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Editorial Roundup: Kansas

May. 14, 2024 17:59 PM EDT

Topeka Capital-Journal. May 11, 2024. Editorial: Recent weeks have shown the power of nature and the resilience of the Kansas spirit Tornados can touch down anywhere. They happen so frequently in Kansas they’ve become part of the lore. We’ve seen...

Storms kill a pregnant woman in Louisiana, adding to the region's recent weather woes

May. 14, 2024 17:03 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Storms that slammed several Southern states added to the region's recent string of weather-related destruction and death, including that of a Louisiana woman who was nine months pregnant. The woman was killed after Monday night’s storms knocked a tree into a...

Nearly 50 homes in Kalamazoo County were destroyed by heavy storms last week

May. 13, 2024 17:16 PM EDT

PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) — Nearly 50 homes were destroyed and dozens more were seriously damaged during severe weather last week in southwestern Michigan's Kalamazoo County, authorities said Monday. The lost homes included 24 mobile homes near Portage, the county's emergency management...

Severe storms blitz the US South again after one of the most active tornado periods in history

May. 13, 2024 13:11 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — More than 15 million people from Texas to Florida were under threat of severe storms and the potential for more tornadoes Monday, many of them in areas previously hit during one of the most active periods for twisters on record. At highest risk for severe storms and...

At least 1 dead in Florida as storms continue to pummel the South. DeSantis declares emergency

May. 10, 2024 21:50 PM EDT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Powerful storms packing hurricane-force winds killed at least one woman Friday in Florida as a week of deadly severe weather continued in the South, where uprooted trees crashed onto homes and knocked out electricity to thousands in several states. City...

Storm-battered South is again under threat. A boy swept into a drain fights for his life

May. 10, 2024 06:40 AM EDT

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — Dangerous storms crashed over parts of the South on Thursday even as the region cleaned up from earlier severe weather that spawned tornadoes, killed at least three people, and gravely injured a boy who was swept into a storm drain as he played in a flooded street. ...

Powerful storms kill 3 as tornadoes tear through central and southeastern US

May. 08, 2024 23:08 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — Severe storms tore through parts of the U.S. again Wednesday, spawning damaging tornadoes, producing massive hail, and killing two people in Tennessee and one person in North Carolina. A storm that rumbled across northeastern Tennessee brought high winds that...

What is a tornado emergency and how is it different from a warning or a watch?

May. 08, 2024 18:30 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — The first-ever tornado emergency in Michigan was issued Tuesday, one of many called across the country in recent weeks as severe weather tears through states in the Plains and Midwest. As massive storms barrel East, homes and property have been destroyed and thousands of people...

After deadly Oklahoma tornado, storms bring twisters to the Midwest

May. 08, 2024 00:36 AM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Severe storms battered the Midwest on Tuesday, unleashing a curtain of heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes throughout the region a day after a deadly twister ripped through a small Oklahoma town and killed at least one person. Tornadoes were spotted after dark...

Tornadoes spotted in Oklahoma as hail pelts Kansas. Forecasts warn more is to come

May. 06, 2024 23:00 PM EDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tornadoes touched down Monday evening in rural Oklahoma and large hail pelted parts of Kansas as an outbreak of dangerous storms brought the possibility of strong twisters staying on the ground for many miles. Forecasters have issued a rare high-risk weather...