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Scenes of the South's Devastation

Tuscaloosa looks something like a war zone

(Newser) - With the death toll at 194 and climbing as a result of the violent storms that rampaged across the South, the governors of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi have declared states of emergency. A nuclear plant near Huntsville, Ala., lost power and was relying on diesel generators, reports the AP. Click...

After Arkansas Tornado, One Town Is ‘Gone’

Violent storms bring month's death toll to 12 in the state

(Newser) - Violent storms wiped out much of a small town in Arkansas last night, destroying homes and leaving overturned tractor-trailers and dangling power lines in its wake. Officials believe a tornado hit Vilonia, a town of about 3,800 people 25 miles north of Little Rock, leaving a 3-mile-wide path of...

River Overflows Missouri Levee; Collapse Feared

Severe storms won't let up in soaked Ohio, Miss. River valleys

(Newser) - Thousands of southeastern Missouri residents watched helplessly today as Black River water crept toward their homes after overflowing the levee protecting their town, as officials predicted a "catastrophic failure." Several homes in and around Poplar Bluff were partially submerged, while water filled the front yards of other houses....

Security Footage Shows Harrowing Airport Tornado

Thanks to early warnings, no one was killed in St. Louis

(Newser) - Miraculously, no one was killed by the Friday night tornado that ripped through the St. Louis airport . But that doesn't make the experience, captured by security cameras and reported by KMOX , any less terrifying. (Hat tip to Gawker for the find.) How is it that—even though 2,...

Tornado Rips Through St. Louis Airport

'Grown men were crying,' say witness

(Newser) - St. Louis' main airport was closed for business today while crews cleaned up after an apparent tornado tore through a terminal, causing several injuries and sending people scurrying for shelter as plated glass shattered around them. Last night's storm at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport ripped away a large section...

US Faces New Tornado Threat
 US Faces Fresh Tornado Threat
Apr 18, 2011 9:37 AM CDT

US Faces Fresh Tornado Threat

Ohio Valley to Texas could be hardest-hit after 250 storms last week

(Newser) - Some 250 tornadoes wreaked havoc in the US last week, and—brace yourself—another possible wave of tornadoes may hit this week. Last week’s tornadoes killed at least 47 people across six states; now, a storm system heading east from the Rockies is threatening new snow, flooding, hail, and...

Toll Hits 25 in Southern Storms
 Toll Hits 47 in Southern Storms 
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Apr 17, 2011 7:24 AM CDT

Toll Hits 47 in Southern Storms

Tornadoes, rain, hail pelt the region

(Newser) - A devastating storm system ripped its way through the South yesterday, pummeling the region with tornadoes, flash flooding, and hail the size of softballs. The death toll shot up today to at least 47, reports NBC News, with emergency crews searching for more victims in hard-hit areas of Virginia and...

Storms Wallop South; Death Toll Hits 16
 Storms Wallop South; 
 Death Toll Hits 17 
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Apr 16, 2011 7:42 AM CDT

Storms Wallop South; Death Toll Hits 17

Tornadoes claim victims in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama

(Newser) - A total of seven people have been killed in violent storms in Alabama, bringing the total death toll to 17 as a devastating storm system works its way across the South. A spate of tornadoes ripped through towns, tossing mobile homes around like toys. "The tornado hit and jumped...

9 Dead After Storms in Oklahoma, Arkansas

Tornado, violent winds rip through both states

(Newser) - Destructive storms that tore across the country's midsection left at least nine people dead after smashing uprooted trees into homes in Arkansas and ripping apart the only school in the tiny Oklahoma town of Tushka, officials said today. The fatalities in Tushka were two sisters in their 70s, and...

Storm, Tornado Kill at Least 4 in Oklahoma, Arkansas
 Tornado Kills 2 in Oklahoma 
Apr 15, 2011 4:00 AM CDT

Tornado Kills 2 in Oklahoma

Deadly storm then kills 2 in Arkansas before moving into South

(Newser) - A powerful storm system produced a deadly tornado in southeastern Oklahoma yesterday, killing at least two. Dozens more were injured in Tushka, Okla., as the tornado tore up roofs, shattered windows, and tossed power lines and trees. The town's school was essentially destroyed: The roof is gone, the top...

In Oklahoma, Worst Drought Since Dust Bowl

Grassfires tearing across South

(Newser) - Oklahoma, home of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, is parched. The four months since Thanksgiving have been the driest since before the Dust Bowl in 1921, the AP reports, and the drought is raging from Louisiana to Colorado. Grass fires have torn through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Forty percent...

35 Animals Freeze to Death in Mexican Zoo
 35 Zoo Animals Freeze to Death 
Feb 6, 2011 7:23 AM CST

35 Zoo Animals Freeze to Death

Cold temps knock out power, heat in Mexico zoo

(Newser) - Thirty-five animals at a zoo in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua have frozen to death during the region's coldest weather in six decades. Serengeti Zoo owner Alberto Hernandez says 14 parrots, 13 serpents, five iguanas, two crocodiles, and a capuchin monkey died. He said today that power failures cut...

Mexico Helps Power Texas During Storm

It transmits electricity to help state get through crisis

(Newser) - Wintry storms this week have left Texas scrambling to conserve electricity to prevent widespread blackouts. Power companies are working quickly to restore power, says Gov. Rick Perry, but rolling blackouts swept the state yesterday to help balance the lack of energy. In an ironic turn of events, Mexico's state electricity...

Monster Cyclone Slams Into Australia

Yasi expected to wreak havoc in Queensland

(Newser) - As the US weathers its latest snowpocalypse, Australia battened down the hatches for what Queensland's premier is calling "the most catastrophic storm to ever hit our coast." "The time for movement and evacuation has now passed," Premier Anna Bligh said as Cyclone Yasi roared into her...

Chicago: Thundersnow? Snowicane? A Big Mess

Lake Shore Drive closed, 24-foot swells on Lake Michigan...

(Newser) - One-third of the country is covered in snow , but the storm hammering Chicago is especially intense. What they’re dealing with, courtesy of the Tribune , Sun-Times , and the San Francisco Chronicle :
  • Hundreds of motorists and bus riders were stranded last night and early this morning on Lake Shore Drive
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This Is What the US Looks Like

Monster storm covers a third of US

(Newser) - What meteorologists are calling the biggest snowstorm in decades is causing chaos from Mexico to Maine. NASA—which says this "massive winter storm affecting a large portion of Great Plains and Midwest" is set to get worse—has released a satellite image in which the US is barely visible...

Australians Flee as Monster Cyclone Bears Down

Cyclone Yasi set to pummel beleaguered Queensland with force of Katrina

(Newser) - After weeks of flooding earlier this year, Aussies are now fleeing the northeast coast by the thousands as a Katrina-strength cyclone bears down. "This storm is huge and life-threatening," says Queensland's premier. Cyclone Yasi, currently a category four storm, is being fed by a monsoon, and could pummel...

No Snow Yet, but Midwest Still 'Freaking Out'

Residents, officials brace for storm early

(Newser) - That “potentially historic” winter storm hasn’t really started yet, but that didn’t stop Missouri from declaring a state of emergency. All across the Midwest, residents are preparing early—and, in some cases, enthusiastically—for the storm, with schools closing, airlines canceling flights, and emergency generators selling out...

US Braces for 'Historic' Storm

One-third of the population could be affected

(Newser) - The storms keep on coming —and the latest, expected to impact one-third of the US population, is being described as “potentially life-threatening” by the National Weather Service and “potentially historic” by the Weather Channel . It will begin today and last through Wednesday, reaching from the Colorado Rockies...

Snow-Weary Northeast Gets... More Snow

Another winter storm dumps 12 to 19 inches on East Coast

(Newser) - Canceled flights, stranded passengers, closed schools: Yes, another storm walloped the already storm-weary East Coast last night, dumping anywhere from 12 to 19 inches of snow across the region. In and around Washington, DC, more than 400,000 customers were left without power; in Philadelphia, 1,500 people were stranded...

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