather after Texas tornadoes, snow and rain elsewhere

CYPRESS, Texas (AP) — Kenny Beck surveyed the damage Tuesday to his family’s two-story home after at least two tornadoes tore through the Houston area, damaging over 100 homes at the start of a busy Thanksgiving travel week that has Americans closely eyeing the weather.

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-texas-tornado-travel-ff20367238823f401aba3aeca84b746f?

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Authorities search debris after suspected tornadoes kill 6 in Michigan, Oklahoma

UNION CITY, Mich. (AP) — Authorities searched through rubble and debris in southern Michigan on Saturday after suspected tornadoes tore through the region and killed four people, including a 12-year-old boy, during powerful storms also blamed for two deaths in eastern Oklahoma.

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-storm-tornado-midwest-oklahoma-f4666951e5ef045520e839923b788cba?

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Authorities search debris after suspected tornadoes kill 6 in Michigan, Oklahoma

UNION CITY, Mich. (AP) — Authorities searched through rubble and debris in southern Michigan on Saturday after suspected tornadoes tore through the region and killed four people, including a 12-year-old boy, during powerful storms also blamed for two deaths in eastern Oklahoma.

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-storm-tornado-midwest-oklahoma-f4666951e5ef045520e839923b788cba?

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Central US Tornadoes

At least two people were killed and several others were wounded this week amid severe weather spanning Texas to Michigan. More than 18 million people were under a tornado watch as of this writing, with conditions expected to ease today. Tornadoes are columns of rotating air formed by wind shear, when wind rapidly changes speed and direction with height, trapping air and circulating it horizontally (see 101). There is no national tornado season as there is with Atlantic hurricanes. Twisters typically form in the presence of thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening. Tuesday saw as many as a dozen storms in Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Indiana, and Illinois—located in the US’ so-called Tornado Alley. Several were nighttime tornadoes, which tend to occur less frequently but may be deadlier, in part due to low visibility. The storms came after at least eight people were killed in tornadoes last week. See previous write-up here.

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Tornado devastation

Several people were injured after a tornado tore through Mineral Wells, Texas, on Tuesday night, flattening parts of the town as a dayslong severe storm outbreak continues to sweep across the Midwest and South. The storm struck the community about 80 miles west of Dallas, damaging multiple homes and a broad stretch of the town's industrial area. Officials said a full assessment of the damage is expected later today. Read more.

Significant tornado damage in Mineral Wells, Texas, on Tuesday. Aaron Rigsby/CorClips