A tornado swept through a portion of a city in suburban Houston, displacing about 500 people from a damaged apartment complex, officials said Thursday. A strong storm swept through Texas City around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, causing heavy damage to a 129-unit apartment complex, said Tom Munoz, Texas City’s emergency management coordinator. A nearby convenience…
1 year later: Recovery continues after EF2 tornado ripped through DeSoto County
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — The third largest outbreak of tornados on record swept across the south on this morning one year ago, hitting parts of Arkansas and Mississippi. The aftermath caused an estimated $1.7 billion dollars in damage. Mississippi saw its share of damage in four counties: DeSoto, Bolivar, Sunflower, and Washington. Just minutes before 5:00…
First images of tornado damage in Tehama County
CORNING, Calif. — Tuesday property owners are sizing up the damage from a tornado that touched down in Tehama County Monday afternoon. Two tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service, but only one of them resulted in reports of property damage. The first tornado was reported around 1:30 p.m. Monday west of Corning. The…
Two rare tornadoes struck northern California on Monday
Lots of people move to California for its picture-perfect weather, and most of them probably don’t expect tornadoes to be part of the deal. But the atmosphere was in a mood Monday, when a pair of rare tornadoes snaked their way down from turbulent skies in northern parts of the state’s Central Valley. The tornadoes,…
Two rare tornadoes hit Northern California
Two tornadoes touched down in Tehama County on Monday afternoon, causing tree and power line damage but no fatalities, according to the National Weather Service. The first tornado hit the western edge of Corning at 1:34 p.m., said Idamis Del Valle, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. The centrifugal force knocked down…
Three tornadoes touched down in Central Georgia on New Year’s Day, NWS says
MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — Two tornadoes in Monroe County and one in Crawford County touched down in the afternoon of January 1. According to the National Weather Service, the storm on New Year’s Day triggered several short-lived tornadoes across parts of Central Georgia. The tornado in Crawford County had winds up to 75 mph and…
Severe Storms Spawned a Tornado That Uprooted Trees, Damaged Cars
A batch of storms that touched down in the Philadelphia region Monday included a tornado that in one minute did some damage in a Montgomery County retail plaza. The National Weather Service surveyed the damage and concluded that an EF0 tornado touched down near Routes 309 and the 202 Parkway in Montgomeryville just before 4…
2nd Maryland tornado confirmed from Monday’s storms, narrowly misses Delaware
A Caroline County, Maryland tornado lifted just before reaching the Delaware line on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The EF-0 twister set down just north of Baltimore Corner in the area of Goldsboro Road (Route 313) at 3:13 p.m. Monday, November 30, 2020, and took a northeasterly path for 5.5 miles before lifting,…
Remembering Raleigh: Saturday marks anniversary of historic, deadly 1988 tornado
If you lived in Raleigh in November of 1988, you remember the tornado. I was only five years old. I remember walking outside that evening, pointing at the clouds and saying to my mom, “They look weird. They look scary.” I had just seen “The Land Before Time,” and images of Little Foot’s ghostly dinosaur…
Tornado touches down in west Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. — A tornado briefly spun up and touched down Wednesday morning in west Jackson. A debris ball registered on radar about 7:20 a.m. on Highway 80, near I-220. Hinds County EOC Director Joey Perkins said the National Weather Service confirmed the small tornado came out of nowhere. Perkins said NWS in Jackson believes…