Aug 25th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
The most terrifying thing about touring the disaster zone caused by the May 22 EF-5 tornado here is the randomness of the devastation, the sight of a vacant lot where a house once stood, literally across the street from a home still whole. The destruction that the storm wrought is already disappearing from view as the Corps of Engineers and contractors raze what's left of damaged ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Exploring Joplin, Missouri, Recovering From Disaster
Aug 25th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
The most terrifying thing about touring the disaster zone caused by the May 22 EF-5 tornado here is the randomness of the devastation, the sight of a vacant lot where a house once stood, literally across the street from a home still whole. The destruction that the storm wrought is already disappearing from view as the Corps of Engineers and contractors raze what's left of damaged ...Photo of the day: Roll cloud over Wisconsin
May 25th, 2011 at 1:00PM:
Tornadoes are everywhere this season, but where there are tornadoes, there are sometimes roll clouds. This shot was taken by me while I rode in the passenger seat through a wicked storm in Western Wisconsin last sumer. As my fiance and I drove closer to the rotating cloud, a sight we'd never before seen, we were a little intimidated. The radio was relaying to us tornado warnings and despite ...*Breaking* St. Louis airport damaged and closed by tornado
Apr 23rd, 2011 at 10:00AM: The historic Lambert Field in St. Louis was damaged by an apparent tornado last night, wreaking havoc on the main terminal and disrupting operations. According to the Huffington Post, "The storm lifted the roof off Concourse C and sent plate glass flying everywhere. Four people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after glass shattered as the storm hit."
All inbound flights were ...Video: Mississippi tornado rips through power lines
Apr 17th, 2011 at 1:00PM: A powerful storm system that produced damaging tornadoes tore through several states over the course of the last few days. Beginning in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, the storm moved through Mississippi on Friday and Alabama and Georgia. Eventually wreaking havoc on North Carolina and Virginia, this storm has claimed at least 35 lives in six states. With flash floods, softball-sized hail, and ...Billings Rimrock Auto Arena shredded by tornado
Jun 21st, 2010 at 3:30PM: The MetraPark Entertainment and Trade Center in Billings, Montana was ravaged yesterday by a monstrous tornado. Several businesses in the Heights neighborhood also sustained heavy damage. The MetraPark's Rimrock Auto Arena is a major concert and event venue in the region and draws tourists from across Montana and Wyoming.
The storm struck around 4:30 PM yesterday and was accompanied by heavy ...
America's Wildest Weather Cities
Feb 12th, 2008 at 1:20PM: Last Summer, Forbes released their list of America's "Wildest Weather Cities," which included nominations in categories like the coldest city, hottest, wettest, windiest, and "most variety." The city I currently live in, Springfield, Missouri, won honors in that last category, and this winter further reinforced its place in the top spot. We've had a brutal wave of ice for the past two days, but in ...Tornadoes, planes, and grumpy fliers -- oh my!
Jan 12th, 2008 at 12:30PM: Jerry's post on weird weather around the world, and my observation and subsequent "whining" (as a few readers put it) about Allegiant Air's lack of online check-in reminded me of one of the strangest airport experiences I've had in recent past. Some of our U.S. readers might have heard about the nasty stretch of weather that made its way through the Midwest last week. The epicenter of the ...
