Michigan had its first tornado emergency as storms ripped through the Midwest. Over a dozen mobiles homes were destroyed in Kalamazoo and several injured. Two reported twisters hit the city of Portage obliterating property and trees
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 Tuesday in parts of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, while []
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BARNSDALL, Okla. – One person has died after a devastating tornado destroyed homes and toppled power lines as it ripped through a small town northeast of Oklahoma City on Monday evening. The National Weather Service reported that Barnsdall, a town of about 1,000 people located a 40-minute drive north of Tulsa, was leveled shortly after 9:30 p.m. by a tornado that was initially estimated at EF-3 strength or higher on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. "It just hit all of a sudden," said Joy King, who...
A tornado watch was issued Tuesday afternoon for portions of northeast
The state of Oklahoma was recently struck by a deadly tornado, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
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Meteorologists have warned that a wave of dangerous storms are set to tear through the South today, a day after a series of killer tornados claimed three lives in Tennessee and North Carolina
Oklahoma has been getting battered with tornadoes for over a week now with deadly storms hitting the Sooner State a week ago and then again on Monday north of Tulsa as Barnsdall and Bartlesville, Oklahoma were hit by powerful storm cells that damaged around 40 homes. New footage has emerged showing the Bartlesville, Oklahoma tornado […]
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police troopers, an anguish only compounded by the fact that nearly every other major civil rights case during that time has passed her by. It took just months []