WKN Weer, Klimaat en Natuurrampen
Lees alles over het onstuimige weer op onze planeet, volg orkanen en tornado's, zie hoe vulkanen uitbarsten en hoe Moeder Aarde beeft bij een aardbeving. Alles over de verwoestende kracht van onze planeet en tal van andere natuurverschijnselen.
De NOAA heeft een Major Severe Weather Outbreak' waarschuwing uitgegeven voor vanavond en vannacht. In de staten Ohio, Mississippi, Alabama en Georgia zwaar weer verwacht met kans op veel en langdurige tornado's.
De NOAA heeft speciaal een uitgebreide waarschuwing gepubliceerd met alle details.
Kijk op weather.gov
En CNN
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Ze verwachten heel wat daar.
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De NOAA heeft speciaal een uitgebreide waarschuwing gepubliceerd met alle details.
Kijk op weather.gov
En CNN
VWK
Ze verwachten heel wat daar.
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Hmmm.... het woord "weeralarm" komt ons nu ondertussen ook wel bekend (en vertrouwd) voor
Maar is het daar nu niet tornado season?
Maar is het daar nu niet tornado season?
Klopt...het tornadoseizoen is ongeveer van maart tot en met juli.quote:Op donderdag 1 maart 2007 22:40 schreef Locusta het volgende:
Hmmm.... het woord "weeralarm" komt ons nu ondertussen ook wel bekend (en vertrouwd) voor
Maar is het daar nu niet tornado season?
Timing! Nou, goed begin is het halve werk hequote:Op donderdag 1 maart 2007 22:54 schreef aloa het volgende:
Klopt...het tornadoseizoen is ongeveer van maart tot en met juli.
Dus het seizoen is nog maar net begonnen en het gedonder begint al weer....
Het seizoen was "al langer geopend"quote:Op donderdag 1 maart 2007 23:03 schreef Locusta het volgende:
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Timing! Nou, goed begin is het halve werk he
Dus het seizoen is nog maar net begonnen en het gedonder begint al weer....
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Nu is het officieel zullen we maar zeggen.
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quote:Tornadoes kill 13 in Alabama town, 1 Missouri girl
Updated 3/1/2007 6:19 PM ET
Enlarge By Danny Tindell, Dothan Eagle via AP
From staff and wire reports
Apparent tornadoes killed at least 13 people in Alabama on Thursday, including eight at a high school where students were trapped under a collapsed roof, state officials said. State Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Yasamie Richardson said eight fatalities "are in relation to the high school but whether they are all students or some students and teachers we're not sure." House Speaker Seth Hammett, at the statehouse in Montgomery, announced that five people had died at Miller's Ferry in west Alabama, where another apparent tornado tore into mobile homes.
Martha Rodriquez, a 15-year-old sophomore, said she had left the school about five minutes before the storm hit. When she returned, a hall at the school had collapsed, she said. "The stadium was destroyed and there were cars tipped over in the parking lot and trees were ripped out. There were trees and wood everywhere. It was just horrible," she said. More than 40 people were brought in to an Enterprise hospital as a violent storm front crossed the state. The same system was blamed for a tornado that killed a 7-year-old girl in Missouri.
Several school systems across Alabama closed or dismissed students early Thursday as the storm front approached from the west, extending the length of the state. "The clouds were so dark that all the lights out here came on," said Walter Thornton, who works at Enterprise Municipal Airport. The severe storm system, created by the collision of moist Gulf air and a frigid air mass below an unusually strong jet stream, packed hail and high winds as it rolled across Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
In Caulfield, Mo., law enforcement officers said a young girl died after a tornado hit a mobile home in a rural area 16 miles southwest of West Plains, Mo. Howell County Sheriff Robbie Crites identified the victim as Elizabeth Croney, whose mother, father and a brother were injured when the twister struck. It took paramedics about an hour to reach the home, and they had to use chain saws to cut through wooded debris blocking the road. "It was a single mobile home, but it was in a salvage yard with scrap metal," said Dennis Crider, sports editor for the West Plains Daily Quill, who arrived at the scene about an hour after the twister hit. "It looks like a bomb was dropped in there. Stuff is spun everywhere in the trees." Deputies said four mobile homes, two houses and two service stations were damaged by the twisters. A tornado also touched down near an elementary school, but the building was not damaged.
Wednesday night, a twister struck in Linn County, Kan., along the Missouri state line, destroying a power substation. Roofs and siding were torn from buildings, according to Linn County Emergency Management Director David Yates. He said some minor injuries were reported. "It's a total loss," said Paul Norris, operations manager for Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative. He said the storm also ripped out poles and electric lines, but power was expected to be restored by the end of the day. The tornadoes were spawned by a collision of moist Gulf air and a frigid air mass whipped by an unusually strong jet stream.
The National Weather Service warned of a "potentially very dangerous situation" from more tornadoes and high winds from Missouri to Florida throughout the day. The NWS said eastern Mississippi and Alabama were considered a "high risk" for severe weather into the afternoon, especially from strong and sustained tornadoes. The forecasters said strong tornadoes were possible later today across portions of Tennessee and Georgia along with damaging winds and isolated tornadoes across much of the lower Ohio Valley. Severe thunderstorms were also possible in the lower Mississippi valley, the Gulf area and south Atlantic coastal states.
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Fun. Hoop dat het staartje ons deze keer links laat liggen.
"Pain is my friend. I can trust pain. I can trust pain to make my life utterly miserable."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
http://www.nu.nl/news/993(...)kt_slachtoffers.html
itgegeven: 1 maart 2007 23:50
WASHINGTON - Een tornado in de Amerikaanse staat Alabama heeft zeker acht doden veroorzaakt. Dat meldden Amerikaanse media donderdagavond.
De tornado trof de plaats Enterprise.
itgegeven: 1 maart 2007 23:50
WASHINGTON - Een tornado in de Amerikaanse staat Alabama heeft zeker acht doden veroorzaakt. Dat meldden Amerikaanse media donderdagavond.
De tornado trof de plaats Enterprise.
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Blizzard hits Midwest, Plains
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Heavy, wet snow and blizzard conditions hit the Plains and Midwest on Thursday, shutting down hundreds of miles of interstate.
Schools closed in several states, and hundreds of flights were canceled.
Two people were killed when their car overturned on a slick road in North Dakota, and snowplows were pulled off the roads in western Minnesota because of strong wind and unrelenting snow.
The storm moved into Iowa with rain and sleet but changed to snow around dawn.
The western part of the state was hit with a blizzard that dropped visibility to a quarter-mile or less for at least three hours.
By midday, as much as a foot of snow covered the town of Atlantic.
A blizzard also hit eastern Nebraska, with a foot of snow in the Omaha area and up to 15 inches of snow expected in some areas before it dies off Friday.
Interstate 80 was closed for nearly 200 miles from York, Nebraska, to Des Moines; I-35 was shut down for 115 miles from Ames, Iowa, to Albert Lea, Minnesota; and I-90 was closed from Albert Lea to the South Dakota line, about 150 miles to the west.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Heavy, wet snow and blizzard conditions hit the Plains and Midwest on Thursday, shutting down hundreds of miles of interstate.
Schools closed in several states, and hundreds of flights were canceled.
Two people were killed when their car overturned on a slick road in North Dakota, and snowplows were pulled off the roads in western Minnesota because of strong wind and unrelenting snow.
The storm moved into Iowa with rain and sleet but changed to snow around dawn.
The western part of the state was hit with a blizzard that dropped visibility to a quarter-mile or less for at least three hours.
By midday, as much as a foot of snow covered the town of Atlantic.
A blizzard also hit eastern Nebraska, with a foot of snow in the Omaha area and up to 15 inches of snow expected in some areas before it dies off Friday.
Interstate 80 was closed for nearly 200 miles from York, Nebraska, to Des Moines; I-35 was shut down for 115 miles from Ames, Iowa, to Albert Lea, Minnesota; and I-90 was closed from Albert Lea to the South Dakota line, about 150 miles to the west.
Een tornado is wat anders dan een orkaan. Een tornado is een (soort) wervelwind.quote:Op vrijdag 2 maart 2007 01:35 schreef wonderer het volgende:
Fun. Hoop dat het staartje ons deze keer links laat liggen.
Tornado’s Alabama: 13 doden te betreuren
Het weeralarm dat gold voor delen in de Verenigde sStaten heeft niet mogen voorkomen dat mensen slachtoffer werden van het natuurgeweld in de vorm van krachtige en verwoestende tornado's.
Hevige onweersbuien trokken door Alabama in de middag vergezeld door tornado’s.
Ondanks de uitgebreide waarschuwingen kon niet voorkomen worden dat leerlingen van een school – Enterprise High School - getroffen werden doordat een hal waarin veel leerlingen toevlucht hadden gezocht in elkaar stortte als gevolg van een tornado die langs de school trok.
5 slachtoffers vielen bij Wilcox County town of Miller’s Ferry, waar 20 huizen aan een meer werden getroffen, doordat een tornado overtrok. Alle bomen en huizen daar zijn totaal vernield.
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Het weeralarm dat gold voor delen in de Verenigde sStaten heeft niet mogen voorkomen dat mensen slachtoffer werden van het natuurgeweld in de vorm van krachtige en verwoestende tornado's.
Hevige onweersbuien trokken door Alabama in de middag vergezeld door tornado’s.
Ondanks de uitgebreide waarschuwingen kon niet voorkomen worden dat leerlingen van een school – Enterprise High School - getroffen werden doordat een hal waarin veel leerlingen toevlucht hadden gezocht in elkaar stortte als gevolg van een tornado die langs de school trok.
5 slachtoffers vielen bij Wilcox County town of Miller’s Ferry, waar 20 huizen aan een meer werden getroffen, doordat een tornado overtrok. Alle bomen en huizen daar zijn totaal vernield.
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ENTERPRISE, Ala. — Tornadoes and violent storms roared Thursday across Alabama, killing at least 7 people, including 5 at Enterprise High School, where students were reportedly trapped after a roof collapsed on them.
More than 50 people were hospitalized across the state, according to the Associated Press.
Meanwhile, the system of powerful tornadoes passed from Alabama into southwest Georgia, hitting a hospital and causing at least nine deaths, a state official said.
A fire chief reported six deaths caused by the storm in Baker County in southwest Georgia, said Buzz Weiss of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.
In Sumter County, two people were reported killed and an undetermined number injured by the storm, which damaged the county's main hospital, Weiss said late Thursday.
Sumter County deputy sheriff Eric Brown said he could not confirm the fatalities but that the storms had knocked out power to the entire city and part of the rest of the county. He said there were injuries but he did not know how many.
Weiss said it appeared that a tornado hit Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, but that officials there were unsure whether the injured and the dead were inside the building at the time.
Weiss said that farther north in Taylor County, there was one death reported and four injuries, but he had no details on exactly how the injuries occurred — just that they were storm-related.
"We also have reports of injuries in Muscogee County. We have no details on nature of injuries or the number," he said. A Taylor County sheriff's dispatcher said there was extensive storm damage in the county but the number of deaths or injuries was unknown.
Weiss said between 40 and 60 homes were damaged in Clay County, south of Muscogee along the Chattahoochee River on the Alabama line.
In Muscogee County, the National Weather Service said a twister struck about 6 p.m.
The storm knocked out power to 15,000 homes in Columbus and another 3,200 across the Chattahoochee in Phenix City, Ala., damaged some buildings and toppled trees into streets.
In Alabama, State Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Yasamie Richardson said it wasn't clear whether the deaths at the high school were all students or a mix of students and teachers.
Enterprise Police Chief T.D. Jones said students remain trapped inside the school and workers are attempting to move a wall that is acting as a barrier between the workers and the students, according to a report in the Enterprise Ledger newspaper.
"The number could very well increase as the search effort continues through the night," state emergency management spokeswoman Yasamie Richardson said.
Gov. Bob Riley ordered more than 100 National Guard troops sent to Enterprise, with additional troops standing by.
There are also representatives from the Alabama Department of Emergency Management on the scene, along with a search and rescue team from nearby Dothan, Ala. Rescue squads from around the Wiregrass, Ala, have also responded.
FOX News confirmed that President Bush has offered federal assistance to Riley and Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt and is "deeply saddened by the loss of life," according to Whtie House aides.
Lights and generators are being taken to the high school to continue the search and recovery effort into the evening.
More than 50 people were hospitalized across the state, according to the Associated Press.
Meanwhile, the system of powerful tornadoes passed from Alabama into southwest Georgia, hitting a hospital and causing at least nine deaths, a state official said.
A fire chief reported six deaths caused by the storm in Baker County in southwest Georgia, said Buzz Weiss of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.
In Sumter County, two people were reported killed and an undetermined number injured by the storm, which damaged the county's main hospital, Weiss said late Thursday.
Sumter County deputy sheriff Eric Brown said he could not confirm the fatalities but that the storms had knocked out power to the entire city and part of the rest of the county. He said there were injuries but he did not know how many.
Weiss said it appeared that a tornado hit Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, but that officials there were unsure whether the injured and the dead were inside the building at the time.
Weiss said that farther north in Taylor County, there was one death reported and four injuries, but he had no details on exactly how the injuries occurred — just that they were storm-related.
"We also have reports of injuries in Muscogee County. We have no details on nature of injuries or the number," he said. A Taylor County sheriff's dispatcher said there was extensive storm damage in the county but the number of deaths or injuries was unknown.
Weiss said between 40 and 60 homes were damaged in Clay County, south of Muscogee along the Chattahoochee River on the Alabama line.
In Muscogee County, the National Weather Service said a twister struck about 6 p.m.
The storm knocked out power to 15,000 homes in Columbus and another 3,200 across the Chattahoochee in Phenix City, Ala., damaged some buildings and toppled trees into streets.
In Alabama, State Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Yasamie Richardson said it wasn't clear whether the deaths at the high school were all students or a mix of students and teachers.
Enterprise Police Chief T.D. Jones said students remain trapped inside the school and workers are attempting to move a wall that is acting as a barrier between the workers and the students, according to a report in the Enterprise Ledger newspaper.
"The number could very well increase as the search effort continues through the night," state emergency management spokeswoman Yasamie Richardson said.
Gov. Bob Riley ordered more than 100 National Guard troops sent to Enterprise, with additional troops standing by.
There are also representatives from the Alabama Department of Emergency Management on the scene, along with a search and rescue team from nearby Dothan, Ala. Rescue squads from around the Wiregrass, Ala, have also responded.
FOX News confirmed that President Bush has offered federal assistance to Riley and Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt and is "deeply saddened by the loss of life," according to Whtie House aides.
Lights and generators are being taken to the high school to continue the search and recovery effort into the evening.
Wow wat een tornado al niet kan doen bizar.
wat een tornado al niet kan doen 
bizar.
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Denk dat het woord 'alarm' nu wel op z'n plaats is.quote:Op donderdag 1 maart 2007 23:22 schreef RemcoDelft het volgende:
Hahaha "weeralarm" krijgen wij bij 5 cm sneeuw of windkracht 7 ...
't Is nog niet voorbij, er worden er nog meer verwacht. Die beelden zijn best angstig: De lucht wordt zwart en dan *BEMM*
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Maar tornado's ontstaan niet zomaar en meestal heeft zo'n situatie toch wel effect hier.quote:Op vrijdag 2 maart 2007 05:57 schreef nummer_zoveel het volgende:
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Een tornado is wat anders dan een orkaan. Een tornado is een (soort) wervelwind.
"Pain is my friend. I can trust pain. I can trust pain to make my life utterly miserable."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
Neequote:Op vrijdag 2 maart 2007 16:46 schreef wonderer het volgende:
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Maar tornado's ontstaan niet zomaar en meestal heeft zo'n situatie toch wel effect hier.
Tornado's zijn niet te vergelijken met orkanen, die 1000 maal groter zijn en ook een veel breder gebied zullen treffen.
Een tornado bestaat vaak maar een halve minuut, uitzonderlijke gevallen enkele minuten en komen voort uit 'normale' onweersbuien. Echter wel zeer zware onweersbuien. Deze buien lossen na enkele uren, hooguit een dag weer op en hebben geen gevolgen voor gebieden duizenden kilometers verderop Een orkaan kan dat echter wel hebben
Ik denk eerder dat ze bedoelt dat er tornadowaarschuwingen voor vele plekken gelden, ook in het oosten.quote:Op vrijdag 2 maart 2007 17:33 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Nee
Tornado's zijn niet te vergelijken met orkanen, die 1000 maal groter zijn en ook een veel breder gebied zullen treffen.
Een tornado bestaat vaak maar een halve minuut, uitzonderlijke gevallen enkele minuten en komen voort uit 'normale' onweersbuien. Echter wel zeer zware onweersbuien. Deze buien lossen na enkele uren, hooguit een dag weer op en hebben geen gevolgen voor gebieden duizenden kilometers verderop Een orkaan kan dat echter wel hebben
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Hm, okee dan. Ik heb ook niet veel verstand van weer Maar wat je op onderstaande map ziet, rechtsboven heeft niets te maken met de stormen in Alabama enzo? Hoge of lage druk gebieden?
"Pain is my friend. I can trust pain. I can trust pain to make my life utterly miserable."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
http://kamala.cod.edu/svr/ Alle waarschuwingen.
Grand Rapids stond er gisteren ook bij met een 'severe thunderstorm warning'.
Grand Rapids stond er gisteren ook bij met een 'severe thunderstorm warning'.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Hier ligt intussen weer 6"
"Pain is my friend. I can trust pain. I can trust pain to make my life utterly miserable."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
Oops.. USA Based... ik dacht dat je met 'hier' bedoelde West Europaquote:Op vrijdag 2 maart 2007 17:39 schreef wonderer het volgende:
Hm, okee dan. Ik heb ook niet veel verstand van weer Maar wat je op onderstaande map ziet, rechtsboven heeft niets te maken met de stormen in Alabama enzo? Hoge of lage druk gebieden?
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Het regenfront etc zal wel doorschuiven naar het Noord Oosten idd... maar de echt zware buien waar tornado's uit voorvloeien zal dan niet meer zijj effect hebben..
Ik neem maar een break denk ik
Tis volgens mij een "hij"quote:Op vrijdag 2 maart 2007 17:36 schreef popolon het volgende:
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Ik denk eerder dat ze bedoelt dat er tornadowaarschuwingen voor vele plekken gelden, ook in het oosten.
Dat boeit allemaal niet zo. Tornado's zijn leukerquote:
"Pain is my friend. I can trust pain. I can trust pain to make my life utterly miserable."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
Nu.nlquote:Bush naar rampgebied tornado's
WASHINGTON - De Amerikaanse president Bush brengt zaterdag een bezoek aan de regio in het zuiden van de Verenigde Staten die donderdag door tornado's werd getroffen. Dat maakte een woordvoerster van het Witte Huis vrijdag bekend.
Bush kreeg 1,5 jaar geleden veel kritiek over zich heen omdat hij zich te laat met de catastrofale gevolgen van de orkaan Katrina zou hebben bemoeid. De tornado's in Alabama, Georgia en Missouri eisten zeker twintig mensenlevens.
Alabama werd het zwaarst getroffen met tien doden. In het aangrenzende Georgia vonden negen mensen de dood. In Missouri kwam een meisje van zeven om door het natuurgeweld.
Dodental tornado's VS loopt op
Het dodental door het noodweer in het zuidoosten van de Verenigde Staten is opgelopen tot boven de 20. De doden vielen toen 31 tornado’s door de staten Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Illinois en Missouri trokken. In Enterprise (Alabama) kwamen 15 mensen om het leven.
Daarmee is het aantal doden dit jaar door tornado’s schrikbarend hoog. Terwijl het officiële seizoen pas over een maand start, zijn er dit jaar volgens de nationale weerdienst 45 mensen om het leven gekomen. Normaal zijn het er zo’n 50 tot 55 per jaar.
Het aantal waargenomen tornado’s is ook al hoog. Februari telde er volgens voorlopige cijfers 89, terwijl 10 normaal is. Het jaar 2007 heeft al 151 tornadomeldingen opgeleverd.
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Het dodental door het noodweer in het zuidoosten van de Verenigde Staten is opgelopen tot boven de 20. De doden vielen toen 31 tornado’s door de staten Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Illinois en Missouri trokken. In Enterprise (Alabama) kwamen 15 mensen om het leven.
Daarmee is het aantal doden dit jaar door tornado’s schrikbarend hoog. Terwijl het officiële seizoen pas over een maand start, zijn er dit jaar volgens de nationale weerdienst 45 mensen om het leven gekomen. Normaal zijn het er zo’n 50 tot 55 per jaar.
Het aantal waargenomen tornado’s is ook al hoog. Februari telde er volgens voorlopige cijfers 89, terwijl 10 normaal is. Het jaar 2007 heeft al 151 tornadomeldingen opgeleverd.
VWK
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Wat een hoop!
"Pain is my friend. I can trust pain. I can trust pain to make my life utterly miserable."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
"My brain is too smart for me."
"We don't need no education." "Yes you do, you just used a double negative."
kan maar zo zijn dat er verder dit seizoen geen reet te doen is..quote:Op vrijdag 2 maart 2007 20:36 schreef Party_P het volgende:
Hmm dit is dus een handig jaar om te gaan tornado jagen.
For every fact, there is an equal and opposite opinion.
Twitch.tv/bensel15
Twitch.tv/bensel15
En daarom wil ik ooit een keer gaan tornado jaren in amerikaquote:Op zondag 4 maart 2007 15:45 schreef Eveli het volgende:
Tornado's zijn zo ontzagwekkend krachtig en juist misschien daarom wel fascinerend.
Drugs are good mkay?
Ik ook. Toen ik nog op de basisschool zat, zei ik al dat ik later tornado-jager wilde worden.quote:Op zondag 4 maart 2007 22:20 schreef Party_P het volgende:
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En daarom wil ik ooit een keer gaan tornado jaren in amerika
quote:Severe Weather Week Set To Begin
Bron : topix.net
"March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb."
Most have heard the saying, 'March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.' And emergency officials are gearing up for what could be the start of severe weather season.
The emergency operations center in Travis County is where responders will deal with the crises. You can expect the empty chairs to fill up when violent weather strikes.
Obviously tornadoes are a big concern, especially after last weeks' twister killed eight students in Alabama. But while tornadoes are a threat this time of year, there are other dangers.
Governor Rick Perry has proclaimed this week 'Severe Weather Awareness Week.' Families are encouraged to keep a three-day supply of food and water on hand -- as well as a battery-powered weather radio.
Als ik de foto's zo eens bekijk wordt er daar heel veel gebruik gemaakt van houtbouw met bakstenen. Zou dat niet ook een oorzaak zijn van het feit dat er zoveel schade is? Ik neem aan dat beton toch wat beter bestand is tegen deze krachten...
* Volgend jaar waarschijnlijk in mei een rondreis door de VS en zich afvraagt of het helpt als ze goeie hotels uitzoekt
* Volgend jaar waarschijnlijk in mei een rondreis door de VS en zich afvraagt of het helpt als ze goeie hotels uitzoekt
Op donderdag 12 oktober 2006 09:27 schreef SCH het volgende:
flugeltje is een kloon van yvonne toch?
flugeltje is een kloon van yvonne toch?
De huizen in NL zijn wel wat meer solide, in de VS wordt meer hout gebruikt maar als een tornado overkomt maakt het weinig uit hoor. Mijn huis is een combinatie van beton/steen/hout en aluminium (siding). Erg stevig maar een tornada weet daar wel raad mee.quote:Op donderdag 8 maart 2007 12:18 schreef flugeltje het volgende:
Als ik de foto's zo eens bekijk wordt er daar heel veel gebruik gemaakt van houtbouw met bakstenen. Zou dat niet ook een oorzaak zijn van het feit dat er zoveel schade is? Ik neem aan dat beton toch wat beter bestand is tegen deze krachten...
* Volgend jaar waarschijnlijk in mei een rondreis door de VS en zich afvraagt of het helpt als ze goeie hotels uitzoekt
Als huiseigenaar ben je trouwens verplicht je te verzekeren tegen natuurgeweld.
Heb begrepen dat bij de laatste paar juist trailerparks waren geraakt. Tja, dat zijn ook al niet al te stevige constructies.
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Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
A massive tornado tore through Enterprise, Alabama, on March 1, 2007, leaving a swath of devastation about 180 meters (200 yards) wide through the small city. In the center of the storm’s path was Enterprise High School, where students sheltered in hallways as the tornado struck. The tornado ripped the roof off parts of the school, destroyed a hallway, the gym, and the stadium, said ABC News. By March 2, eight students were confirmed dead.
The Ikonos satellite captured this detailed image of the school on March 5, 2007. The lower image, provided for comparison, shows the school on February 23, 2000. A cluster of rectangular and “U”-shaped buildings make up the main structure of the school in the lower left corner of the image. An outdoor stadium borders the school on the northeast, and a residential area surrounds the school.
The tornado’s track is clearly visible tracing diagonally across the top image from the lower left to the upper right corner. The most damaged building in the image is the high school. The “U”-shaped building on the southwest corner of the school appears to have partially collapsed, and the remaining section of the building is missing its roof. Debris clutters the area around the school, giving the block a messy appearance. The tornado also swept across the eastern edge of the stadium. The trees that fringed the edge of the stadium in 2000 are gone. The houses or small businesses across the street from the stadium have also been destroyed, and many of the trees on the formerly wooded block appear to be missing. Across the street to the north, a raw muddy field replaces the grassy lot that formerly stood on the site. In the large image, the path of destruction continues to the northeast where several homes have clearly been destroyed. Additional damage is also visible in an erratic line southwest of the high school
Beetje laat maar toch.
quote:Tornado’s Alabama: 13 doden te betreuren
Bron : vwkweb.nl
Het weeralarm dat gold voor delen in de Verenigde Staten heeft niet mogen voorkomen dat mensen slachtoffer werden van het natuurgeweld in de vorm van krachtige en verwoestende tornado's.
Hevige onweersbuien trokken door Alabama in de middag vergezeld door tornado’s. Ondanks de uitgebreide waarschuwingen kon niet voorkomen worden dat leerlingen van een school – Enterprise High School - getroffen werden doordat een hal waarin veel leerlingen toevlucht hadden gezocht in elkaar stortte als gevolg van een tornado die langs de school trok.
5 slachtoffers vielen bij Wilcox County town of Miller’s Ferry, waar 20 huizen aan een meer werden getroffen, doordat een tornado overtrok. Alle bomen en huizen daar zijn totaal vernield.
Vader en dochters in shock na een onvrijwillig treffen met een tornado.
Al bij al geen misselijke tornado dus.quote:Millers Ferry tornado winds upgraded to F4
Bron : [url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007703210350]montgomeryadvertiser.com[/img]
MILLERS FERRY -- The tornado that struck Millers Ferry in rural Wilcox County on March 1, killing one person, has been upgraded to a more powerful F4 and could have killed many more if it had hit on a weekend, weather officials said Tuesday.
A statement from the National Weather Service office in Mobile said the tornado's wind speed estimates have been updated to as strong as 185 mph, based on the destruction of at least two wood frame homes. The twister's worst damage was at Sand Island, a popular weekend site.
"Most of the homes are vacation homes with part-time residents. If the tornado had struck on the weekend when more people were present, the loss of life would likely have been greater," the NWS statement said.
One person was killed at Sand Island when he arrived at lunch and his mobile home was torn apart. Neighbors who sought refuge in an underground storm shelter emerged to find their home was destroyed.
About 40 homes were destroyed or damaged at Sand Island. Weather officials said the tornado had a track 15.6 miles long and a width of about 500 yards at its widest point.
The NWS said earlier that its preliminary survey rated the tornado an F3. Under the new Fujita scale, an F3 is a tornado with winds of 136-165 mph and capable of tearing down walls. An F4 under the new scale has winds of 166-200 mph and is capable of leveling a home.
The scale ranges from the weakest F1 to the most destructive F5.
Tornado's blijven slachtoffers maken in VS
Maar liefst 182 tornado’s heeft de maand maart in de Verenigde Staten tot en met de ochtend van de 29e opgeleverd. Vooral de 28e was het druk in het westen van tornado-alley met maar liefst 65 waarnemingen.
Op de 28e vielen er volgens CNN vier doden in de staten Colorado, Oklahoma en Texas. De tornado die Colorado trof was zo breed "als twee voetbalvelden" volgens de website van het internationale televisiestation. Bij deze tornado raakten zeker acht mensen gewond en verloor vee het leven.
Daarmee is het jaartotaal uitgekomen op 300 tornado’s. Dat is al meer dan vorig jaar, toen sprake was van enorm vroege tornadoactiviteit. Wat betreft het aantal doden wordt voorlopig het cijfer van 46 aangehouden, waarmee het gemiddeld jaartotaal al is bereikt.
VWK
Maar liefst 182 tornado’s heeft de maand maart in de Verenigde Staten tot en met de ochtend van de 29e opgeleverd. Vooral de 28e was het druk in het westen van tornado-alley met maar liefst 65 waarnemingen.
Op de 28e vielen er volgens CNN vier doden in de staten Colorado, Oklahoma en Texas. De tornado die Colorado trof was zo breed "als twee voetbalvelden" volgens de website van het internationale televisiestation. Bij deze tornado raakten zeker acht mensen gewond en verloor vee het leven.
Daarmee is het jaartotaal uitgekomen op 300 tornado’s. Dat is al meer dan vorig jaar, toen sprake was van enorm vroege tornadoactiviteit. Wat betreft het aantal doden wordt voorlopig het cijfer van 46 aangehouden, waarmee het gemiddeld jaartotaal al is bereikt.
VWK
US tornado's in onder meer Texas, Oklahoma en Kansas
De Amerikaanse plains hebben momenteel te maken met 'severe weather'. Op verschillende plaatsen zijn tornado's actief: zie het kaartje van The Weather Channel
Jan Visser
De Amerikaanse plains hebben momenteel te maken met 'severe weather'. Op verschillende plaatsen zijn tornado's actief: zie het kaartje van The Weather Channel
Jan Visser
Tornado eist levens in de VS
(Novum/AP) - Een zware voorjaarsstorm heeft in de nacht van woensdag op donderdag in het midden van de Verenigde Staten minstens vier mensenlevens geëist. In Oklahoma vond een echtpaar de dood toen hun woning in stukken werd geblazen.
Eén dode en acht gewonden vielen in Colorado, waar een windhoos een spoor van vernieling trok door het stadje Holly. In Texas werd een man dood aangetroffen in de overblijfselen van zijn woonwagen.
(Novum/AP) - Een zware voorjaarsstorm heeft in de nacht van woensdag op donderdag in het midden van de Verenigde Staten minstens vier mensenlevens geëist. In Oklahoma vond een echtpaar de dood toen hun woning in stukken werd geblazen.
Eén dode en acht gewonden vielen in Colorado, waar een windhoos een spoor van vernieling trok door het stadje Holly. In Texas werd een man dood aangetroffen in de overblijfselen van zijn woonwagen.
Kenne jullie deze site al?
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/yesterday.html
Kijk ik zelf nog wel eens regelmatig op.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/yesterday.html
Kijk ik zelf nog wel eens regelmatig op.
Nee die kende ik niet! Zet ik even in het linkjes topic!quote:Op vrijdag 30 maart 2007 20:26 schreef Eveli het volgende:
Kenne jullie deze site al?
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/yesterday.html
Kijk ik zelf nog wel eens regelmatig op.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Another wave of storms swept through Texas and Oklahoma Friday, spawning at least three tornadoes in central Texas, dumping rain into swollen creeks and rivers and forcing an evacuation at an assisted living center.
The storms come just days after dozens of tornadoes swept from the Rockies to the Plains, killing at least four people in three states.
As the slow-moving thunderstorms moved into Oklahoma, more than three inches of rain fell. Authorities issued flash flood warnings in 10 counties in the southern and central parts of the state.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol sent its dive team to an accident site where a car plunged into the Illinois River, and there were numerous other wrecks, Capt. Chris West said. No deaths were reported.
"It's definitely played havoc on our traffic," West said.
The most significant problem was proving to be flash flooding, National Weather Service meteorologist Forrest Mitchell in Norman, Okla.
"That's been the main weather feature today," Mitchell said. "We've had a lot of rain. We certainly need the moisture, but some areas have received so much rain today and that has led to localized flash flooding."
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. reported about 8,000 customers without electricity late Friday night.
In central Texas, tornadoes damaged an indoor rodeo arena and yanked down power lines, but there were no injuries reported.
Heavy rain and flooding forced the evacuation of an assisted living complex in Corsicana, Texas, where 7 inches of rain fell, authorities said. About 60 elderly residents were taken to a church on higher ground for safety, said Eric Meyers, Navarro County Emergency Management coordinator. The community is 52 miles southeast of Dallas.
Elsewhere in Texas, heavy rains washed out five bridges and prompted authorities to perform a swift water rescue and two vehicle rescues, state authorities said.
The storms come just days after dozens of tornadoes swept from the Rockies to the Plains, killing at least four people in three states.
As the slow-moving thunderstorms moved into Oklahoma, more than three inches of rain fell. Authorities issued flash flood warnings in 10 counties in the southern and central parts of the state.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol sent its dive team to an accident site where a car plunged into the Illinois River, and there were numerous other wrecks, Capt. Chris West said. No deaths were reported.
"It's definitely played havoc on our traffic," West said.
The most significant problem was proving to be flash flooding, National Weather Service meteorologist Forrest Mitchell in Norman, Okla.
"That's been the main weather feature today," Mitchell said. "We've had a lot of rain. We certainly need the moisture, but some areas have received so much rain today and that has led to localized flash flooding."
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. reported about 8,000 customers without electricity late Friday night.
In central Texas, tornadoes damaged an indoor rodeo arena and yanked down power lines, but there were no injuries reported.
Heavy rain and flooding forced the evacuation of an assisted living complex in Corsicana, Texas, where 7 inches of rain fell, authorities said. About 60 elderly residents were taken to a church on higher ground for safety, said Eric Meyers, Navarro County Emergency Management coordinator. The community is 52 miles southeast of Dallas.
Elsewhere in Texas, heavy rains washed out five bridges and prompted authorities to perform a swift water rescue and two vehicle rescues, state authorities said.
Tornado's zaaien opnieuw dood en verderf in de VS
De Amerikaanse staten Georgia, Alabama en Missouri zijn gisteren getroffen door maar liefst 29 tornado's. Deze hebben aan 20 mensen het leven gekost. De tornado's werden veroorzaakt door een actieve depressie boven Missouri. Het lagedrukgebied veroorzaakte sneeuw in de Midwest: kortom het is daar nog compleet winter.
de weerkaart van The Weather Channel laat de depressie goed zien
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De Amerikaanse staten Georgia, Alabama en Missouri zijn gisteren getroffen door maar liefst 29 tornado's. Deze hebben aan 20 mensen het leven gekost. De tornado's werden veroorzaakt door een actieve depressie boven Missouri. Het lagedrukgebied veroorzaakte sneeuw in de Midwest: kortom het is daar nog compleet winter.
de weerkaart van The Weather Channel laat de depressie goed zien
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Niet alleen in de mid-west is het nog winter hoor
Niet alleen in de mid-west is het nog winter hoor
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"My brain is too smart for me."
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't Is vrij koud voor de tijd van het jaar ja.
Twee weken geleden stond ik met 23 graden nog lekker buiten de struiken te snoeien.
Klein storinkje, niks aan de hand.
Twee weken geleden stond ik met 23 graden nog lekker buiten de struiken te snoeien.
Klein storinkje, niks aan de hand.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Dat wordt lachen.
Gaat allemaal heel netjes onder Michigan door.
Gaat allemaal heel netjes onder Michigan door.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Heb je CNN op? je moet die lucht zien joh.. Gitzwartquote:Op zaterdag 14 april 2007 02:28 schreef popolon het volgende:
Dat wordt lachen.
Gaat allemaal heel netjes onder Michigan door.
Jammer dat er nog geen pics van zijn op internet...
De waarschuwingen waren er al. Maar goed, dit kan net zo goed hier voorkomen. Nu gelukkig niet.quote:Op zaterdag 14 april 2007 02:30 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Heb je CNN op? je moet die lucht zien joh.. Gitzwart
Jammer dat er nog geen pics van zijn op internet...
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Ik zie ze dit normaal niet zo groot en breed brengenquote:Op zaterdag 14 april 2007 02:32 schreef popolon het volgende:
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De waarschuwingen waren er al. Maar goed, dit kan net zo goed hier voorkomen. Nu gelukkig niet.
en die video joh... damn wat een lucht
WTF
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Ja goed. De onweersbuien die je hier ziet zijn echt zoveel bruter dan wat je van Nederland kent. Ik moest echt wennen in het begin.quote:Op zaterdag 14 april 2007 02:32 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Ik zie ze dit normaal niet zo groot en breed brengen
en die video joh... damn wat een lucht
Maar ze kunnen hun borst daar nat maken.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
als je nog sites weet met leuke updates, pictures of livestreams... Go aheadquote:Op zaterdag 14 april 2007 02:38 schreef popolon het volgende:
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Ja goed. De onweersbuien die je hier ziet zijn echt zoveel bruter dan wat je van Nederland kent. Ik moest echt wennen in het begin.
Maar ze kunnen hun borst daar nat maken.
whehehe jammer dat ik FOX nie kan ontvangen op me digiquote:Op zaterdag 14 april 2007 02:42 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
dikke tvp. En CNN aanzwiept.
http://woodtv.triton.net/coppermine/index.php?cat=9 vooral de 'severe' zijn leuk.quote:Op zaterdag 14 april 2007 02:41 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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als je nog sites weet met leuke updates, pictures of livestreams... Go ahead
Foto's van 't weer in Michigan, ingestuurd door mensen zoals u en ik.
Maar nee, ik heb niet de camera in de aanslag.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
thx!quote:Op zaterdag 14 april 2007 02:45 schreef popolon het volgende:
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http://woodtv.triton.net/coppermine/index.php?cat=9 vooral de 'severe' zijn leuk.
Foto's van 't weer in Michigan, ingestuurd door mensen zoals u en ik.
Maar nee, ik heb niet de camera in de aanslag.
Even linkje toevoegen
Gewoon mooi:quote:
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
WOw die laatste
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DALLAS — A storm moving across North Texas on Friday killed at least one person, injured at least five others and caused significant damage to buildings in and around Fort Worth, authorities said.
A man was killed at a lumber yard in Haltom City after a pile of wood fell on top of him, a Fort Worth fire spokesman said. He was pulled out from beneath the debris but died before paramedics could get him to a hospital.
Five others suffered minor injuries at a grocery store, mainly from flying glass, authorities said. They declined to be transported to area hospitals.
The storm also damaged some businesses in an industrial park area, Fort Worth police spokesman Lt. Dean Sullivan said.
Television news footage showed storm damage in an industrial park in Haltom City that knocked about a dozen tractor-trailers on their sides. The Valley Missionary Baptist Church there was destroyed.
A National Weather Service meteorologist said there was almost certainly one tornado that touched down in Tarrant County. Trained storm spotters saw what was likely another tornado in northern Dallas County.
The meteorologist said officials might not be able to determine if the storm system produced any tornadoes until Saturday.
"There is some scattered damage and some of it is rather significant," meteorologist Alan Moller said.
A residential neighborhood in Haltom City tucked between Interstate 35 and an industrial park suffered a direct hit. The storm tore roofs off houses and destroyed porches and garages.
Amanda Rymer of Haltom City said she pulled her 2-year-old daughter out of her living room just seconds before the roof caved in above them.
"I felt my house start shaking like the wind and I ran in here and grabbed my little girl," said Rymer, 21. "As soon as I moved her, the roof fell in right where she was standing."
Rymer said she rushed her daughter into a bedroom and pulled a mattress over her. Then she ran back to the living room for her 2-month-old son, who was sitting in a baby swing.
"I didn't know if I was going to come out here and my little boy would be dead or alive or even here," she said.
The storm also forced the cancellation of NASCAR Nextel Cup qualifying races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Thousands of fans who showed up to watch qualifying were advised to move to safety as tornado sirens blared at the speedway in Fort Worth.
Storms also canceled a series of promotional events, including a Cheap Trick concert and appearances by race car drivers, in downtown Fort Worth.
A tornado was spotted near Bedford, a suburb in between Dallas and Forth Worth, according to the National Weather Service.
A man was killed at a lumber yard in Haltom City after a pile of wood fell on top of him, a Fort Worth fire spokesman said. He was pulled out from beneath the debris but died before paramedics could get him to a hospital.
Five others suffered minor injuries at a grocery store, mainly from flying glass, authorities said. They declined to be transported to area hospitals.
The storm also damaged some businesses in an industrial park area, Fort Worth police spokesman Lt. Dean Sullivan said.
Television news footage showed storm damage in an industrial park in Haltom City that knocked about a dozen tractor-trailers on their sides. The Valley Missionary Baptist Church there was destroyed.
A National Weather Service meteorologist said there was almost certainly one tornado that touched down in Tarrant County. Trained storm spotters saw what was likely another tornado in northern Dallas County.
The meteorologist said officials might not be able to determine if the storm system produced any tornadoes until Saturday.
"There is some scattered damage and some of it is rather significant," meteorologist Alan Moller said.
A residential neighborhood in Haltom City tucked between Interstate 35 and an industrial park suffered a direct hit. The storm tore roofs off houses and destroyed porches and garages.
Amanda Rymer of Haltom City said she pulled her 2-year-old daughter out of her living room just seconds before the roof caved in above them.
"I felt my house start shaking like the wind and I ran in here and grabbed my little girl," said Rymer, 21. "As soon as I moved her, the roof fell in right where she was standing."
Rymer said she rushed her daughter into a bedroom and pulled a mattress over her. Then she ran back to the living room for her 2-month-old son, who was sitting in a baby swing.
"I didn't know if I was going to come out here and my little boy would be dead or alive or even here," she said.
The storm also forced the cancellation of NASCAR Nextel Cup qualifying races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Thousands of fans who showed up to watch qualifying were advised to move to safety as tornado sirens blared at the speedway in Fort Worth.
Storms also canceled a series of promotional events, including a Cheap Trick concert and appearances by race car drivers, in downtown Fort Worth.
A tornado was spotted near Bedford, a suburb in between Dallas and Forth Worth, according to the National Weather Service.
Deadly storms threaten floods
Lines of powerful thunderstorms rolled across southern states Saturday, and threatened to become stronger as they headed to the Northeast. "There is potential for a very bad storm," said Joseph Williams, rescue chief in Suffolk County, New York, where there is a risk of flooding. High winds tore roofs off homes in Texas Friday, and NASCAR Nextel Cup qualifying races at Fort Worth were halted as tornado sirens blared.
Flood watch in New York as storm heads east
Lines of powerful thunderstorms rolled across southern states Saturday, and threatened to become stronger as they headed to the Northeast. "There is potential for a very bad storm," said Joseph Williams, rescue chief in Suffolk County, New York, where there is a risk of flooding. High winds tore roofs off homes in Texas Friday, and NASCAR Nextel Cup qualifying races at Fort Worth were halted as tornado sirens blared.
Flood watch in New York as storm heads east
Amerika gebukt onder zware voorjaarsstorm
Uitgegeven: 15 april 2007 08:09
AMSTERDAM - De Verenigde Staten van Amerika (VS) worden geteisterd door een zware voorjaarsstorm. Het Amerikaanse persbureau AP meldt dat twee tornados in Texas het leven van tenminste twee mensen hebben gekost.
Door onverwachte sneeuwval in de staat Kansas kwamen drie mensen om het leven bij ongevallen op de snelwegen.
Sneeuw
In de staten die grenzen aan de Golf van Mexico veroorzaakte de ongebruikelijk sterke voorjaarsstorm zware onweer. Het systeem trekt momenteel via het midden van de VS naar het noordoosten.
Daar wordt gevreesd voor zware overstromingen in de kustgebieden, het uitvallen van de elektriciteit en sneeuwval van meer dan dertig centimeter.
Vreemd
"Dit is zeer vreemd voor deze tijd van het jaar", aldus meteoroloog John Koch. "Dit soort weer zien wij eigenlijk in het midden van de winter."
Vrijdagnacht (lokale tijd) werd de staat Texas opgeschrikt door twee tornados. Het zogenaamde tornadoseizoen begint in de zuidelijke staten pas in mei en duurt tot begin juni.
In Fort Worth kwam een man om het leven toen hij werd verpletterd door boomstammen die op zijn vrachtwagen waren geladen. In de stad Irving verongelukte een politieman.
Overstromingen
In Kansas gingen sommige scholen en winkels vrijdagmiddag (lokale tijd) dicht. Zaterdagmiddag (zondagochtend Nederlandse tijd) stopte de sneeuwval in de Amerikaanse staat. Op dat moment was er in de staten van Louisiana tot aan Mississippi sprake van regevnval veroorzaakt door het systeem.
Verwacht wordt dat de storm in kracht toeneemt als hij de Oostkust heeft bereikt. In New York wordt gevreesd voor overstromingen. Ook Long Island zou weleens de ergste overstroming sinds 1992 kunnen meemaken
Nu.nl
Uitgegeven: 15 april 2007 08:09
AMSTERDAM - De Verenigde Staten van Amerika (VS) worden geteisterd door een zware voorjaarsstorm. Het Amerikaanse persbureau AP meldt dat twee tornados in Texas het leven van tenminste twee mensen hebben gekost.
Door onverwachte sneeuwval in de staat Kansas kwamen drie mensen om het leven bij ongevallen op de snelwegen.
Sneeuw
In de staten die grenzen aan de Golf van Mexico veroorzaakte de ongebruikelijk sterke voorjaarsstorm zware onweer. Het systeem trekt momenteel via het midden van de VS naar het noordoosten.
Daar wordt gevreesd voor zware overstromingen in de kustgebieden, het uitvallen van de elektriciteit en sneeuwval van meer dan dertig centimeter.
Vreemd
"Dit is zeer vreemd voor deze tijd van het jaar", aldus meteoroloog John Koch. "Dit soort weer zien wij eigenlijk in het midden van de winter."
Vrijdagnacht (lokale tijd) werd de staat Texas opgeschrikt door twee tornados. Het zogenaamde tornadoseizoen begint in de zuidelijke staten pas in mei en duurt tot begin juni.
In Fort Worth kwam een man om het leven toen hij werd verpletterd door boomstammen die op zijn vrachtwagen waren geladen. In de stad Irving verongelukte een politieman.
Overstromingen
In Kansas gingen sommige scholen en winkels vrijdagmiddag (lokale tijd) dicht. Zaterdagmiddag (zondagochtend Nederlandse tijd) stopte de sneeuwval in de Amerikaanse staat. Op dat moment was er in de staten van Louisiana tot aan Mississippi sprake van regevnval veroorzaakt door het systeem.
Verwacht wordt dat de storm in kracht toeneemt als hij de Oostkust heeft bereikt. In New York wordt gevreesd voor overstromingen. Ook Long Island zou weleens de ergste overstroming sinds 1992 kunnen meemaken
Nu.nl
National Weather Service
NEW YORK (AP) -- Airlines canceled 300 flights Sunday as a hard-blowing nor'easter gathered strength along the East Coast and threatened to deliver some of the worst shore flooding in 14 years.
The storm, already blamed for five deaths on the Plains, also flooded people out of their homes in the middle of the night in West Virginia.
The cancellations at the New York area's three major airports affected most carriers, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. More cancellations were expected throughout the day.
Meteorologists expected sustained wind of 40 mph and a storm surge of 3 to 5 feet, a combination that could cause as much coastal damage to New York's Long Island as a winter storm that wreaked havoc there in late 1992, Gov. Eliot Spitzer said. (Gallery: Storm moves across the U.S.)
The 1992 storm also caused millions of dollars worth of damage to low-lying areas on the New Jersey shore, and on Sunday some residents of those areas were packing up to leave. (Read: The Big East storm in historical perspective)
"This is going to be bad," Shaun Rheinheimer said as he moved furniture to higher spots at his house on New Jersey's low-lying Cedar Bonnet Island. Streets were beginning to flood by late morning and waves splashed over bulkheads into backyards.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms extended from Florida up the coast to southern New England on Sunday and the National Weather Service said Washington's Reagan National Airport had measured 1.43 inches of rain.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Airlines canceled 300 flights Sunday as a hard-blowing nor'easter gathered strength along the East Coast and threatened to deliver some of the worst shore flooding in 14 years.
The storm, already blamed for five deaths on the Plains, also flooded people out of their homes in the middle of the night in West Virginia.
The cancellations at the New York area's three major airports affected most carriers, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. More cancellations were expected throughout the day.
Meteorologists expected sustained wind of 40 mph and a storm surge of 3 to 5 feet, a combination that could cause as much coastal damage to New York's Long Island as a winter storm that wreaked havoc there in late 1992, Gov. Eliot Spitzer said. (Gallery: Storm moves across the U.S.)
The 1992 storm also caused millions of dollars worth of damage to low-lying areas on the New Jersey shore, and on Sunday some residents of those areas were packing up to leave. (Read: The Big East storm in historical perspective)
"This is going to be bad," Shaun Rheinheimer said as he moved furniture to higher spots at his house on New Jersey's low-lying Cedar Bonnet Island. Streets were beginning to flood by late morning and waves splashed over bulkheads into backyards.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms extended from Florida up the coast to southern New England on Sunday and the National Weather Service said Washington's Reagan National Airport had measured 1.43 inches of rain.
De Oostkust krijgt er goed van langs.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
[quote]Een tornado is wat anders dan een orkaan. Een tornado is een (soort) wervelwind. [/qoute]
No shit sherlock !!
No shit sherlock !!
The Truth is often hard to find.
Chaos door overstromingen in Texas
De Amerikaanse staat Texas kampt met overstromingen na hevige regen en hagelbuien.
Verkeerschaos
In de stad Dallas kwam het verkeer volkomen vast te staan. Duizenden huishoudens zaten door het noodweer zonder stroom. Ook het vliegverkeer van en naar Dallas had last van het weer. Er moesten honderden vluchten gecancelled worden.
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AMSTERDAM - In een dorp bij de Mexicaanse grens in Texas zijn zes mensen omgekomen door een tornado. De wervelstorm ontwikkelde zich tijdens zware stormen die dinsdag het grensgebied bezochten.
Behalve de zes doden vielen er tal van de gewonden en het ziekenhuis van de getroffen gemeente, Eagle Pass, kon de drukte nauwelijks aan. Meer dan twee honderd reddingswerkers, onder wie leden vaan de grensbewaking, gingen dinsdag de deuren langs om slachtoffers op te sporen. 's Avonds moesten zij hun zoektocht staken omdat er opnieuw zware storm opstak.
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EAGLE PASS, Texas — Six people were killed when severe storms spawned a tornado that struck a small community near the Mexican border Tuesday, officials said.
At least six people died in the storms, Eagle Pass Fire Chief Roy Delacruz said. The tornado struck unincorporated areas of Maverick County known as Loma Linda and Chula Vista, he said.
The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado struck a few miles south of Eagle Pass just after 7 p.m.
An unknown number of people were also injured, stretching the resources of the local hospital in Eagle Pass, Delacruz said.
"We're still getting more and more people into the hospital, so I would think a sizable amount of injuries," Delacruz said.
More than 200 emergency responders, including National Guard units attached to the Border Patrol, were conducting search and rescue efforts, he said. Their door-to-door checks were halted late Tuesday as another series of dangerous storms swept the area.
The six fatalities were reportedly in one residence, Delacruz said.
The thunderstorm that produced the deadly tornado developed over Mexico and moved southeast over the Rio Grande and across Maverick County, said Clay Anderson, a senior forecaster with the Austin-San Antonio office of the weather service.
Eagle Pass is located about 145 miles southeast of San Antonio.
De Amerikaanse staat Texas kampt met overstromingen na hevige regen en hagelbuien.
Verkeerschaos
In de stad Dallas kwam het verkeer volkomen vast te staan. Duizenden huishoudens zaten door het noodweer zonder stroom. Ook het vliegverkeer van en naar Dallas had last van het weer. Er moesten honderden vluchten gecancelled worden.
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AMSTERDAM - In een dorp bij de Mexicaanse grens in Texas zijn zes mensen omgekomen door een tornado. De wervelstorm ontwikkelde zich tijdens zware stormen die dinsdag het grensgebied bezochten.
Behalve de zes doden vielen er tal van de gewonden en het ziekenhuis van de getroffen gemeente, Eagle Pass, kon de drukte nauwelijks aan. Meer dan twee honderd reddingswerkers, onder wie leden vaan de grensbewaking, gingen dinsdag de deuren langs om slachtoffers op te sporen. 's Avonds moesten zij hun zoektocht staken omdat er opnieuw zware storm opstak.
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EAGLE PASS, Texas — Six people were killed when severe storms spawned a tornado that struck a small community near the Mexican border Tuesday, officials said.
At least six people died in the storms, Eagle Pass Fire Chief Roy Delacruz said. The tornado struck unincorporated areas of Maverick County known as Loma Linda and Chula Vista, he said.
The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado struck a few miles south of Eagle Pass just after 7 p.m.
An unknown number of people were also injured, stretching the resources of the local hospital in Eagle Pass, Delacruz said.
"We're still getting more and more people into the hospital, so I would think a sizable amount of injuries," Delacruz said.
More than 200 emergency responders, including National Guard units attached to the Border Patrol, were conducting search and rescue efforts, he said. Their door-to-door checks were halted late Tuesday as another series of dangerous storms swept the area.
The six fatalities were reportedly in one residence, Delacruz said.
The thunderstorm that produced the deadly tornado developed over Mexico and moved southeast over the Rio Grande and across Maverick County, said Clay Anderson, a senior forecaster with the Austin-San Antonio office of the weather service.
Eagle Pass is located about 145 miles southeast of San Antonio.
CNN) -- At least six people were killed and 81 injured when a severe storm damaged homes near the southwest Texas border town Eagle Pass on Tuesday evening, according to a Maverick County official.
"We have a feeling there's going to be more bodies found," said Maverick County Judge Jose Aranda. He described the damage as "very devastating."
Video shot early Wednesday showed police officers searching through a medical clinic and an elementary school that sustained major damage.
National Guard troops were called out to help sort through what the Maverick County Sheriff's Department chief dispatcher called the "havoc" left behind as intense winds, quarter-size hail, flash flooding and at least one tornado swept through this community near the Mexico border.
Emergency shelters housed at least 300 residents, he said.
The six deaths were in several locations spread out in a well-populated area south of Eagle Pass, not far from a popular casino, according to the dispatcher.
While straight-line winds may have been the cause of the deaths, at least one tornadic funnel cloud was spotted, the dispatcher said.
oef gaat weer lekker daar. Terwijl wij hier enorme droogte en warmte hebben, kampen ze daar met tonado's, hagelstenen etc
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Doden door tornado VS en Mexico
Bij een tornado op de grens van de Verenigde Staten en Mexico zijn tien mensen om het leven gekomen.
De inwoners van het grensgebied werden midden in de nacht overvallen door het natuurgeweld. In Eagle Pass (Texas) kwamen 6 tot 7 mensen om het leven en raakten 70 mensen gewond. Aan de andere kant van de grens in Mexico overleden drie mensen. Huizen en scholen werden verwoest.
Het zwaartepunt van de tornado-activiteit lag echter in Colorado. Op sommige momenten werden er vijf tornado’s tegelijk waargenomen. Dit jaar zijn er in het land 486 tornado’s waargenomen. April verliep relatief rustig. 58 mensen zijn in 2007 gestorven door het toedoen van een tornado.
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Bij een tornado op de grens van de Verenigde Staten en Mexico zijn tien mensen om het leven gekomen.
De inwoners van het grensgebied werden midden in de nacht overvallen door het natuurgeweld. In Eagle Pass (Texas) kwamen 6 tot 7 mensen om het leven en raakten 70 mensen gewond. Aan de andere kant van de grens in Mexico overleden drie mensen. Huizen en scholen werden verwoest.
Het zwaartepunt van de tornado-activiteit lag echter in Colorado. Op sommige momenten werden er vijf tornado’s tegelijk waargenomen. Dit jaar zijn er in het land 486 tornado’s waargenomen. April verliep relatief rustig. 58 mensen zijn in 2007 gestorven door het toedoen van een tornado.
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Een tornado kan het best meer dan een uur uithouden hoor . En zo normaal zijn die buien natuurlijk ook niet (Supercell's), maar daarom natuurlijk ook die aanhalingstekens.quote:Op vrijdag 2 maart 2007 17:33 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Nee
Tornado's zijn niet te vergelijken met orkanen, die 1000 maal groter zijn en ook een veel breder gebied zullen treffen.
Een tornado bestaat vaak maar een halve minuut, uitzonderlijke gevallen enkele minuten en komen voort uit 'normale' onweersbuien. Echter wel zeer zware onweersbuien. Deze buien lossen na enkele uren, hooguit een dag weer op en hebben geen gevolgen voor gebieden duizenden kilometers verderop Een orkaan kan dat echter wel hebben.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadoquote:longest path length (219 miles, 352 km), longest duration (about 3.5 hours)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercell
Enkele minuten is inderdaad niet uitzonderlijk, eerder regel. Een halve minuut is wel uitzonderlijk.
Klopt idd, mijn fout...quote:Op donderdag 26 april 2007 21:54 schreef Eveli het volgende:
Enkele minuten is inderdaad niet uitzonderlijk, eerder regel. Een halve minuut is wel uitzonderlijk.
lees net dat ze gemiddeld een 10 minuten aan de grond zijn
DALLAS — Days of deadly storms flooded roads, damaged homes and knocked down trees in Texas, and about 200,000 homes and businesses remained in the dark Thursday.
At least three people have been killed — two hit by lightning and a third stuck in a submerged car.
High wind, heavy rain and lightning and zero visibility shut down Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport for more than an hour Wednesday. Forty flights were canceled, a dozen were diverted and others were delayed.
Wind gusts of up to 100 mph were reported in Terrell, east of Dallas, the National Weather Service said.
In the north Dallas suburb of Plano, gusts blew power lines onto the roof of an unoccupied home, setting it ablaze.
"The windows were popping out. It was scary," said neighbor Constantin Chernikov, 20.
Wednesday was the third day of storms, and more wet weather was expected across parts of the state on Thursday, with heavy rain and lightning in spots, the weather service said.
About 300,000 homes and businesses lost power in Dallas and Fort Worth on Wednesday after the storms pushed trees onto power lines and toppled about a dozen transmission towers near Cleburne, said Chris Schein, a Oncor Electric Delivery spokesman. Power had been restored to 100,000 customers by early Thursday, he said.
All three deaths were reported in Central Texas.
A 28-year-old woman was struck by lightning Wednesday as she walked to a parking lot after a boating trip with her family about 15 miles east of Waco, said Lt. Janet Smith of the McLennan County Sheriff's Office.
Also Wednesday, a 57-year-old woman died when her car became submerged in southwestern Bexar County. A day earlier, a 23-year-old man was fatally struck by lightning while fishing in a stock tank in Cameron.
To the west, torrential rain on Wednesday flooded at least two homes in Odessa and left streets with as much as 4 feet of water, said Dale Childers, Odessa's assistant fire chief. The city's emergency phone system was also knocked out briefly.
At least three people have been killed — two hit by lightning and a third stuck in a submerged car.
High wind, heavy rain and lightning and zero visibility shut down Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport for more than an hour Wednesday. Forty flights were canceled, a dozen were diverted and others were delayed.
Wind gusts of up to 100 mph were reported in Terrell, east of Dallas, the National Weather Service said.
In the north Dallas suburb of Plano, gusts blew power lines onto the roof of an unoccupied home, setting it ablaze.
"The windows were popping out. It was scary," said neighbor Constantin Chernikov, 20.
Wednesday was the third day of storms, and more wet weather was expected across parts of the state on Thursday, with heavy rain and lightning in spots, the weather service said.
About 300,000 homes and businesses lost power in Dallas and Fort Worth on Wednesday after the storms pushed trees onto power lines and toppled about a dozen transmission towers near Cleburne, said Chris Schein, a Oncor Electric Delivery spokesman. Power had been restored to 100,000 customers by early Thursday, he said.
All three deaths were reported in Central Texas.
A 28-year-old woman was struck by lightning Wednesday as she walked to a parking lot after a boating trip with her family about 15 miles east of Waco, said Lt. Janet Smith of the McLennan County Sheriff's Office.
Also Wednesday, a 57-year-old woman died when her car became submerged in southwestern Bexar County. A day earlier, a 23-year-old man was fatally struck by lightning while fishing in a stock tank in Cameron.
To the west, torrential rain on Wednesday flooded at least two homes in Odessa and left streets with as much as 4 feet of water, said Dale Childers, Odessa's assistant fire chief. The city's emergency phone system was also knocked out briefly.
Tornadoes Injure Several People Across Plains
GREENSBURG, Kan. — Rescuers searched early Saturday for people believed trapped in a partially collapsed hospital after a massive tornado roared across this southwest Kansas community.
The tornado struck Friday night, leaving a broad swath of destruction in the Kiowa County town about 110 miles west of Wichita. For hours later, the same storm front continued to spawn tornadoes along a path stretching northeast from Greensburg through central Kansas.
Emergency medical crews, law enforcement personnel and search and rescue teams from throughout southwest Kansas and as far east as Wichita raced toward Greensburg after the twister struck.
All communications to the Kiowa County town of about 1,600 people were knocked out by the tornado, and the Kansas Department of Transportation sent its Communications on Wheels mobile unit from Wichita to restore 911 service.
No fatalities were immediately reported from violent weather along a front that stretched from the Oklahoma border to Nebraska.
At least six people from Greensburg were admitted to Pratt Regional Medical Center, the nearest hospital, and more were expected through the night, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Roads into and out of Greensburg, including U.S. 54, were closed for several hours to allow emergency vehicles to reach the town.
Sharon Watson, spokeswoman for the Kansas Adjutant General's Department, said the state fire marshal's office dispatched hazardous materials personnel because railroad cars in Kiowa County had overturned.
Watson said the National Guard was sending 40 troops to provide security around Greensburg.
Greensburg residents needing shelter were being taking to Haviland, where the high school and a small, private college had opened to accommodate them.
Watson said Main Street in Greensburg had sustained "significant" damage.
Elsewhere on Friday, three small tornadoes touched down in rural southwestern Illinois, but officials said there were no reports of injury or damage. Two tornadoes struck in Oklahoma, damaging some structures but injuring no one, officials said. In Colorado, severe thunderstorms prompted tornado warnings for at least six counties, but officials said there were no confirmed reports of tornadoes or damage.
GREENSBURG, Kan. — Rescuers searched early Saturday for people believed trapped in a partially collapsed hospital after a massive tornado roared across this southwest Kansas community.
The tornado struck Friday night, leaving a broad swath of destruction in the Kiowa County town about 110 miles west of Wichita. For hours later, the same storm front continued to spawn tornadoes along a path stretching northeast from Greensburg through central Kansas.
Emergency medical crews, law enforcement personnel and search and rescue teams from throughout southwest Kansas and as far east as Wichita raced toward Greensburg after the twister struck.
All communications to the Kiowa County town of about 1,600 people were knocked out by the tornado, and the Kansas Department of Transportation sent its Communications on Wheels mobile unit from Wichita to restore 911 service.
No fatalities were immediately reported from violent weather along a front that stretched from the Oklahoma border to Nebraska.
At least six people from Greensburg were admitted to Pratt Regional Medical Center, the nearest hospital, and more were expected through the night, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Roads into and out of Greensburg, including U.S. 54, were closed for several hours to allow emergency vehicles to reach the town.
Sharon Watson, spokeswoman for the Kansas Adjutant General's Department, said the state fire marshal's office dispatched hazardous materials personnel because railroad cars in Kiowa County had overturned.
Watson said the National Guard was sending 40 troops to provide security around Greensburg.
Greensburg residents needing shelter were being taking to Haviland, where the high school and a small, private college had opened to accommodate them.
Watson said Main Street in Greensburg had sustained "significant" damage.
Elsewhere on Friday, three small tornadoes touched down in rural southwestern Illinois, but officials said there were no reports of injury or damage. Two tornadoes struck in Oklahoma, damaging some structures but injuring no one, officials said. In Colorado, severe thunderstorms prompted tornado warnings for at least six counties, but officials said there were no confirmed reports of tornadoes or damage.
(CNN) -- A half-mile wide tornado swept through Greensburg, Kansas, on Friday night, injuring at least 50 people, 16 of them critically, and wiping out the majority of the town, according to officials and witnesses.
At least one person was killed, according to local media and The Associated Press. A body was found early Saturday and taken to a temporary morgue set up in Kiowa County's only tavern, according to The Wichita Eagle.
"The entire town was pretty much wiped out," said storm chaser Allan Detrich. "There wasn't too many buildings standing." (Watch tornado survivors climb out of damaged building )
The Kiowa County Memorial Hospital was partially collapsed, trapping 30 people with minor injuries who were later rescued, according to Kansas Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Sharon Watson.
A search team from Sedgewick, Kansas, that specializes in rescues from collapsed buildings, was called in to help, Watson said.
Saturday morning, officials were still checking to make sure they had accounted for everyone in Greensburg, she said. About 75 percent of the town was either destroyed or damaged.
At least 40 people who were injured by the storm in Greensburg were driven 50 miles east to Pratt Regional Medical Center for treatment, according to hospital spokeswoman Kim Stivers.
At least one person was killed, according to local media and The Associated Press. A body was found early Saturday and taken to a temporary morgue set up in Kiowa County's only tavern, according to The Wichita Eagle.
"The entire town was pretty much wiped out," said storm chaser Allan Detrich. "There wasn't too many buildings standing." (Watch tornado survivors climb out of damaged building )
The Kiowa County Memorial Hospital was partially collapsed, trapping 30 people with minor injuries who were later rescued, according to Kansas Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Sharon Watson.
A search team from Sedgewick, Kansas, that specializes in rescues from collapsed buildings, was called in to help, Watson said.
Saturday morning, officials were still checking to make sure they had accounted for everyone in Greensburg, she said. About 75 percent of the town was either destroyed or damaged.
At least 40 people who were injured by the storm in Greensburg were driven 50 miles east to Pratt Regional Medical Center for treatment, according to hospital spokeswoman Kim Stivers.
Een tornade van 800 meter breed.
Enorm veel schade daar.
Enorm veel schade daar.
vwkquote:Een tornado heeft in Kansas het plaatsje Greensburg verwoest. De tornado trok vrijdagavond om 21.45 uur lokale tijd door het centrum en verwoestte 75 procent van het dorp. Daarbij kwam één persoon om het leven.
Volgens de eerste berichten zijn 40 mensen gewond geraakt in het dorp van ongeveer 1700 inwoners. Het dorp is grotendeels met de grond gelijk gemaakt. Uit een foto van een stormchaser blijkt dat de tornado zeker 800 meter breed moet zijn geweest. De breedte werd duidelijk dankzij de bliksem op de achtergrond.
De tornado werd gevolgd door twee kleinere tornado’s die op enkele kilometers afstand langs het dorp trokken. In totaal kwamen er deze avond 31 tornado’s voor in de Verenigde Staten. Voornamelijk in een lijn van Oklahoma naar South Dakota.
7 doden inmiddels
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quote:Kansas tornado kills 6, wipes out community
A massive tornado -- at least half a mile wide -- killed at least six people when it swept through Greensburg, Kansas, officials said today. Up to 90 percent of buildings were destroyed and administrators ordered a total evacuation after declaring the city unsafe. "There's just nothing left," Sgt. Ron Knoefel of Kansas Highway Patrol said. A seventh death was reported 30 miles away.
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Plaatsje in Kansas weggevaagd door tornado
Uitgegeven: 5 mei 2007 18:06
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AMSTERDAM - Een plaatsje in de Amerikaanse staat Kansas, Greensburg, is vrijdag vrijwel volledig verwoest door een wervelstorm. Er zijn zeker zes doden gevallen en vijftig mensen gewond geraakt, van wie zestien levensgevaarlijk.
In de buurt van Greensburg deden zich nog twee wervelstormen voor, waarbij één dode viel.
In Greensburg, waar zestienhonderd mensen wonen, raakte onder andere een ziekenhuis zwaar beschadigd. Reddingswerkers haalden een dertigtal mensen uit het puin. Ook in het puin van andere verwoeste panden werd naar mensen gezocht. Het gemeentehuis, twee scholen, een watertoren en bijna de hele winkelwijk werden verwoest.
"Ik geloof dat er in het centrum nog één winkel overeind staat", zei gemeentebestuurder Steve Hewitt. Alle bewoners van het plaatsje, dat geen stroom meer heeft en waar de telefoons het niet meer doen, zouden worden geëvacueerd. Nu.nl[/quote]
Wat zou je machteloos staan als je een tornado op je af ziet komen.
En dat je weet,dat je huis er binnen een paar uren niet meer staat.
Toch blijft het mijn droom,om eens naar de VS te gaan,om op tornado-jacht(ander woord weet ik er niet voor. ) te gaan.Van zoiets krijg je gewoon kippevel,ik hoop dat mijn droom ooit uitkomt.
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Uitgegeven: 5 mei 2007 18:06
Laatst gewijzigd: 5 mei 2007 18:07
AMSTERDAM - Een plaatsje in de Amerikaanse staat Kansas, Greensburg, is vrijdag vrijwel volledig verwoest door een wervelstorm. Er zijn zeker zes doden gevallen en vijftig mensen gewond geraakt, van wie zestien levensgevaarlijk.
In de buurt van Greensburg deden zich nog twee wervelstormen voor, waarbij één dode viel.
In Greensburg, waar zestienhonderd mensen wonen, raakte onder andere een ziekenhuis zwaar beschadigd. Reddingswerkers haalden een dertigtal mensen uit het puin. Ook in het puin van andere verwoeste panden werd naar mensen gezocht. Het gemeentehuis, twee scholen, een watertoren en bijna de hele winkelwijk werden verwoest.
"Ik geloof dat er in het centrum nog één winkel overeind staat", zei gemeentebestuurder Steve Hewitt. Alle bewoners van het plaatsje, dat geen stroom meer heeft en waar de telefoons het niet meer doen, zouden worden geëvacueerd. Nu.nl[/quote]
Wat zou je machteloos staan als je een tornado op je af ziet komen.
En dat je weet,dat je huis er binnen een paar uren niet meer staat.
Toch blijft het mijn droom,om eens naar de VS te gaan,om op tornado-jacht(ander woord weet ik er niet voor. ) te gaan.Van zoiets krijg je gewoon kippevel,ik hoop dat mijn droom ooit uitkomt.
[ Bericht 8% gewijzigd door Fredo24 op 05-05-2007 21:43:39 ]
TITEL UPDATE (20.21): Drie tornado's in staat Nebraska
In Nebraska word momenteel groot alarm geslagen voor naderende, mogelijk zware, tornado's. Om 19.53u Nederlandse tijd werd de stad Arnold getroffen door een eerste tornado, het is nog niets bekend over mogelijke schade of gewonden. Wel meldde het weerinstituut dat stroomlijnen in het zuiden van de stad zijn omgewaaid. Inmiddels zijn er nog 2 actieve tornado's waargenomen. De 1e is ten noordoosten van de stad Arnold, de 2e bevind zich in centraal Nebraska (zie bericht NWC) Het Nationale Weer Centrum heeft een tornadoalarm uitgegeven.
Eerder vandaag werd elders een dorp compleet weggevaagd door een tornado.
Bron: KLNX (persprogramma voor live weer)
Bron: National Weather Service
[ Bericht 19% gewijzigd door MikeAtTilburg op 06-05-2007 03:11:12 ]
In Nebraska word momenteel groot alarm geslagen voor naderende, mogelijk zware, tornado's. Om 19.53u Nederlandse tijd werd de stad Arnold getroffen door een eerste tornado, het is nog niets bekend over mogelijke schade of gewonden. Wel meldde het weerinstituut dat stroomlijnen in het zuiden van de stad zijn omgewaaid. Inmiddels zijn er nog 2 actieve tornado's waargenomen. De 1e is ten noordoosten van de stad Arnold, de 2e bevind zich in centraal Nebraska (zie bericht NWC) Het Nationale Weer Centrum heeft een tornadoalarm uitgegeven.
Eerder vandaag werd elders een dorp compleet weggevaagd door een tornado.
Bron: KLNX (persprogramma voor live weer)
-- Derde tornadoquote:TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
115 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWSTER...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
ANSELMO...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARNOLD...MOVING NORTH
AT 40 MPH. TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DUNNING BY 135 PM CDT...
6 MILES WEST OF BREWSTER BY 150 PM CDT...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
Bron: National Weather Service
[ Bericht 19% gewijzigd door MikeAtTilburg op 06-05-2007 03:11:12 ]
Gremlinsquote:Op zaterdag 5 mei 2007 20:06 schreef Aasgier het volgende:
google.nl werkt niet hier vandaag, nog meer last van? en cnn ook niet
Jeetje ben jij de postrobot van cnn breaking news ofzo
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Da's niet deze stad dus.quote:` In Kansas is het stadje Greensburg
vrijwel volledig weggevaagd door een
tornado.Er zijn zeven doden en minstens
50 gewonden.Negentig procent van de
huizen,ook het ziekenhuis,is verwoest.
Dat krijg je als je zo'n beetje alles van hout maakt he...quote:Negentig procent van de
huizen,ook het ziekenhuis,is verwoest.
Iemand dood maken met een blije mus is nooit grappig...
- Een plaatsje in de Amerikaanse staat Kansas, Greensburg, is vrijdag vrijwel volledig verwoest door een wervelstorm. Er zijn zeker zes doden gevallen en vijftig mensen gewond geraakt, van wie zestien levensgevaarlijk.
Wat maken jullie je druk .
Wat maken jullie je druk .
Secrets never die. Only people.
Ja, pauper huizen hebben ze daar.quote:Op zaterdag 5 mei 2007 20:25 schreef DikkeSmikkel het volgende:
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Dat krijg je als je zo'n beetje alles van hout maakt he...
Update: 9 doden nuquote:Op zaterdag 5 mei 2007 20:26 schreef PizzaSalami het volgende:
- Een plaatsje in de Amerikaanse staat Kansas, Greensburg, is vrijdag vrijwel volledig verwoest door een wervelstorm. Er zijn zeker zes doden gevallen en vijftig mensen gewond geraakt, van wie zestien levensgevaarlijk.
Wat maken jullie je druk .
Kijkt u zelf:quote:Op zaterdag 5 mei 2007 20:26 schreef PizzaSalami het volgende:
Wat maken jullie je druk .
Waarom is dit nieuws? Er zijn een paar honderd tornado's per jaar daar, het is niet hier, wat is de nieuwswaarde?
Ja, ik mag weer :6
*O* 9-12-2009 @ Paul McCartney *O*
*O* 9-12-2009 @ Paul McCartney *O*
Uit Groot alarm voor naderende tornado in Arnold
Het plaatsje Greensburg, waar 90% van alle gebouwen, inclusief ziekenhuis, verwoest is.
Het plaatsje Greensburg, waar 90% van alle gebouwen, inclusief ziekenhuis, verwoest is.
Oh ben je er zo een Zolang het niet in mijn achtertuin gebeurt boeit het mij niet of er 100en doden vallen, dat is hun probleem....quote:Op zaterdag 5 mei 2007 20:52 schreef Sexy_Sadie het volgende:
Waarom is dit nieuws? Er zijn een paar honderd tornado's per jaar daar, het is niet hier, wat is de nieuwswaarde?
Zolang het niet in mijn achtertuin gebeurt boeit het mij niet of er 100en doden vallen, dat is hun probleem....
Ik lees nergens honderden doden, maar om toch serieus op je in te gaan: er zijn daar honderden tornado's per jaar, waarvan tientallen zeer groot. Wat is hier de nieuwswaarde van?quote:Op zaterdag 5 mei 2007 20:59 schreef Hi_flyer het volgende:
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Oh ben je er zo een Zolang het niet in mijn achtertuin gebeurt boeit het mij niet of er 100en doden vallen, dat is hun probleem....
Ja, ik mag weer :6
*O* 9-12-2009 @ Paul McCartney *O*
*O* 9-12-2009 @ Paul McCartney *O*
Blijkbaar genoeg, anders was het geen ''breaking news'' op cnn.quote:Op zaterdag 5 mei 2007 21:05 schreef Sexy_Sadie het volgende:
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Ik lees nergens honderden doden, maar om toch serieus op je in te gaan: er zijn daar honderden tornado's per jaar, waarvan tientallen zeer groot. Wat is hier de nieuwswaarde van?
Damn sta effe hiervan te kijken
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Dat was een pittig briesje.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Het zijn er nu 9, maar kan nog wel gaan oplopen.quote:Op zaterdag 5 mei 2007 21:41 schreef Fredo24 het volgende:
En toch nog 6 slachtoffers,als je naar die foto kijkt.
GREENSBURG, Kan. — Rescuers raced Saturday through the wreckage from a giant tornado that killed at least nine people and left little standing in this southwest Kansas town beyond the local pub.
Forecasters issued a fresh tornado warning Saturday evening in the region, where Friday's weather was blamed for nine deaths, a figure authorities feared could rise.
City Administrator Steve Hewitt estimated 95 percent of the town of 1,500 was destroyed and predicted rescue efforts could take days as survivors could be trapped in basements and under rubble.
Among the only structures that survived was the Bar H Tavern, the town's only bar. It was briefly converted into a morgue.
Survivors of the storm picked over the remnants of their homes and possessions, still dazed by the twister's strength and scope.
Jackie Robertson and her family spent Saturday afternoon collecting wedding photos, a wallet and other belongings from the debris that had been her home.
Robertson, her husband and a friend spent Friday night in a cellar when the storms struck the area.
"My heart just aches for everyone," she said. "It is so surreal. This is where I live."
The town, previously best known as the home of the world's largest hand-dug well — 32 feet in diameter, 109 feet deep when it was finished in 1888 — was a nightmare of splintered homes and smashed vehicles, the air redolent with the smell of sap from trees stripped of bark.
"We want everybody to know, and I plead to the American people as well as the people here in Kansas, this is a huge catastrophe that has happened to our small town," Hewitt said during a news conference. "All my downtown is gone. My home is gone. My staff's homes are gone. And we've got to find a way to get this to work and come to work every day and get this thing back on its feet. It's going to be tough."
Residents said they heard the tornado warning sirens — a common feature of towns in "Tornado Alley" — about 20 minutes before the storm hit.
National Weather Service meteorologist Larry Ruthi said the path of damage was 1.4 miles wide, estimating it would be classified a "upper F-4 or an F-5" tornado, the strongest possible.
"I'm in downtown Greensburg. There's really nothing left," Ruthi said.
Jose Peraza said he was driving his oil rig into town when he heard the siren and driving hail started pounding the area. He pulled over and hid with several other people in a convenience store freezer.
He said the storm ripped the side off the freezer, and when he came out he found the twister had thrown his truck — weighed down by 40,000 pounds of oil — "like nothing."
The dead included eight in Kiowa County, where Greensburg is located, and one in nearby Stafford County, said Sharon Watson, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Adjutant General's Department.
"We continue to find folks and this will go on for a good couple days — the rescue itself," Hewitt said. "I mean, the debris is just unbelievable. Even if you are in a basement, I mean your home is collapsed, and we've got to find a way to get to you."
State Rep. Dennis McKinney, the House minority leader and a Greensburg resident, said he hid in his basement with his daughter as the storm destroyed his house.
"It was very loud, but not as loud as I thought it would be," McKinney said. "It was over in a minute or two, the devastation was so fast."
He said he spent the evening and early morning conferring with emergency officials and helping search homes for survivors, although he noted "the inspections didn't take that long because in the western part of town, there weren't many homes left to inspect."
Residents said they heard the tornado warning sirens, a common feature of towns in "Tornado Alley," about 20 minutes before the storm hit.
"We had ample warning and that's why, with such huge devastation, that we're fortunate that we didn't have more fatalities than we had," McKinney said.
A mandatory evacuation was ordered, he said. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius declared a disaster emergency for Kiowa County, said her spokeswoman Nicole Corcoran. The state sent 40 National Guard soldiers to help.
The White House said President Bush was briefed on the situation. Federal Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Dawn Kinsey said FEMA was preparing to help once Kansas officials request assistance. "We've been in contact with them since the beginning," Kinsey said.
Scores of injured people were sent to hospitals as far away as Wichita, 110 miles away. More than 70 went to Pratt Regional Medical Center about 30 minutes away, with all but 14 treated and released, said hospital spokeswoman Kim Stivers.
Rescuers pulled about 30 people from the basement of a partially collapsed hospital early Saturday, but most of them had minor injuries, Watson said.
The twister was part of a storm front that spawned tornadoes along a line stretching northeast from Greensburg through central Kansas. Three small tornadoes touched down in rural southwestern Illinois, but no damage was reported. Two more struck in Oklahoma and another in South Dakota, damaging some structures, officials said.
Yet another twister struck Saturday in central Nebraska, damaging outbuildings and power lines, officials said.
No injuries were reported in any of those states.
Forecasters issued a fresh tornado warning Saturday evening in the region, where Friday's weather was blamed for nine deaths, a figure authorities feared could rise.
City Administrator Steve Hewitt estimated 95 percent of the town of 1,500 was destroyed and predicted rescue efforts could take days as survivors could be trapped in basements and under rubble.
Among the only structures that survived was the Bar H Tavern, the town's only bar. It was briefly converted into a morgue.
Survivors of the storm picked over the remnants of their homes and possessions, still dazed by the twister's strength and scope.
Jackie Robertson and her family spent Saturday afternoon collecting wedding photos, a wallet and other belongings from the debris that had been her home.
Robertson, her husband and a friend spent Friday night in a cellar when the storms struck the area.
"My heart just aches for everyone," she said. "It is so surreal. This is where I live."
The town, previously best known as the home of the world's largest hand-dug well — 32 feet in diameter, 109 feet deep when it was finished in 1888 — was a nightmare of splintered homes and smashed vehicles, the air redolent with the smell of sap from trees stripped of bark.
"We want everybody to know, and I plead to the American people as well as the people here in Kansas, this is a huge catastrophe that has happened to our small town," Hewitt said during a news conference. "All my downtown is gone. My home is gone. My staff's homes are gone. And we've got to find a way to get this to work and come to work every day and get this thing back on its feet. It's going to be tough."
Residents said they heard the tornado warning sirens — a common feature of towns in "Tornado Alley" — about 20 minutes before the storm hit.
National Weather Service meteorologist Larry Ruthi said the path of damage was 1.4 miles wide, estimating it would be classified a "upper F-4 or an F-5" tornado, the strongest possible.
"I'm in downtown Greensburg. There's really nothing left," Ruthi said.
Jose Peraza said he was driving his oil rig into town when he heard the siren and driving hail started pounding the area. He pulled over and hid with several other people in a convenience store freezer.
He said the storm ripped the side off the freezer, and when he came out he found the twister had thrown his truck — weighed down by 40,000 pounds of oil — "like nothing."
The dead included eight in Kiowa County, where Greensburg is located, and one in nearby Stafford County, said Sharon Watson, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Adjutant General's Department.
"We continue to find folks and this will go on for a good couple days — the rescue itself," Hewitt said. "I mean, the debris is just unbelievable. Even if you are in a basement, I mean your home is collapsed, and we've got to find a way to get to you."
State Rep. Dennis McKinney, the House minority leader and a Greensburg resident, said he hid in his basement with his daughter as the storm destroyed his house.
"It was very loud, but not as loud as I thought it would be," McKinney said. "It was over in a minute or two, the devastation was so fast."
He said he spent the evening and early morning conferring with emergency officials and helping search homes for survivors, although he noted "the inspections didn't take that long because in the western part of town, there weren't many homes left to inspect."
Residents said they heard the tornado warning sirens, a common feature of towns in "Tornado Alley," about 20 minutes before the storm hit.
"We had ample warning and that's why, with such huge devastation, that we're fortunate that we didn't have more fatalities than we had," McKinney said.
A mandatory evacuation was ordered, he said. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius declared a disaster emergency for Kiowa County, said her spokeswoman Nicole Corcoran. The state sent 40 National Guard soldiers to help.
The White House said President Bush was briefed on the situation. Federal Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Dawn Kinsey said FEMA was preparing to help once Kansas officials request assistance. "We've been in contact with them since the beginning," Kinsey said.
Scores of injured people were sent to hospitals as far away as Wichita, 110 miles away. More than 70 went to Pratt Regional Medical Center about 30 minutes away, with all but 14 treated and released, said hospital spokeswoman Kim Stivers.
Rescuers pulled about 30 people from the basement of a partially collapsed hospital early Saturday, but most of them had minor injuries, Watson said.
The twister was part of a storm front that spawned tornadoes along a line stretching northeast from Greensburg through central Kansas. Three small tornadoes touched down in rural southwestern Illinois, but no damage was reported. Two more struck in Oklahoma and another in South Dakota, damaging some structures, officials said.
Yet another twister struck Saturday in central Nebraska, damaging outbuildings and power lines, officials said.
No injuries were reported in any of those states.
Waar blijft die tornado van TS nou?quote:VS weer getroffen door tornado's
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` Het midden van de Verenigde Staten is
opnieuw getroffen door tornado's.De
wervelwinden waren in de staten Kansas,
South Dakota en Oklahoma.In Kansas
raakten elf mensen gewond toen twee
restaurants werden getroffen.
Een precies overzicht van de schade en
het aantal slachtoffers is er nog niet.
De communicatie met het getroffen
gebied verloopt moeizaam.
Vrijdagnacht werd het stadje Greensburg
in Kansas bijna helemaal verwoest door
een tornado.Er vielen negen doden,maar
onder het puin liggen mogelijk nog meer
slachtoffers.Het reddingswerk wordt
door de nieuwe tornado's bemoeilijkt
Oh damn,wat zou ik graag in die auto willen zitten!quote:Op zondag 6 mei 2007 12:09 schreef ItaloDancer het volgende:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNL7ASvl4k4 (als ie nog niet gepost is)
Tornado komt wel erg dichtbij trouwens.
En check die laatste foto,
alleen dat flatgebouw(of wat het mag zijn) staat nog overeind.
Gaat lekker daar in de US . Gisteren was bij 't NOS Journaal ook even een beeld van die tornado te zien. Uitzonderlijk breed ook. Indrukwekkend. Je zult 't op je af zien komen .
Tering .quote:Op zondag 6 mei 2007 12:09 schreef ItaloDancer het volgende:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNL7ASvl4k4 (als ie nog niet gepost is)
Hier een filmpje na die tornado.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NE9LJ9rNTU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NE9LJ9rNTU
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Tornado Destroys Kansas Town, Kills 9 (ABC)
The eerie beeping of battery-operated fire alarms buried beneath mounds of debris punctured the silence that fell over this community as hundreds of rescue workers pulled out of town. News of another approaching storm brought an uneasy quiet Saturday night as emergency crews called off the search for more victims of a tornado that killed at least eight people and devastated this southwest Kansas farming town a day earlier.
The National Weather Service said it had received reports "well into the double digits" of twisters touching down in six southwest Kansas counties. Numerous tornadoes were reported from South Dakota south into Oklahoma as forecasters scrambled to keep issuing warnings.
President Bush declared parts of Kansas a disaster area, freeing up federal money to aid in recovery.
"We need support," said Greensburg Administrator Steve Hewitt. "We want everybody to know this is a huge catastrophe."
At least eight people have died in the Greensburg area. Friday's weather was blamed for nine deaths in the region, a number authorities feared could rise even before the latest twisters. All its residents have been evacuated.
Among the few structures that survived was the Bar H Tavern. It was briefly converted into a morgue. Command operations for rescue efforts were moved into the town's stately courthouse, damaged but also still standing.
All the churches have been destroyed. Every business along the town's main street has been demolished for most, all that remains are steel girders, tattered insulation, splintered wood. The towns fire engines were crushed. Other crumpled vehicles were tossed into the melee.
The town's claim to fame is the world's biggest hand dug well. Its condition is unknown because it is buried under a mountain of debris. The attraction's gift store has disappeared.
For decades, meteorite hunters from throughout the world have been drawn here to hunt for space rocks in the rich soil near here. The town's extensive meteorite collection, including its famed 1,000-pound pallasite meteorite, is casualty of the storm.
percent of the town of 1,500 was destroyed and predicted rescue efforts could take days as survivors could be trapped in basements and under rubble.
Hewitt, who lost his home in the storm, was somber as he told reporters he was concerned what will happen to his community once all the volunteers and searchers ultimately go home.
"This is one of the most devastating tornadoes we have had in Kansas," said U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran.
U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will tour the storm-damaged area Sunday.
But at the shelter in neighboring Haviland, resident Cheryll Behm was skeptical. Her own storm-damaged house is probably repairable, but she said there is no town left. She is a nurse's aide who worked at the local hospital.
"I am concerned Greensburg never will be built," she said. "There is no place to go back to work to. All of Main Street is gone."
Scores of injured people were sent to hospitals as far away as Wichita, 110 miles away. More than 70 went to Pratt Regional Medical Center about 30 minutes away, with all but 14 treated and released, said hospital spokeswoman Kim Stivers.
Rescuers pulled about 30 people from the basement of a partially collapsed hospital early Saturday, but most of them had minor injuries, said Sharon Watson, spokeswoman for the Kansas Adjutant General's Department.
The twister was part of a storm front that spawned tornadoes along a line stretching northeast from Greensburg through central Kansas. At least seven more tornadoes were reported late Friday and Saturday in Illinois, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Nebraska, though damage was minimal, officials said.
In Oklahoma, a tornado tore through the small town of Sweetwater, causing at least one injury and damaging the town's high school and other structures, authorities said.
Television footage showed a large twister hitting the Erick-Sweetwater High School and storm spotters reported damage to nearby residences in the far western Oklahoma town of about 100 that straddles the Beckham-Roger Mills county line
The eerie beeping of battery-operated fire alarms buried beneath mounds of debris punctured the silence that fell over this community as hundreds of rescue workers pulled out of town. News of another approaching storm brought an uneasy quiet Saturday night as emergency crews called off the search for more victims of a tornado that killed at least eight people and devastated this southwest Kansas farming town a day earlier.
The National Weather Service said it had received reports "well into the double digits" of twisters touching down in six southwest Kansas counties. Numerous tornadoes were reported from South Dakota south into Oklahoma as forecasters scrambled to keep issuing warnings.
President Bush declared parts of Kansas a disaster area, freeing up federal money to aid in recovery.
"We need support," said Greensburg Administrator Steve Hewitt. "We want everybody to know this is a huge catastrophe."
At least eight people have died in the Greensburg area. Friday's weather was blamed for nine deaths in the region, a number authorities feared could rise even before the latest twisters. All its residents have been evacuated.
Among the few structures that survived was the Bar H Tavern. It was briefly converted into a morgue. Command operations for rescue efforts were moved into the town's stately courthouse, damaged but also still standing.
All the churches have been destroyed. Every business along the town's main street has been demolished for most, all that remains are steel girders, tattered insulation, splintered wood. The towns fire engines were crushed. Other crumpled vehicles were tossed into the melee.
The town's claim to fame is the world's biggest hand dug well. Its condition is unknown because it is buried under a mountain of debris. The attraction's gift store has disappeared.
For decades, meteorite hunters from throughout the world have been drawn here to hunt for space rocks in the rich soil near here. The town's extensive meteorite collection, including its famed 1,000-pound pallasite meteorite, is casualty of the storm.
percent of the town of 1,500 was destroyed and predicted rescue efforts could take days as survivors could be trapped in basements and under rubble.
Hewitt, who lost his home in the storm, was somber as he told reporters he was concerned what will happen to his community once all the volunteers and searchers ultimately go home.
"This is one of the most devastating tornadoes we have had in Kansas," said U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran.
U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will tour the storm-damaged area Sunday.
But at the shelter in neighboring Haviland, resident Cheryll Behm was skeptical. Her own storm-damaged house is probably repairable, but she said there is no town left. She is a nurse's aide who worked at the local hospital.
"I am concerned Greensburg never will be built," she said. "There is no place to go back to work to. All of Main Street is gone."
Scores of injured people were sent to hospitals as far away as Wichita, 110 miles away. More than 70 went to Pratt Regional Medical Center about 30 minutes away, with all but 14 treated and released, said hospital spokeswoman Kim Stivers.
Rescuers pulled about 30 people from the basement of a partially collapsed hospital early Saturday, but most of them had minor injuries, said Sharon Watson, spokeswoman for the Kansas Adjutant General's Department.
The twister was part of a storm front that spawned tornadoes along a line stretching northeast from Greensburg through central Kansas. At least seven more tornadoes were reported late Friday and Saturday in Illinois, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Nebraska, though damage was minimal, officials said.
In Oklahoma, a tornado tore through the small town of Sweetwater, causing at least one injury and damaging the town's high school and other structures, authorities said.
Television footage showed a large twister hitting the Erick-Sweetwater High School and storm spotters reported damage to nearby residences in the far western Oklahoma town of about 100 that straddles the Beckham-Roger Mills county line
Nieuwe golf van tornado's treft Kansas
WICHITA/TOPEKA - Een nieuwe golf van tornado's heeft zaterdagavond het middenwesten van de Verenigde Staten getroffen. Van het noorden van Texas, door Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska tot aan South Dakota kregen mensen het advies extra waakzaam te zijn op zware wervelstormen.
De Amerikaanse nationale meteorologische dienst telde tientallen zogenoemde twisters, meldden lokale media zondag.
Berichten over doden zijn er niet, wel raakten minstens elf mensen gewond toen verscheidene restaurants werden getroffen in Osborne, Kansas. Uit het westen van Oklahoma kwamen ook berichten van gewonden nadat een tornado gebouwen had getroffen in de plaats Sweetwater.
Doden
Het noodweer bemoeilijkt de reddingswerkzaamheden in de plaats Greensburg ernstig. Het 1500 zielen tellende plaatsje in Kansas kreeg vrijdag de volle laag en is nagenoeg volledig weggevaagd. De autoriteiten hebben er tot nog toe negen doden geteld, maar dat aantal kan makkelijk oplopen.
"We hebben berichten van lokale zieknhuizen dat er circa zestien mensen in kritieke toestand verkeren en dat een vijftigtal anderen wordt behandeld", aldus een woordvoerster van de statelijke autoriteiten.
Vermist
Tal van mensen worden nog vermist. Ze zitten mogelijk nog gevangen in schuilkelders onder hun kompleet verwoeste huizen. Van de gebouwen in Greensburg staat nog geen 5 procent nog overeind. Het kan dagen duren voordat iedereen is bevrijd van onder zijn huis, zeggen lokale bestuurders.
WICHITA/TOPEKA - Een nieuwe golf van tornado's heeft zaterdagavond het middenwesten van de Verenigde Staten getroffen. Van het noorden van Texas, door Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska tot aan South Dakota kregen mensen het advies extra waakzaam te zijn op zware wervelstormen.
De Amerikaanse nationale meteorologische dienst telde tientallen zogenoemde twisters, meldden lokale media zondag.
Berichten over doden zijn er niet, wel raakten minstens elf mensen gewond toen verscheidene restaurants werden getroffen in Osborne, Kansas. Uit het westen van Oklahoma kwamen ook berichten van gewonden nadat een tornado gebouwen had getroffen in de plaats Sweetwater.
Doden
Het noodweer bemoeilijkt de reddingswerkzaamheden in de plaats Greensburg ernstig. Het 1500 zielen tellende plaatsje in Kansas kreeg vrijdag de volle laag en is nagenoeg volledig weggevaagd. De autoriteiten hebben er tot nog toe negen doden geteld, maar dat aantal kan makkelijk oplopen.
"We hebben berichten van lokale zieknhuizen dat er circa zestien mensen in kritieke toestand verkeren en dat een vijftigtal anderen wordt behandeld", aldus een woordvoerster van de statelijke autoriteiten.
Vermist
Tal van mensen worden nog vermist. Ze zitten mogelijk nog gevangen in schuilkelders onder hun kompleet verwoeste huizen. Van de gebouwen in Greensburg staat nog geen 5 procent nog overeind. Het kan dagen duren voordat iedereen is bevrijd van onder zijn huis, zeggen lokale bestuurders.
Wow die foto, echt erg.
Offtopic: waarom staat er niet gewoon '9 doden' ipv in 't Engels?
Opm DH : Aangepast.
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Offtopic: waarom staat er niet gewoon '9 doden' ipv in 't Engels?
Opm DH : Aangepast.
[ Bericht 7% gewijzigd door Drugshond op 06-05-2007 16:24:16 ]
Ter vergelijking.
De onderste foto is van hiroshima net na WO-II.
quote:Op zondag 6 mei 2007 13:35 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
De onderste foto is van hiroshima net na WO-II.
Heet lijkt inderdaad wel of er een grote bom is gevallen.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Inderdaad ja, alsof er een atoombom gevallen is.quote:Op zondag 6 mei 2007 16:22 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
Ter vergelijking.
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De onderste foto is van hiroshima net na WO-II.
Deze week nog wel meer tornado's, denk ik.
Kaartje van dinsdag
Omdat de rest van de titel ook in het engels was... maar goed... ik zie het al...quote:Op zondag 6 mei 2007 15:45 schreef Eveli het volgende:
Wow die foto, echt erg.
Offtopic: waarom staat er niet gewoon '9 doden' ipv in 't Engels?
Opm DH : Aangepast.
En jij dacht dat Nederland zo'n tornado overleeft? Sukkel. Heb je enig idee van de vernietiging die een F4 of F5 tornado achterlaat? Je weet dat dat winden zijn van 450km per uur? Jullie janken al bij een Noordwesterstormpje van 60km per uur.quote:Op zaterdag 5 mei 2007 20:25 schreef DikkeSmikkel het volgende:
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Dat krijg je als je zo'n beetje alles van hout maakt he...
"Welfare culture is bad not just because, as in Europe, it's bankrupting the state, but because it enfeebles the citizenry, it erodes self-reliance and resourcefulness."
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Blijft maar doorgaan met die tornado's
National Weather Service
quote:Kansas maakt zich klaar voor derde tornadoserie
In het zuiden van Kansas is zondag alweer een tornado waargenomen. Het is mogelijk de eerste tornado van een nieuwe serie. Voor de derde achtereenvolgende dag ontstaan vooral 's avonds zware buien met tornado's langs een koufront. Op 5 kilometer hoogte staat een orkaanachtige zuidwestelijke stroming die de zware buien extra stimuleert.
Zowel op 4 als op 5 mei mei werd hetzelfde gebied getroffen met op 4 mei 9 doden tot gevolg. Op 5 mei was met 92 tornadowaarnemingen sprake van een van de grootste tornado-uitbraken van de afgelopen jaren.
National Weather Service
Het is iig wel opvallend dat mensen opgevangen werden in een Rode Kruis-gebouw van steen.quote:Op zondag 6 mei 2007 22:44 schreef StefanP het volgende:
En jij dacht dat Nederland zo'n tornado overleeft? Sukkel. Heb je enig idee van de vernietiging die een F4 of F5 tornado achterlaat? Je weet dat dat winden zijn van 450km per uur? Jullie janken al bij een Noordwesterstormpje van 60km per uur.
Kijk dat vind ik nou eens een nuttige opmerkingquote:Op zondag 6 mei 2007 22:44 schreef StefanP het volgende:
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En jij dacht dat Nederland zo'n tornado overleeft? Sukkel. Heb je enig idee van de vernietiging die een F4 of F5 tornado achterlaat? Je weet dat dat winden zijn van 450km per uur? Jullie janken al bij een Noordwesterstormpje van 60km per uur.
Leuk hoe je het omkeert zodat het over Nederland gaatquote:Op zondag 6 mei 2007 22:44 schreef StefanP het volgende:
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En jij dacht dat Nederland zo'n tornado overleeft? Sukkel. Heb je enig idee van de vernietiging die een F4 of F5 tornado achterlaat? Je weet dat dat winden zijn van 450km per uur? Jullie janken al bij een Noordwesterstormpje van 60km per uur.
Maar even serieus: er zijn genoeg Amerikanen die zelf toegeven dat het best dom is om zoveel met hout te bouwen, en dat stenen huizen tegen veel meer natuurgeweld bestand zijn.
Maarja, hout is goedkoper hè...? En makkelijker in elkaar te zetten
Enne, het is zuidwester storm, en de snelheden zijn bij een storm meer dan 100 km/u. En dan niet lokaal, maar bijvoorbeeld langs de hele kust of in het halve land... Als je Nederlanders wilt kleineren, doe het dan wel goed.
Ja, ik mag weer :6
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Weet je uberhaupt wel waar je het over hebt? Een noordwesterstorm is veel erger dan een zuidwesterstorm. Over self-defeatism gesproken.quote:Op zondag 6 mei 2007 23:27 schreef Sexy_Sadie het volgende:
Enne, het is zuidwester storm, en de snelheden zijn bij een storm meer dan 100 km/u. En dan niet lokaal, maar bijvoorbeeld langs de hele kust of in het halve land... Als je Nederlanders wilt kleineren, doe het dan wel goed.
"Welfare culture is bad not just because, as in Europe, it's bankrupting the state, but because it enfeebles the citizenry, it erodes self-reliance and resourcefulness."
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Hangt er van af, op sommige plekken is het zelfs verstandiger om van hout te bouwen o.a. in gebieden met aardbevingsgevaar. Een stenen huis geeft niks mee.quote:Op zondag 6 mei 2007 23:27 schreef Sexy_Sadie het volgende:
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Leuk hoe je het omkeert zodat het over Nederland gaat
Maar even serieus: er zijn genoeg Amerikanen die zelf toegeven dat het best dom is om zoveel met hout te bouwen, en dat stenen huizen tegen veel meer natuurgeweld bestand zijn.
Maarja, hout is goedkoper hè...? En makkelijker in elkaar te zetten
Ze zouden juist in NL meer met hout en beton moeten doen, dat maakt de huizen misschien wat beter betaalbaar.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Kansas twister death toll rises to 12
GREENSBURG, Kansas (CNN) -- The death toll from the weekend's tornado-packing storms in Kansas rose to 12 Monday when authorities found the bodies of two more victims in Greensburg.
Previously, officials had said eight people died in Greensburg; that total rose to 10, said City Administrator Steve Hewitt.
Another victim died Friday night in Stafford County to the northeast, and one died Saturday night in a separate tornado in Ottawa, Kansas.
Authorities also found a survivor buried beneath the rubble in Greensburg.
"Last night, late evening, we did recover someone alive," said Ronald Knoefel with the Kansas Highway Patrol. "So we are very very happy with that. ... The search and rescue continues because we still have optimism that we're going to find more people alive."
Hewitt said search and rescue efforts in the town were continuing after Friday's mile-wide twister with winds of 205 mph. (Watch treetops sheared off amid a flying American flag )
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius told CNN the rubble was so deep in some places that even trained dogs might be unable to pick up the scent of people who may be buried beneath.
Word of the rescue came as residents returned to the town of 1,500, to inspect what was left of their homes. But visiting privileges were suspended for about half of the town after an ammonia leak from a railroad tank car prompted authorities to evacuate the area as a precaution.
Authorities said the tanker containing about 14,000 gallons of ammonia had overturned in the storm, and the leak began when workers tried to right it.
http://www.knack.be/nieuw(...)n26-article3439.htmlquote:Bush belooft Greensburg hulp na zware tornado
07/05/2007 14:53
De Amerikaanse president George W. Bush heeft gisteren de stad Greensburg in de staat Kansas uitgeroepen tot noodgebied, zo melden verscheidene Amerikaanse media. Hierdoor komt de plaats in aanmerking voor federale hulp. Die hulp wordt echter belemmerd door de oorlog in Irak.
In Greensburg is 90 procent van de gebouwen vernietigd of zwaar beschadigd door de tornado, die in de nacht van vrijdag op zaterdag plaatshad. Een groot deel van de ongeveer 1.600 inwoners is zijn huis kwijtgeraakt. 'Het gaat lang duren voordat de gemeenschap er weer bovenop is,' zei Bush tijdens een gedenkdienst in Washington D.C. 'Maar ik ben ervan overtuigd dat de stad weer wordt opgebouwd. We zullen daarbij zoveel mogelijk helpen.'
De wervelstorm heeft aan zeker negen mensen het leven gekost. Ook vielen er tientallen gewonden door het natuurgeweld. Reddingswerkers zijn nog op zoek naar overlevenden in het puin.
Ook andere delen van Kansas en de staten South Dakota en Oklahoma zijn getroffen door tientallen tornado's. Enkele honderden kilometers ten noordoosten van Greensburg is één man omgekomen in het noodweer. In de plaats Osborne zijn elf gewonden gevallen. Bush heeft zijn medeleven betuigd aan de nabestaanden van Amerikanen die zijn omgekomen bij de stormen.
De bergingswerken worden nu belemmerd door de Irakoorlog. Niet alleen bevindt meer dan 40 procent van de nationale garde uit Kansas zich momenteel in Irak, maar ook de helft van alle vrachtwagens. Dat zei de gouverneur van Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius, maandag op de nieuwszender CNN. Er ontbreekt allerhande materiaal. Daarom kwam de eerste hulp van de nationale garde slechts traag op gang. Kansas heeft nu andere staten om hulp gevraagd.
(Elsevier/Belga)
Misschien omdat het niet veel voorkomt dat een heel dorp wordt weggevaagdquote:Op zaterdag 5 mei 2007 21:05 schreef Sexy_Sadie het volgende:
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Ik lees nergens honderden doden, maar om toch serieus op je in te gaan: er zijn daar honderden tornado's per jaar, waarvan tientallen zeer groot. Wat is hier de nieuwswaarde van?
Gaat flink tekeer daar. Heb zin in de zomer
Hier is een filmpje van die tornado in Greensburg.
Goed kijken, want het was wel nacht natuurlijk. Af en toe is ie zichtbaar, door het weerlicht.
Goed kijken, want het was wel nacht natuurlijk. Af en toe is ie zichtbaar, door het weerlicht.
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Kansas towns flee as floodwaters rise
HUTCHINSON, Kansas (AP) -- Torrential rainfall hit parts of the Plains and Midwest, flooding towns in Kansas on Thursday, toppling trees and power lines and pelting the countryside with hail.
Some central Kansas towns recorded as much as 7 inches of rain -- in some places up to 2 inches per hour -- starting Wednesday.
The deluge closed dozens of roads, some flooded for the second time in three weeks, said Dean Speaks, deputy emergency management director for Saline County. (Watch cars struggle through water )
"It's taken out the roads that we fixed (after the first flooding)," Speaks said. Numerous government facilities, homes and businesses in the Salina area were flooded.
Everyone in the Saline County towns of Bavaria and Hedville -- about 80 people -- evacuated their homes overnight. Fifty homes in Ogden, near Fort Riley, were being voluntarily evacuated as area creeks rose.
In Hutchinson, many motorists had to be helped from their cars as water flooded streets.
"In some places, there are people with water up to their porches," Hutchinson Fire Chief Kim Forbes said. Fire trucks were used to help move people to higher ground or to shelters.
The storms also spawned tornadoes and funnel clouds, but no significant tornado damage was reported. Toppled trees and power lines were reported in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The National Weather Service posted a flood warning for the Big Nemaha River in southeastern Nebraska. It was expected to crest 3 feet over flood stage late Thursday evening or night, and rain was forecast through mid-afternoon.
HUTCHINSON, Kansas (AP) -- Torrential rainfall hit parts of the Plains and Midwest, flooding towns in Kansas on Thursday, toppling trees and power lines and pelting the countryside with hail.
Some central Kansas towns recorded as much as 7 inches of rain -- in some places up to 2 inches per hour -- starting Wednesday.
The deluge closed dozens of roads, some flooded for the second time in three weeks, said Dean Speaks, deputy emergency management director for Saline County. (Watch cars struggle through water )
"It's taken out the roads that we fixed (after the first flooding)," Speaks said. Numerous government facilities, homes and businesses in the Salina area were flooded.
Everyone in the Saline County towns of Bavaria and Hedville -- about 80 people -- evacuated their homes overnight. Fifty homes in Ogden, near Fort Riley, were being voluntarily evacuated as area creeks rose.
In Hutchinson, many motorists had to be helped from their cars as water flooded streets.
"In some places, there are people with water up to their porches," Hutchinson Fire Chief Kim Forbes said. Fire trucks were used to help move people to higher ground or to shelters.
The storms also spawned tornadoes and funnel clouds, but no significant tornado damage was reported. Toppled trees and power lines were reported in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The National Weather Service posted a flood warning for the Big Nemaha River in southeastern Nebraska. It was expected to crest 3 feet over flood stage late Thursday evening or night, and rain was forecast through mid-afternoon.
Freak Hail Storms in Denver
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- Grape-size hail pummeled the city on Tuesday, blanketing downtown streets, startling drivers and pedestrians, and piling up 4 inches deep at an amusement park.
Motorists scurried under bridges or into garages and pedestrians scrambled for cover to avoid being pelted.
Brazil Redd, 21, was outside when the rain and hail began, her car being towed after a hit-and-run collision.
"It hurt. I probably got bruises. It was huge," she said. "I got soaked."
At Elitch Gardens amusement park, the hail broke lights and toppled small trees, prompting the park to close several hours early, spokeswoman Brooke Gabbert said.
Visitors were led to shelters and then moved out of the park after the storm passed.
"With the severe hail, we have to recheck all the rides. It would've been a while before we would have been able to reopen," Gabbert said.
Drivers were caught in up to 3 feet of water in some intersections, but no serious injuries were reported, Denver Fire Department spokesman Phil Champagne said.
Marty Thrall plodded through a half-inch of hail in a short-sleeved T-shirt, shorts and sandals.
"I didn't know it was going to be this icy," he said.
Heavy rain soaked the Plains states from Colorado up to Minnesota Tuesday, causing minor flooding in some places.
The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for Elbert County, 60 miles southeast of Denver, and for Lincoln County in southwestern Nebraska.
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WTF!!! Grapefruit Hagel? Je zult het maar op je harses krijgen
Ow.. Grape zal wel Druif zijn Das beter voor te stellen
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DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- Grape-size hail pummeled the city on Tuesday, blanketing downtown streets, startling drivers and pedestrians, and piling up 4 inches deep at an amusement park.
Motorists scurried under bridges or into garages and pedestrians scrambled for cover to avoid being pelted.
Brazil Redd, 21, was outside when the rain and hail began, her car being towed after a hit-and-run collision.
"It hurt. I probably got bruises. It was huge," she said. "I got soaked."
At Elitch Gardens amusement park, the hail broke lights and toppled small trees, prompting the park to close several hours early, spokeswoman Brooke Gabbert said.
Visitors were led to shelters and then moved out of the park after the storm passed.
"With the severe hail, we have to recheck all the rides. It would've been a while before we would have been able to reopen," Gabbert said.
Drivers were caught in up to 3 feet of water in some intersections, but no serious injuries were reported, Denver Fire Department spokesman Phil Champagne said.
Marty Thrall plodded through a half-inch of hail in a short-sleeved T-shirt, shorts and sandals.
"I didn't know it was going to be this icy," he said.
Heavy rain soaked the Plains states from Colorado up to Minnesota Tuesday, causing minor flooding in some places.
The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for Elbert County, 60 miles southeast of Denver, and for Lincoln County in southwestern Nebraska.
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WTF!!! Grapefruit Hagel? Je zult het maar op je harses krijgen
Ow.. Grape zal wel Druif zijn Das beter voor te stellen
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Een "grape" is een druif
"Pain is my friend. I can trust pain. I can trust pain to make my life utterly miserable."
"My brain is too smart for me."
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"My brain is too smart for me."
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ik kwam er net zelf ook achter toen ik het bericht opnieuw doorlasquote:Op donderdag 31 mei 2007 17:20 schreef wonderer het volgende:
Een "grape" is een druif
damn, toch nog iemand die het zag, voordat ik het zelf herstelde
Tornadoes strike northern Wisconsin
A series of tornadoes ripped through the Upper Midwest region of the United States in the evening of June 7, 2007. At least five different tornadoes touched down in Wisconsin, according to the Associated Press, one of which tore through the Bear Paw Resort in northern Wisconsin. Despite dropping as much as fifteen centimeters (six inches) of rain in some places and baseball-size hail in others, authorities were reporting no deaths attributable to the storm system, and only a smattering of injuries, but considerable property damage in some areas.
When the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite observed the area on June 9, 2007, the track torn through the woods by one of the tornadoes stands out quite clearly. This photo-like image uses data collected by MODIS in the normal human vision range to give a familiar natural-looking appearance. The landscape is largely a checkerboard of farms, towns, roads, and cities. The pale land is predominantly farmland where crops have not fully grown in yet. Dark blue shows the winding path of rivers and lakes dotting the landscape. The large blue lake on the east (right) side of the image is Lake Michigan. Towns and cities, including the city of Green Bay, are gray. To the north side, farmland gives way to dark green as land use shifts from agriculture to the Menominee Indian Reservation and Nicolet National Forest. The diagonal slash through the dark green forested land shows the tornado track. Bare land was revealed where the tornado tore down trees or stripped vegetation off the branches.
Een spoor van meer dan 50 km zo te zien.quote:Op maandag 11 juni 2007 23:26 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Tornadoes strike northern Wisconsin
A series of tornadoes ripped through the Upper Midwest region of the United States in the evening of June 7, 2007. At least five different tornadoes touched down in Wisconsin, according to the Associated Press, one of which tore through the Bear Paw Resort in northern Wisconsin. Despite dropping as much as fifteen centimeters (six inches) of rain in some places and baseball-size hail in others, authorities were reporting no deaths attributable to the storm system, and only a smattering of injuries, but considerable property damage in some areas.
When the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite observed the area on June 9, 2007, the track torn through the woods by one of the tornadoes stands out quite clearly. This photo-like image uses data collected by MODIS in the normal human vision range to give a familiar natural-looking appearance. The landscape is largely a checkerboard of farms, towns, roads, and cities. The pale land is predominantly farmland where crops have not fully grown in yet. Dark blue shows the winding path of rivers and lakes dotting the landscape. The large blue lake on the east (right) side of the image is Lake Michigan. Towns and cities, including the city of Green Bay, are gray. To the north side, farmland gives way to dark green as land use shifts from agriculture to the Menominee Indian Reservation and Nicolet National Forest. The diagonal slash through the dark green forested land shows the tornado track. Bare land was revealed where the tornado tore down trees or stripped vegetation off the branches.
Daar staat geen boom meer overeind.
Er staat daar niet meer zoveel overeind
Zie de vele pics @ http://www.channel3000.com/slideshow/news/13469737/detail.html en http://www.channel3000.com/slideshow/news/13428507/detail.html (hagel zo groot als een baseball ) . Meer filmpjes en foto's @ http://www.channel3000.com/news/13464999/detail.html en http://news.google.nl/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Bear+Paw+Resort+ .
Zie de vele pics @ http://www.channel3000.com/slideshow/news/13469737/detail.html en http://www.channel3000.com/slideshow/news/13428507/detail.html (hagel zo groot als een baseball ) . Meer filmpjes en foto's @ http://www.channel3000.com/news/13464999/detail.html en http://news.google.nl/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Bear+Paw+Resort+ .
Hagelsteentjesquote:Op dinsdag 12 juni 2007 19:48 schreef Roel_Jewel het volgende:
Er staat daar niet meer zoveel overeind
Zie de vele pics @ http://www.channel3000.com/slideshow/news/13469737/detail.html en http://www.channel3000.com/slideshow/news/13428507/detail.html (hagel zo groot als een baseball ) . Meer filmpjes en foto's @ http://www.channel3000.com/news/13464999/detail.html en http://news.google.nl/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Bear+Paw+Resort+ .
Hagel komt vaker voor in de VS.
quote:Records en historische feiten
Grootste (enkelvoudige) hagelsteen in Nederland:
waarschijnlijk 9 cm, 6 juni 1998 te Nunspeet (is nog officieus).
Grootste (enkelvoudige) hagelsteen op aarde:
15.2 cm doorsnede, 766 gram zwaar op 3 sept. 1970 in Coffeyville (Kansas, VS).
Meest getroffen gebied met hagel:
In Cheyenne (Wyoming) komen 9 tot 10 echte hagelstormen voor per jaar. Ook het noordwesten van Kansas en noorden van Colorado (VS) behoren tot de meest getroffen gebieden.
In El Dorado (Kansas) viel op 23 juni 1951 de hagel tot een dikte van 30 cm.
In Hyderabad (India) waren op 17 maart 1939 samengestelde stenen gevallen met een gewicht van ca. 3,5 kg.
In Kansas en Missouri viel 23 juni 1951 de hagel in een strook van ruim 300 km lang. Totale schade: meer dan 14 miljoen dollar (de meeste schade in de VS).
2 die as heavy rains bring flooding to Texas cities
HALTOM CITY, Texas (AP) -- Torrential overnight rainfall flooded a handful of north Texas towns Monday, killing two people and stranding residents and their pets on the roofs of their homes awaiting rescue.
Creeks swollen by as much as 8 inches of rain inundated parts of the towns of Gainesville and Sherman near the Oklahoma state line.
A 4-year-old girl, Alexandria Collins, was swept away to her death while firefighters were trying to rescue her and her mother from their home in Haltom City, a Fort Worth suburb. Her body was found more than two hours later.
"We were in the boat when the boat capsized," her mother, Natasha Collins, tearfully told KXAS-TV of Dallas. "The current swept her from my arms."
But firefighters said the girl was already missing by the time they pulled her mother onto a boat.
A woman died in Sherman, about 60 miles northwest of Dallas near the Oklahoma state line, after her car stalled in rising water and was swept away, Sherman police Sgt. Bruce Dawsey said. A firefighter was struck by lightning but went back to work helping with rescues, he said. Watch floodwaters flow through city
About 125 residents of a Sherman nursing home were being evacuated, and an unknown number of people were being rescued from an office building where the roof started caving in, Dawsey said.
In Gainesville, aerial video showed dozens of people seeking refuge from the high water on a railroad crossing. Families awaited rescue on their roofs, some having hacked their way to the outside from their attics. Some were joined by their dogs. Watch rescuers pull residents from rooftops
Water had receded from parts of downtown Gainesville by midday.
About 100 mobile homes in Haltom City were inundated and many were washed off their foundations, emergency officials said.
"When I looked out the window, water was up to the bottom of the window and the current was so fast houses were washing away, said Haltom City resident Rachel Hawkes. "You could hear people screaming but we couldn't get out to help."
About 37,000 people live in Sherman and about 16,500 in Gainesville.
Authorities closed Interstate 35 from Gainesville to the Oklahoma state line for several hours, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Some other roads in the region also were closed by high water.
The National Weather Service said rain fell at a rate of an inch every 15 minutes in some places early Monday.
"We get heavy rains in North Texas, but the rate, the amount, the duration and the coverage of this are just amazing," said Gary Woodall, the warning-coordination meteorologist for the weather service office in Fort Worth.
The weather service forecast a chance of isolated thunderstorms in the area Monday and Tuesday but said overall the weather was expected to improve.
HALTOM CITY, Texas (AP) -- Torrential overnight rainfall flooded a handful of north Texas towns Monday, killing two people and stranding residents and their pets on the roofs of their homes awaiting rescue.
Creeks swollen by as much as 8 inches of rain inundated parts of the towns of Gainesville and Sherman near the Oklahoma state line.
A 4-year-old girl, Alexandria Collins, was swept away to her death while firefighters were trying to rescue her and her mother from their home in Haltom City, a Fort Worth suburb. Her body was found more than two hours later.
"We were in the boat when the boat capsized," her mother, Natasha Collins, tearfully told KXAS-TV of Dallas. "The current swept her from my arms."
But firefighters said the girl was already missing by the time they pulled her mother onto a boat.
A woman died in Sherman, about 60 miles northwest of Dallas near the Oklahoma state line, after her car stalled in rising water and was swept away, Sherman police Sgt. Bruce Dawsey said. A firefighter was struck by lightning but went back to work helping with rescues, he said. Watch floodwaters flow through city
About 125 residents of a Sherman nursing home were being evacuated, and an unknown number of people were being rescued from an office building where the roof started caving in, Dawsey said.
In Gainesville, aerial video showed dozens of people seeking refuge from the high water on a railroad crossing. Families awaited rescue on their roofs, some having hacked their way to the outside from their attics. Some were joined by their dogs. Watch rescuers pull residents from rooftops
Water had receded from parts of downtown Gainesville by midday.
About 100 mobile homes in Haltom City were inundated and many were washed off their foundations, emergency officials said.
"When I looked out the window, water was up to the bottom of the window and the current was so fast houses were washing away, said Haltom City resident Rachel Hawkes. "You could hear people screaming but we couldn't get out to help."
About 37,000 people live in Sherman and about 16,500 in Gainesville.
Authorities closed Interstate 35 from Gainesville to the Oklahoma state line for several hours, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Some other roads in the region also were closed by high water.
The National Weather Service said rain fell at a rate of an inch every 15 minutes in some places early Monday.
"We get heavy rains in North Texas, but the rate, the amount, the duration and the coverage of this are just amazing," said Gary Woodall, the warning-coordination meteorologist for the weather service office in Fort Worth.
The weather service forecast a chance of isolated thunderstorms in the area Monday and Tuesday but said overall the weather was expected to improve.
Floods in Texas and Oklahoma
Heavy rains pounded the Southern Plains of the United States during mid-June when moisture from the Gulf of Mexico streamed northward into a slow-moving frontal system. The result was extensive flooding over parts of Texas and Oklahoma. On Monday, June 18, 2007, six flood-related deaths were reported in northern Texas as storms dumped up to 8 inches (abut 200 millimeters) of rain in the area. On Tuesday, additional storms dumped heavy rains over parts of northwestern Oklahoma, forcing several road closures, said news reports.
This image shows rainfall totals for June 14 through June 20, 2007. The rainfall totals are from the, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA), which is based on measurements taken by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite. The MPA analysis indicates that during this time more than 200 mm (~8 inches, red area) of rain fell in northern Texas just south of the Oklahoma border, where flooding was reported. A much broader area of at least 150 to 200 mm (about 6 to 8 inches) of rain covers most of northwest Oklahoma. Based on these totals, the TRMM team predicted that flooding was likely or occurring. The group produces a global map indicating where there is a high potential for flooding based on rainfall totals.
Heavy rains pounded the Southern Plains of the United States during mid-June when moisture from the Gulf of Mexico streamed northward into a slow-moving frontal system. The result was extensive flooding over parts of Texas and Oklahoma. On Monday, June 18, 2007, six flood-related deaths were reported in northern Texas as storms dumped up to 8 inches (abut 200 millimeters) of rain in the area. On Tuesday, additional storms dumped heavy rains over parts of northwestern Oklahoma, forcing several road closures, said news reports.
This image shows rainfall totals for June 14 through June 20, 2007. The rainfall totals are from the, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA), which is based on measurements taken by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite. The MPA analysis indicates that during this time more than 200 mm (~8 inches, red area) of rain fell in northern Texas just south of the Oklahoma border, where flooding was reported. A much broader area of at least 150 to 200 mm (about 6 to 8 inches) of rain covers most of northwest Oklahoma. Based on these totals, the TRMM team predicted that flooding was likely or occurring. The group produces a global map indicating where there is a high potential for flooding based on rainfall totals.
More tornadoes hit southern Manitoba (Canada)
Environment Canada is looking into reports that more tornadoes swept through southern Manitoba, a day after fierce twisters caused heavy damage in the town of Elie, west of Winnipeg.
Twisters were spotted Saturday evening near Pipestone, Minto, the Canupawakpa First Nation and an area between Hartney and Deloraine.
Environment Canada officials inspect the damage in Elie on Saturday.
(John Woods/Canadian Press) Ross Tycoles, the reeve of Pipestone, about 100 kilometres southwest of Brandon, was playing baseball when the wild weather hit. He said there was unusual cloud cover.
"Everything was moving and turbulent, up and down. There was severe lightning north of the town," he said.
Tycoles heard reports of damaged barns, garages and farm equipment near Pipestone, but no injuries. One woman he spoke to told him she was terrified as a twister passed dangerously close to her house.
Some houses were damaged on the Canupawakpa First Nation, he said.
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Environment Canada is looking into reports that more tornadoes swept through southern Manitoba, a day after fierce twisters caused heavy damage in the town of Elie, west of Winnipeg.
Twisters were spotted Saturday evening near Pipestone, Minto, the Canupawakpa First Nation and an area between Hartney and Deloraine.
Environment Canada officials inspect the damage in Elie on Saturday.
(John Woods/Canadian Press) Ross Tycoles, the reeve of Pipestone, about 100 kilometres southwest of Brandon, was playing baseball when the wild weather hit. He said there was unusual cloud cover.
"Everything was moving and turbulent, up and down. There was severe lightning north of the town," he said.
Tycoles heard reports of damaged barns, garages and farm equipment near Pipestone, but no injuries. One woman he spoke to told him she was terrified as a twister passed dangerously close to her house.
Some houses were damaged on the Canupawakpa First Nation, he said.
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Downpour strands people on roofs, in trees
GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) -- Torrential storms flooded parts of central Texas early Wednesday, stranding people on roofs, in trees and in vehicles, with wind-blown rain falling so hard that some helicopter rescue attempts had to be abandoned.
The worst flooding was in Williamson, Lampasas and Burnet counties in the Texas Hill Country northwest of Austin.
"We got hard facts of 18-plus inches of rain in a couple of those places since midnight," Austin-Travis County emergency medical services spokesman Warren Hassinger said just after 7 a.m.
More rain was expected throughout the day, the National Weather Service said.
Parts of Oklahoma also were soaked Wednesday, with rain falling on Oklahoma City for the 15th consecutive day, breaking a 70-year-old record. (Watch floodwaters swamp Oklahoma roads, fields )
Hassinger's agency had reports early Wednesday of at least 20 trapped atop vehicles, on roofs or clinging to trees surrounded by fast-moving water.
However, the weather was so stormy that helicopter crews had to abandon several rescue attempts, Hassinger said. He said four rescue attempts were halted before dawn and he didn't know what happened to the people needing help.
One aborted rescue mission had attempted to get four people from the roof of a house in Granite Shoals, where water was about 4 feet from the top of the building. They had pulled a possible drowning victim from the water, Hassinger said.
One successful helicopter-assisted rescue plucked a Williamson County sheriff's deputy and another person from atop the lawman's car along the San Gabriel River near Georgetown, Hassinger said. (Watch water pour down streets of Fort Worth )
Ray Thomas and his wife fled their house on a peninsula between the North and South San Gabriel rivers at about 4:45 a.m., after hearing an emergency weather radio bulletin.
"We're lucky we got out," he said. "In September we were praying for rain. What worries me now is the rain that's still to come."
Tuesday night, residents of at least 50 homes had to be evacuated from a flooded subdivision near Lake Granbury, about 60 miles southwest of Dallas. Rescuers used boats and jet skis to remove those residents as Robinson Creek rose out of its banks.
Speed of water's rise 'hard to believe'
About 30 evacuees spent Wednesday morning at the First United Methodist Church in Granbury, the Rev. Neil Norman said.
"There's some shock because the water must have come up extremely quickly," Norman said. "This is all pretty much hard to believe."
In Oklahoma, about 20 firefighters had to use a raft to rescue 16-year-old twin sisters from their car, stalled in rushing bumper-deep water Tuesday. (Watch terrified teens rescued from car )
The Oklahoma City area received about an inch of rain in 24 hours, bringing the city's annual total to 28.03 inches -- about 10 inches above normal. Flooding closed some roads Wednesday in central and northeastern Oklahoma.
"Anytime it rains there's going to be the threat of heavy downpours, it's not out of the question for any one area to get three inches," National Weather Service meteorologist Ty Judd said Wednesday in Norman, Oklahoma.
Boy dies after creek sweeps him away
A 13-year-old boy died in the Dallas suburb of Garland Tuesday night after being washed down a flooded creek, police spokesman Joe Harn said. The boy was swept away when firefighters using ropes tried to pull him ashore from a bridge pillar where he was stranded. He was found a mile downstream about two hours later, Harn said.
A number of flood warnings were posted throughout Texas. North Bosque River near Clifton was expected to crest at almost 29 feet early Wednesday, which is about 6 feet above normal.
Elsewhere, several Chicago streets and basements were flooded as parts of the city received 3 to 4 inches of rain in about 45 minutes, just before Tuesday's evening rush hour, according to the National Weather Service.
The water department received more than 700 reports of flooded basements, officials said.
GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) -- Torrential storms flooded parts of central Texas early Wednesday, stranding people on roofs, in trees and in vehicles, with wind-blown rain falling so hard that some helicopter rescue attempts had to be abandoned.
The worst flooding was in Williamson, Lampasas and Burnet counties in the Texas Hill Country northwest of Austin.
"We got hard facts of 18-plus inches of rain in a couple of those places since midnight," Austin-Travis County emergency medical services spokesman Warren Hassinger said just after 7 a.m.
More rain was expected throughout the day, the National Weather Service said.
Parts of Oklahoma also were soaked Wednesday, with rain falling on Oklahoma City for the 15th consecutive day, breaking a 70-year-old record. (Watch floodwaters swamp Oklahoma roads, fields )
Hassinger's agency had reports early Wednesday of at least 20 trapped atop vehicles, on roofs or clinging to trees surrounded by fast-moving water.
However, the weather was so stormy that helicopter crews had to abandon several rescue attempts, Hassinger said. He said four rescue attempts were halted before dawn and he didn't know what happened to the people needing help.
One aborted rescue mission had attempted to get four people from the roof of a house in Granite Shoals, where water was about 4 feet from the top of the building. They had pulled a possible drowning victim from the water, Hassinger said.
One successful helicopter-assisted rescue plucked a Williamson County sheriff's deputy and another person from atop the lawman's car along the San Gabriel River near Georgetown, Hassinger said. (Watch water pour down streets of Fort Worth )
Ray Thomas and his wife fled their house on a peninsula between the North and South San Gabriel rivers at about 4:45 a.m., after hearing an emergency weather radio bulletin.
"We're lucky we got out," he said. "In September we were praying for rain. What worries me now is the rain that's still to come."
Tuesday night, residents of at least 50 homes had to be evacuated from a flooded subdivision near Lake Granbury, about 60 miles southwest of Dallas. Rescuers used boats and jet skis to remove those residents as Robinson Creek rose out of its banks.
Speed of water's rise 'hard to believe'
About 30 evacuees spent Wednesday morning at the First United Methodist Church in Granbury, the Rev. Neil Norman said.
"There's some shock because the water must have come up extremely quickly," Norman said. "This is all pretty much hard to believe."
In Oklahoma, about 20 firefighters had to use a raft to rescue 16-year-old twin sisters from their car, stalled in rushing bumper-deep water Tuesday. (Watch terrified teens rescued from car )
The Oklahoma City area received about an inch of rain in 24 hours, bringing the city's annual total to 28.03 inches -- about 10 inches above normal. Flooding closed some roads Wednesday in central and northeastern Oklahoma.
"Anytime it rains there's going to be the threat of heavy downpours, it's not out of the question for any one area to get three inches," National Weather Service meteorologist Ty Judd said Wednesday in Norman, Oklahoma.
Boy dies after creek sweeps him away
A 13-year-old boy died in the Dallas suburb of Garland Tuesday night after being washed down a flooded creek, police spokesman Joe Harn said. The boy was swept away when firefighters using ropes tried to pull him ashore from a bridge pillar where he was stranded. He was found a mile downstream about two hours later, Harn said.
A number of flood warnings were posted throughout Texas. North Bosque River near Clifton was expected to crest at almost 29 feet early Wednesday, which is about 6 feet above normal.
Elsewhere, several Chicago streets and basements were flooded as parts of the city received 3 to 4 inches of rain in about 45 minutes, just before Tuesday's evening rush hour, according to the National Weather Service.
The water department received more than 700 reports of flooded basements, officials said.
Veel neerslag in Texas
Zware onweersbuien hebben in de nacht van dinsdag op woensdag veel neerslag bezorgd in Texas. De neerslag viel na een week met zware buien. In totaal zijn al 11 mensen om het leven gekomen door de overstromingen.
De meeste neerslag viel in Marble Falls, ongeveer 60 kilometer van Austin af. Hier werd 455,1 millimeter neerslag afgetapt in 24 uur tijd. Bruggen liepen schade op, huizen stroomden over en wegen waren onbegaanbaar. Ook was er plaatselijk veel wind. In het westen van Texas werden windstoten tot 160 kilometer per uur gemeten.
Eleven dead in Texas floods; more rain expected (CNN)
455,1 millimeter in 24uur
Zware onweersbuien hebben in de nacht van dinsdag op woensdag veel neerslag bezorgd in Texas. De neerslag viel na een week met zware buien. In totaal zijn al 11 mensen om het leven gekomen door de overstromingen.
De meeste neerslag viel in Marble Falls, ongeveer 60 kilometer van Austin af. Hier werd 455,1 millimeter neerslag afgetapt in 24 uur tijd. Bruggen liepen schade op, huizen stroomden over en wegen waren onbegaanbaar. Ook was er plaatselijk veel wind. In het westen van Texas werden windstoten tot 160 kilometer per uur gemeten.
Eleven dead in Texas floods; more rain expected (CNN)
455,1 millimeter in 24uur
Floods in Texas and Oklahoma
June 2007 was exceptionally wet for the Southern Plains of the United States because a stagnant weather pattern focused moisture and storms over Texas and Oklahoma. The latest round of heavy storms dumped up to 460 millimeters (18 inches) of rain in parts of Central Texas on the night of Tuesday, June 26, said news reports. For Austin, the state's capital, more than 30 inches of rain has fallen since January, making 2007 the wettest year on record so far according to local news reports.
This image shows rainfall totals from the near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA), which is based on rainfall data collected by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission TRMM) satellite. The totals shown here indicate how much rain fell between June 20 and June 28, 2007. Splotches of red over central Texas and southern Oklahoma indicate where the MPA recorded up to 200 millimeters (8 inches) of rain. A broad area of at least 50 mm (~2 inches) of rain fall covers almost all of Texas and Oklahoma. These totals fall short of totals reported on the ground because the satellites used in the MPA can't see areas of localized heavy rain. These satellites zoom in to approximately 30 kilometers (20 miles), and so miss smaller areas of intense rain.
MARBLE FALLS, Texas — More rain fell Thursday in flood-weary parts of Texas, where evacuations were under way and residents were bracing for even more of the constant downpours that have killed 11 people in recent days.
Officials reported calls for dozens of rescues in San Antonio, and hundreds of people were being ordered to leave their homes near the bloated Brazos River in North Texas.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, acting as governor while Gov. Rick Perry is out of the country, surveyed damage Thursday in the lakeside community of Marble Falls, which was drenched by as much as 18 inches of rain early Wednesday. No one was killed, but there were 32 water rescues and widespread damage.
"I haven't seen so much destruction since I was on the ground right after Hurricane Rita," Dewhurst said. "What these folks need is just a break in the rain and a chance to dry out."
In North Texas, rains continued falling west of Fort Worth, and evacuations of about 300 homes were ordered in Parker County as the Brazos River began creeping into some backyards.
Firefighters and National Guard troops went door to door notifying residents of the mandatory evacuation, but some refused to leave, said Lt. Jason Williams of the Parker County firefighters' search and rescue team.
Among those holding out was Donna Thorpe, who said she and her family had been watching the water rise for more than 24 hours and marking it with a measuring stick.
"Every two hours we'd get up and go down and measure," Thorpe said. "Every two hours you get up and go down. You really don't sleep. You're so nervous about it, how quick it can come up."
Overnight rainfall in Central Texas was far short of the 10 inches that were forecast, but more was expected Thursday, and flash flood warnings were in effect. Storm systems near Austin and San Antonio were expected to dump as much as 10 inches Thursday, the National Weather Service said.
Marble Falls, about 40 miles northwest of Austin, took the brunt of the deluge Tuesday and Wednesday, with numerous people stuck on rooftops, in trees and on houses. The city was spared any rain overnight, but a light drizzle fell on and off throughout the day Thursday.
The focus shifted to clean up even as drizzle continued to fall later in the day. Piles of rubble and debris littered street corners and streets were covered in a layer of mud and tree limbs throughout town.
"We're through the crisis point and now we're at the point it's time to roll up our sleeves and get dirty," Mayor Raymond Whitman said.
In Georgetown, north of Austin, three homes containing 10 people were evacuated Thursday morning because of flooding on a branch of the San Gabriel River, said Keith Hutchinson, city spokesman. No injuries were reported.
Authorities also closed several impassable roads in surrounding Williamson County. Some cars stalled in the high water, but the occupants were able to escape without the help of rescue workers, county spokeswoman Connie Watson said.
In San Antonio, 47 streets were closed and there were 39 calls for high-water rescues, although it's unclear how many people were rescued, said Sandy Gutierrez, a spokeswoman for the city Emergency Operations Center.
The heaviest rainfall in the region Thursday was in San Antonio's Bexar County and Comal County, where 3 to 5 inches had fallen since 7 a.m., said National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Lenz.
Whitman said some looting had been reported in flood-damaged areas of Marble Falls Wednesday. Extra police officers were on duty overnight, and no more looting had been reported by Thursday morning, a city spokeswoman said.
Most residents of the town of 7,200 remained without running water after flash floods damaged the city's water plant. Bottled water brought in by state emergency workers was available. State environmental officials were assessing damage to the plant, Dewhurst said.
With more rain on the way, lakefront residents in two subdivisions near Buchanan Dam were advised to evacuate. In one area, about seven families were taken from their homes by helicopter because the roads were not passable.
The Texas National Guard dispatched troops and vehicles to Central Texas, as well as other areas hit by storms from the Oklahoma border to the Rio Grande Valley. About 150 troops and 50 vehicles were mobilized.
The flooding closed three bridges and tore the back wall off a funeral home, Whitman said. Already, as many as 150 homes and businesses were damaged in Marble Falls, city spokeswoman Christine Laine said.
It's the wettest year on record in Austin, with more than 30 inches of rain since January, and Dallas-Fort Worth, Waco and Wichita Falls have received near-record amounts. The rainfall has more than compensated for a drought that gripped much of Texas in 2005-06, Lenz said. (FOX)
Officials reported calls for dozens of rescues in San Antonio, and hundreds of people were being ordered to leave their homes near the bloated Brazos River in North Texas.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, acting as governor while Gov. Rick Perry is out of the country, surveyed damage Thursday in the lakeside community of Marble Falls, which was drenched by as much as 18 inches of rain early Wednesday. No one was killed, but there were 32 water rescues and widespread damage.
"I haven't seen so much destruction since I was on the ground right after Hurricane Rita," Dewhurst said. "What these folks need is just a break in the rain and a chance to dry out."
In North Texas, rains continued falling west of Fort Worth, and evacuations of about 300 homes were ordered in Parker County as the Brazos River began creeping into some backyards.
Firefighters and National Guard troops went door to door notifying residents of the mandatory evacuation, but some refused to leave, said Lt. Jason Williams of the Parker County firefighters' search and rescue team.
Among those holding out was Donna Thorpe, who said she and her family had been watching the water rise for more than 24 hours and marking it with a measuring stick.
"Every two hours we'd get up and go down and measure," Thorpe said. "Every two hours you get up and go down. You really don't sleep. You're so nervous about it, how quick it can come up."
Overnight rainfall in Central Texas was far short of the 10 inches that were forecast, but more was expected Thursday, and flash flood warnings were in effect. Storm systems near Austin and San Antonio were expected to dump as much as 10 inches Thursday, the National Weather Service said.
Marble Falls, about 40 miles northwest of Austin, took the brunt of the deluge Tuesday and Wednesday, with numerous people stuck on rooftops, in trees and on houses. The city was spared any rain overnight, but a light drizzle fell on and off throughout the day Thursday.
The focus shifted to clean up even as drizzle continued to fall later in the day. Piles of rubble and debris littered street corners and streets were covered in a layer of mud and tree limbs throughout town.
"We're through the crisis point and now we're at the point it's time to roll up our sleeves and get dirty," Mayor Raymond Whitman said.
In Georgetown, north of Austin, three homes containing 10 people were evacuated Thursday morning because of flooding on a branch of the San Gabriel River, said Keith Hutchinson, city spokesman. No injuries were reported.
Authorities also closed several impassable roads in surrounding Williamson County. Some cars stalled in the high water, but the occupants were able to escape without the help of rescue workers, county spokeswoman Connie Watson said.
In San Antonio, 47 streets were closed and there were 39 calls for high-water rescues, although it's unclear how many people were rescued, said Sandy Gutierrez, a spokeswoman for the city Emergency Operations Center.
The heaviest rainfall in the region Thursday was in San Antonio's Bexar County and Comal County, where 3 to 5 inches had fallen since 7 a.m., said National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Lenz.
Whitman said some looting had been reported in flood-damaged areas of Marble Falls Wednesday. Extra police officers were on duty overnight, and no more looting had been reported by Thursday morning, a city spokeswoman said.
Most residents of the town of 7,200 remained without running water after flash floods damaged the city's water plant. Bottled water brought in by state emergency workers was available. State environmental officials were assessing damage to the plant, Dewhurst said.
With more rain on the way, lakefront residents in two subdivisions near Buchanan Dam were advised to evacuate. In one area, about seven families were taken from their homes by helicopter because the roads were not passable.
The Texas National Guard dispatched troops and vehicles to Central Texas, as well as other areas hit by storms from the Oklahoma border to the Rio Grande Valley. About 150 troops and 50 vehicles were mobilized.
The flooding closed three bridges and tore the back wall off a funeral home, Whitman said. Already, as many as 150 homes and businesses were damaged in Marble Falls, city spokeswoman Christine Laine said.
It's the wettest year on record in Austin, with more than 30 inches of rain since January, and Dallas-Fort Worth, Waco and Wichita Falls have received near-record amounts. The rainfall has more than compensated for a drought that gripped much of Texas in 2005-06, Lenz said. (FOX)
More rain in store for flood-ravaged area
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Flood-weary residents hoping for a reprieve from the sustained, heavy rains that have soaked parts of Texas may have to wait, as forecasts called for more of the same on Friday.
The storms, which were being blamed for at least 11 deaths in north and central Texas since last week, have swollen rivers and forced the evacuation of thousands of people from their homes.
There was a more than 60 percent chance that the rains would continue in the affected areas Friday, said Jesse Moore, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. (Watch the power of a flooded river that moved vehicles and ravaged homes )
A flood watch was in effect for 28 counties until Friday afternoon.
"The storms are very efficient rain producers, and if you happen to be under one of them you can pick up 1½ or 2 inches an hour," Moore said. "Right now with the ground being saturated, it's all run-off and that causes the flash flooding we've been seeing."
Evacuation orders were issued Thursday for about 2,000 residents near the flood-swollen Brazos River in Parker County.
The river was more than 2 feet above its flood stage late Thursday but had gone down nearly a foot by Friday morning. Officials said it could rise again if they opt to open a flood gate at the Possum Kingdom Lake dam to relieve pressure on the dam.
In San Antonio, there were 52 street closures and 43 calls for high-water rescues, although it's unclear how many people were actually rescued, said Sandy Gutierrez, a spokeswoman for San Antonio's Emergency Operations Center. (Interactive: Gallery of dramatic rescues and thankful flood survivors)
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, acting governor while Gov. Rick Perry is out of the country, surveyed flood damage Thursday in Marble Falls, which received 19 inches of rain in a six-hour period the previous day.
Despite periods of drizzle, residents began clearing the debris, rubble and mud from the streets.
"We're through the crisis point and now we're at the point it's time to roll up our sleeves and get dirty," Mayor Raymond Whitman said.
Employees worked through the light rainfall to clean up at the Ingram Readymix Inc. plant, which was wrecked by 6 feet of rushing water. Aluminum walls flared from the side of the building, and rubble was piled outside the main office.
"It's not a total loss, but it's pretty much devastating," plant manager Craig Seward said.
Most of the town's 7,200 residents remained without running water after flash floods damaged the city's water treatment plant, which state environmental officials were assessing. Bottled water brought in by state emergency workers was available. (Watch what's in store for Marble Falls )
The flooding caused the closure of six bridges and tore a wall off the funeral home, Whitman said. As many as 150 homes and businesses in the town were damaged, town spokeswoman Christine Laine said.
It's the wettest year on record in Austin, with more than 30 inches of rain since January, and Dallas-Fort Worth, Waco and Wichita Falls have received near-record amounts. The rainfall has more than compensated for a drought that gripped much of Texas in 2005-06, National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Lenz said.
All 77 of Oklahoma's counties were under a state of emergency late Thursday. Officials said 46 homes in Pottawatomie County sustained major damage. Three water rescues were performed Thursday in Kingfisher County in central Oklahoma.
The National Weather Service on Thursday recorded rainfall in Oklahoma City for the 16th straight day, two days longer than the previous record, set from May 29 to June 11 in 1937. Forecasters predicted the rain could continue for several more days.
AUSTIN, Texas — With rivers and lakes filled to the brim and more rain in the forecast, emergency officials in the U.S. state of Texas on Friday braced for more of the flooding that has severely damaged or destroyed 1,000 homes.
July 5: Water from Lake Corpus Christi pours out of several gates at the Lake Corpus Christi Reservoir Wesley Seale Dam near Mathis, Texas
State emergency management chief Jack Colley said all of Texas' major river basins are at flood stage, the first time that has happened since 1957. Major flooding was forecast on the Guadalupe River in Victoria and Calhoun counties, where it was expected to crest near Bloomington at just over 27 feet early Saturday. Flood stage is 20 feet.
"Mostly this time of year we're fighting wildfires ... The problem with this is, the water won't go away," he said Thursday.
• Monitor the situation in FOXNews.com's Natural Disasters Center.
Other areas of concern include the Brazos, Sabine and Trinity rivers and Nueces River near Corpus Christi, Colley said.
Floodwaters slowly subsided Thursday in parts of Oklahoma and Kansas. Concerns eased that a full Lake Texoma along the Oklahoma-Texas line would send floodwaters into the Red River.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said water could spill over the Denison Dam on Friday, flooding areas to the south. Those living in farm areas near the river were told to move their belongings to higher ground and have an evacuation plan.
Early Friday, Lake Texoma's level topped 639 feet, well past its normal elevation of 619 feet and just shy of the top of the spillway — 640 feet, according to the Corps.
"It's still rising but right now, we've been able to handle the flows and minimize the threat for downstream flooding," said Ed Rossman, assistant chief of planning for the Corps.
To the south, storms that began May 23 continued pounding Texas. The National Weather Service said 1 to 3 inches (of rain could fall Friday, with heavier amounts in isolated areas. On Thursday night, rainfall amounts in the past 24 hours included 5 inches (13 centimeters) in coastal Palacios, 2.2 inches at Houston's Hobby Airport and 1.9 inches (4.8 centimeters) in Rockport.
Flash flood warnings were issued overnight for several counties in northern Texas. Flooding washed out a bridge in Anderson County early Friday and authorities closed at least two roads, a dispatcher said. Hunt County also reported road closures.
Michael Gittinger, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said a series of low-pressure systems that have hovered over Texas for three weeks, combined with moist bands of air from the Gulf of Mexico, have fueled the near-record rainfall. The system is forecast to move northward through Arkansas and toward the East Coast.
The affected area covers 49 counties and 48,000 square miles from northern Texas to the Rio Grande Valley, a section roughly the size of Greece. Thirteen deaths have been blamed on the weather in the past 2 1/2 weeks in the state, Gov. Rick Perry's office said.
The latest death occurred early Thursday near Clifton in Bosque County, when a car driven by a 37-year-old woman hydroplaned, collided with a curb and plunged into a creek, authorities said.
Four people have been reported missing, including a 6-year-old boy swept into the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday as strong currents ripped him from his father's arms at the mouth of the Brazos River in Freeport.
In Missouri, the body of a 16-year-old girl was found Wednesday night in a submerged SUV after she apparently tried to cross a flooded creek.
So far, the heaviest flood damage has been in Miami, Oklahoma, where the Neosho River crested at about 29 feet, its highest stage since 1951. The river was not expected to be back within its banks until late Sunday.
About 600 homes and businesses were believed damaged, City Manager Mike Spurgeon said. More than 30 area roads were still closed Thursday.
Spurgeon estimated it could take six months to a year to rebuild in the parts of town most heavily damaged.
Displaced residents watched and waited, anxious to begin salvaging soggy belongings. Dorena Jackson walked near her neighborhood in Miami, Oklahoma, trying to get a glimpse of the home she left two days ago.
"I don't even have a change of clothes," Jackson said. "I lost everything as far as I know."
President Bush has issued federal disaster declarations for numerous counties in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma, clearing the way for housing assistance and low-interest loans, and more declarations are expected. (FOX)
July 5: Water from Lake Corpus Christi pours out of several gates at the Lake Corpus Christi Reservoir Wesley Seale Dam near Mathis, Texas
State emergency management chief Jack Colley said all of Texas' major river basins are at flood stage, the first time that has happened since 1957. Major flooding was forecast on the Guadalupe River in Victoria and Calhoun counties, where it was expected to crest near Bloomington at just over 27 feet early Saturday. Flood stage is 20 feet.
"Mostly this time of year we're fighting wildfires ... The problem with this is, the water won't go away," he said Thursday.
• Monitor the situation in FOXNews.com's Natural Disasters Center.
Other areas of concern include the Brazos, Sabine and Trinity rivers and Nueces River near Corpus Christi, Colley said.
Floodwaters slowly subsided Thursday in parts of Oklahoma and Kansas. Concerns eased that a full Lake Texoma along the Oklahoma-Texas line would send floodwaters into the Red River.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said water could spill over the Denison Dam on Friday, flooding areas to the south. Those living in farm areas near the river were told to move their belongings to higher ground and have an evacuation plan.
Early Friday, Lake Texoma's level topped 639 feet, well past its normal elevation of 619 feet and just shy of the top of the spillway — 640 feet, according to the Corps.
"It's still rising but right now, we've been able to handle the flows and minimize the threat for downstream flooding," said Ed Rossman, assistant chief of planning for the Corps.
To the south, storms that began May 23 continued pounding Texas. The National Weather Service said 1 to 3 inches (of rain could fall Friday, with heavier amounts in isolated areas. On Thursday night, rainfall amounts in the past 24 hours included 5 inches (13 centimeters) in coastal Palacios, 2.2 inches at Houston's Hobby Airport and 1.9 inches (4.8 centimeters) in Rockport.
Flash flood warnings were issued overnight for several counties in northern Texas. Flooding washed out a bridge in Anderson County early Friday and authorities closed at least two roads, a dispatcher said. Hunt County also reported road closures.
Michael Gittinger, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said a series of low-pressure systems that have hovered over Texas for three weeks, combined with moist bands of air from the Gulf of Mexico, have fueled the near-record rainfall. The system is forecast to move northward through Arkansas and toward the East Coast.
The affected area covers 49 counties and 48,000 square miles from northern Texas to the Rio Grande Valley, a section roughly the size of Greece. Thirteen deaths have been blamed on the weather in the past 2 1/2 weeks in the state, Gov. Rick Perry's office said.
The latest death occurred early Thursday near Clifton in Bosque County, when a car driven by a 37-year-old woman hydroplaned, collided with a curb and plunged into a creek, authorities said.
Four people have been reported missing, including a 6-year-old boy swept into the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday as strong currents ripped him from his father's arms at the mouth of the Brazos River in Freeport.
In Missouri, the body of a 16-year-old girl was found Wednesday night in a submerged SUV after she apparently tried to cross a flooded creek.
So far, the heaviest flood damage has been in Miami, Oklahoma, where the Neosho River crested at about 29 feet, its highest stage since 1951. The river was not expected to be back within its banks until late Sunday.
About 600 homes and businesses were believed damaged, City Manager Mike Spurgeon said. More than 30 area roads were still closed Thursday.
Spurgeon estimated it could take six months to a year to rebuild in the parts of town most heavily damaged.
Displaced residents watched and waited, anxious to begin salvaging soggy belongings. Dorena Jackson walked near her neighborhood in Miami, Oklahoma, trying to get a glimpse of the home she left two days ago.
"I don't even have a change of clothes," Jackson said. "I lost everything as far as I know."
President Bush has issued federal disaster declarations for numerous counties in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma, clearing the way for housing assistance and low-interest loans, and more declarations are expected. (FOX)
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BreakingNewsOn: The National Weather Service confirmed that an F-1 tornado touched down on the Islip area of Long Island, New York; reports of damage.
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F2 Tornado strikes Brooklyn - First ever!
NEW YORK What was thought to be a violently windy thunderstorm that plowed through Brooklyn Wednesday morning turned out to be a weather event of historical proportions.
The National Weather Service confirmed that the storm brought with it Brooklyn's first ever tornado since such weather events were recorded. Officials measured it to be an EF2 twister, characterized by winds of anywhere from 111 to 135 miles per hour.
Between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. a string of severe thunderstorms blew through the region, making for an incredible headache for morning commuters. Thousands of New Yorkers found themselves enduring hours of delays in the sweltering heat with subways shut down and vacant taxi cabs hard to come by.
A woman on Staten Island died in a car accident which officials say was a result of the horrible driving conditions. In Brooklyn, amazingly, only scattered minor injuries were reported.
Still, the tornado certainly rattled bones as well as bricks, especially in Bay Ridge.
"About 6:35 this morning it sounded like a freight rain coming down the driveway. The house was shaking and people were screaming," said Linda Mantia, who lives in the Bay Ridge section.
"I just wanted to lay down and die," Brooklyn resident May Johnson told CBS 2.
Eric Casanova couldn't believe what he saw out his window. "I looked out my window and the trees looked like dandelions. They were flowing all over the place," he said. "They say you get 15 minutes of fame, here in Bay Ridge it's 15 minutes of history."
Not only is the tornado the first ever in recorded history to touch down in Brooklyn, it's also the first to hit a New York City borough since 1995, when a twister struck Staten Island.
Outside of those two, there have been only two other tornadoes to strike New York City. The first touched down in Queens in 1985 and the second in Staten Island in 1990.
Record-keeping of tornadoes began nationwide in 1950.
NEW YORK What was thought to be a violently windy thunderstorm that plowed through Brooklyn Wednesday morning turned out to be a weather event of historical proportions.
The National Weather Service confirmed that the storm brought with it Brooklyn's first ever tornado since such weather events were recorded. Officials measured it to be an EF2 twister, characterized by winds of anywhere from 111 to 135 miles per hour.
Between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. a string of severe thunderstorms blew through the region, making for an incredible headache for morning commuters. Thousands of New Yorkers found themselves enduring hours of delays in the sweltering heat with subways shut down and vacant taxi cabs hard to come by.
A woman on Staten Island died in a car accident which officials say was a result of the horrible driving conditions. In Brooklyn, amazingly, only scattered minor injuries were reported.
Still, the tornado certainly rattled bones as well as bricks, especially in Bay Ridge.
"About 6:35 this morning it sounded like a freight rain coming down the driveway. The house was shaking and people were screaming," said Linda Mantia, who lives in the Bay Ridge section.
"I just wanted to lay down and die," Brooklyn resident May Johnson told CBS 2.
Eric Casanova couldn't believe what he saw out his window. "I looked out my window and the trees looked like dandelions. They were flowing all over the place," he said. "They say you get 15 minutes of fame, here in Bay Ridge it's 15 minutes of history."
Not only is the tornado the first ever in recorded history to touch down in Brooklyn, it's also the first to hit a New York City borough since 1995, when a twister struck Staten Island.
Outside of those two, there have been only two other tornadoes to strike New York City. The first touched down in Queens in 1985 and the second in Staten Island in 1990.
Record-keeping of tornadoes began nationwide in 1950.
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(Novum/AP) - In de Amerikaanse staten Minnesota en Wisconsin hebben zware stormen in combinatie met hevige regenval in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag voor veel overlast gezorgd. Minstens vier mensen kwamen om het leven door overstromingen, die bruggen en wegen wegspoelden.
De slachtoffers vielen in Minnesota bij de plaatsen Stockton en Wikota, toen in twee gevallen de inzittenden van een auto verdronken omdat zij door het snel stijgende water geen kans meer zagen om uit hun voertuig te komen. In Wisconsin zorgde dertig centimeter regen voor een modderstroom die een huis meevoerde en midden op de rijksweg achterliet. Bruggen en wegen werden vanwege de regen afgesloten en enkele dorpen zijn zondag ontruimd, meldden de autoriteiten.
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(Novum/AP) - In de Amerikaanse staten Minnesota en Wisconsin hebben zware stormen in combinatie met hevige regenval in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag voor veel overlast gezorgd. Minstens vier mensen kwamen om het leven door overstromingen, die bruggen en wegen wegspoelden.
De slachtoffers vielen in Minnesota bij de plaatsen Stockton en Wikota, toen in twee gevallen de inzittenden van een auto verdronken omdat zij door het snel stijgende water geen kans meer zagen om uit hun voertuig te komen. In Wisconsin zorgde dertig centimeter regen voor een modderstroom die een huis meevoerde en midden op de rijksweg achterliet. Bruggen en wegen werden vanwege de regen afgesloten en enkele dorpen zijn zondag ontruimd, meldden de autoriteiten.
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Deadly Storm Flooding Soaks Ohio After Drenching Upper Midwest - kills 21
RUSHFORD, Minn. — A powerful storm system that swamped the upper Midwest and killed at least six people moved into Ohio on Tuesday as weary Minnesota residents returned to their water-logged homes. For many, it was a surreal scene.
Orange Xs marked buildings that had been searched for survivors. Canoes lay in the streets. At a campground in Houston County, picnic tables hung from trees.
Mud several inches deep covered streets in parts of Rushford, and some sidewalks had collapsed.
"Some people had to cut holes in their roofs to get out, the water was so deep," said Jack O'Donnell, chief deputy with the Fillmore County Sheriff's Office.
The storm was one of two systems that flooded towns in the Midwest and southern Plains over the weekend. The second, the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin, killed six people in Oklahoma, eight in Texas and one in Missouri, where up to 11 inches of rain fell in a few hours Monday.
Tuesday morning, heavy rain in Ohio caused flooding that closed a seven-mile stretch of Interstate 75 in the northwest part of the state, the Highway Patrol said.
Nearby, motorists were urged to stay out of Wyandot County because of extensive flooding caused by more than 8 inches of rain, and authorities were busy rescuing motorists from stalled cars, sheriff's Lt. Neil Riedlinger said.
Water was 3 feet deep Tuesday in downtown Carey, Ohio, and a local nursing home had to be evacuated, Riedlinger said. Firefighters in the north-central Ohio town of Bucyrus used a boat to rescue families from flooded homes.
In Minnesota, divers and the crew of a National Guard helicopter searched for Jered Lorenz, 37, whose overturned car was found lodged in the rocks along a creek near Lewiston.
Fifteen miles to the south, the National Guard controlled access to the city of Rushford, escorting residents in just long enough for them to grab pets, clothing, medicine and other emergency supplies.
Rushford City administrator Windy Block said residents may be allowed back for good Tuesday if electrical power is restored and the storm sewer works. She estimated that at least a third of the town's 1,800 residents suffered damage from the flooding of Rush Creek.
Hundreds of people fled their homes in southwestern Wisconsin as the deluge turned the countryside in Vernon, Crawford and Richland counties into bogs, drowned crops and strained dams nearly to the breaking point. Damage estimates hit nearly $30 million and were expected to keep climbing.
Southwestern Wisconsin was under another flash flood watch Tuesday night and Wednesday, with a chance of rain through Friday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Rod Swerman.
The town of Soldiers Grove, Wis., lost part of a road to flooding. In nearby Gays Mills, flooding filled downtown with waist-deep, peanut butter-colored water. Mason Evans Jr. said water was 8 feet deep in his house in Gays Mills.
"It broke me," Evans said. "I lost everything." (FOX)
RUSHFORD, Minn. — A powerful storm system that swamped the upper Midwest and killed at least six people moved into Ohio on Tuesday as weary Minnesota residents returned to their water-logged homes. For many, it was a surreal scene.
Orange Xs marked buildings that had been searched for survivors. Canoes lay in the streets. At a campground in Houston County, picnic tables hung from trees.
Mud several inches deep covered streets in parts of Rushford, and some sidewalks had collapsed.
"Some people had to cut holes in their roofs to get out, the water was so deep," said Jack O'Donnell, chief deputy with the Fillmore County Sheriff's Office.
The storm was one of two systems that flooded towns in the Midwest and southern Plains over the weekend. The second, the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin, killed six people in Oklahoma, eight in Texas and one in Missouri, where up to 11 inches of rain fell in a few hours Monday.
Tuesday morning, heavy rain in Ohio caused flooding that closed a seven-mile stretch of Interstate 75 in the northwest part of the state, the Highway Patrol said.
Nearby, motorists were urged to stay out of Wyandot County because of extensive flooding caused by more than 8 inches of rain, and authorities were busy rescuing motorists from stalled cars, sheriff's Lt. Neil Riedlinger said.
Water was 3 feet deep Tuesday in downtown Carey, Ohio, and a local nursing home had to be evacuated, Riedlinger said. Firefighters in the north-central Ohio town of Bucyrus used a boat to rescue families from flooded homes.
In Minnesota, divers and the crew of a National Guard helicopter searched for Jered Lorenz, 37, whose overturned car was found lodged in the rocks along a creek near Lewiston.
Fifteen miles to the south, the National Guard controlled access to the city of Rushford, escorting residents in just long enough for them to grab pets, clothing, medicine and other emergency supplies.
Rushford City administrator Windy Block said residents may be allowed back for good Tuesday if electrical power is restored and the storm sewer works. She estimated that at least a third of the town's 1,800 residents suffered damage from the flooding of Rush Creek.
Hundreds of people fled their homes in southwestern Wisconsin as the deluge turned the countryside in Vernon, Crawford and Richland counties into bogs, drowned crops and strained dams nearly to the breaking point. Damage estimates hit nearly $30 million and were expected to keep climbing.
Southwestern Wisconsin was under another flash flood watch Tuesday night and Wednesday, with a chance of rain through Friday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Rod Swerman.
The town of Soldiers Grove, Wis., lost part of a road to flooding. In nearby Gays Mills, flooding filled downtown with waist-deep, peanut butter-colored water. Mason Evans Jr. said water was 8 feet deep in his house in Gays Mills.
"It broke me," Evans said. "I lost everything." (FOX)
Noodweer Centraal VS
In de Amerikaans staten Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois en Ohio zijn zeker acht mensen omgekomen door zware regenval. Dat hebben de lokale autoriteiten woensdag gezegd. Vooral de staat Ohio is zwaar getroffen. In negen districten in het noordelijk deel is de noodtoestand uitgeroepen. Volgens reddingswerkers zijn het de zwaarste overstromingen in zeker dertig jaar. Honderden mensen zijn geëvacueerd. Huizen zijn ondergelopen en straten stonden blank.
Eerder werden de zuidelijker gelegen staten Oklahoma en Texas al geteisterd door overstromingen. Hier kwamen het afgelopen weekeinde twintig mensen om. Het slechte weer kwam van overblijfselen van de tropische storm Erin.
In de Amerikaans staten Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois en Ohio zijn zeker acht mensen omgekomen door zware regenval. Dat hebben de lokale autoriteiten woensdag gezegd. Vooral de staat Ohio is zwaar getroffen. In negen districten in het noordelijk deel is de noodtoestand uitgeroepen. Volgens reddingswerkers zijn het de zwaarste overstromingen in zeker dertig jaar. Honderden mensen zijn geëvacueerd. Huizen zijn ondergelopen en straten stonden blank.
Eerder werden de zuidelijker gelegen staten Oklahoma en Texas al geteisterd door overstromingen. Hier kwamen het afgelopen weekeinde twintig mensen om. Het slechte weer kwam van overblijfselen van de tropische storm Erin.
't Gaat tot nu toe net onder Michigan door, alhoewel er de laatste week wel enorme stormen en onweersbuien zijn geweest. Voor een mooi schouwspel in de lucht zit je hier op de goede plek. De onweersbuien hier zijn 'beroemd', of beter, berucht.
GRAND RAPIDS - Where there's a boom, there's a flash, and it's important to be ready.
According to the National Weather Service, lightning kills an average of 80 people each year, and injures another 300.
Even when a thunderstorm is 20 miles away, it is still possible to be injured, even killed by lightning.
Michigan is the #2 state, behind just Florida, in the nation for deaths and injuries due to lightning.
De nummer twee staat in de VS met doden dmv bliksem.
GRAND RAPIDS - Where there's a boom, there's a flash, and it's important to be ready.
According to the National Weather Service, lightning kills an average of 80 people each year, and injures another 300.
Even when a thunderstorm is 20 miles away, it is still possible to be injured, even killed by lightning.
Michigan is the #2 state, behind just Florida, in the nation for deaths and injuries due to lightning.
De nummer twee staat in de VS met doden dmv bliksem.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Severe Storms Across the Great Plains
A line of powerful, drenching storms snaked across the upper Great Plains of the United States in the third full week of August 2007, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin drenched the already-sodden Southern Plains.
This image from the near-real-time, Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) project at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shows rain accumulations between August 10 and August 20, 2007, across the central and eastern United States. Based in part on observations form the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, the MPA shows that some areas of Wisconsin and Minnesota received more than 500 millimeters of rain (dark red) during the stormy period—even more rain than Texas and Oklahoma received from the passage of Tropical Storm Erin.
Between August 21-22, these two storm systems collided in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley areas and unleashed huge amount of rain. Flash flooding, strong winds, and tornadoes also occurred in many states, and more than 20 people were killed, according to news reports.
Dodental VS door extreem weer stijgt
CHICAGO - Extreme weersomstandigheden in de Verenigde Staten hebben de afgelopen dagen tientallen personen het leven gekost.
Het aantal slachtoffers door overstromingen en stormen steeg donderdag naar 23. Een hittegolf met recordtemperaturen in het midden van de VS eiste al zeker 25 levens.
Onder de recente slachtoffers van de extreme omstandigheden zijn drie personen die in Wisconsin door de bliksem werden getroffen. Het gaat om een vrouw, haar kind en een man. Zij werden geëlektrocuteerd door een stroomkabel die was geknapt na een blikseminslag. De kabel viel in een plas water waarin zij op de bus stonden te wachten.
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CHICAGO - Extreme weersomstandigheden in de Verenigde Staten hebben de afgelopen dagen tientallen personen het leven gekost.
Het aantal slachtoffers door overstromingen en stormen steeg donderdag naar 23. Een hittegolf met recordtemperaturen in het midden van de VS eiste al zeker 25 levens.
Onder de recente slachtoffers van de extreme omstandigheden zijn drie personen die in Wisconsin door de bliksem werden getroffen. Het gaat om een vrouw, haar kind en een man. Zij werden geëlektrocuteerd door een stroomkabel die was geknapt na een blikseminslag. De kabel viel in een plas water waarin zij op de bus stonden te wachten.
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En nog meer tornadowaarschuwingen op het lokale nieuws, de dichtsbijzijnde is 15 kilometer hier vandaan.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Video van 'tornado touchdown' op het lokale nieuws.
Tornado touches down twice in Montcalm Co.
Dat was hier dus vlakbij.
Tot zo ver uw reporter ter plekke, nog een goedenavond.
Tornado touches down twice in Montcalm Co.
Dat was hier dus vlakbij.
Tot zo ver uw reporter ter plekke, nog een goedenavond.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Ik zag het gisteren op CNN. Hm??? In Nederland heb ik er nog niets over gelezen, terwijl het categorie 'Engeland onder water' is met tientallen doden.
Gisteren lieten ze er wel wat over zien bij 1 van de journaals.quote:Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2007 15:48 schreef Monidique het volgende:
Ik zag het gisteren op CNN. Hm??? In Nederland heb ik er nog niets over gelezen, terwijl het categorie 'Engeland onder water' is met tientallen doden.
lightning light up the Chicago skyline
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Schande!quote:Op vrijdag 24 augustus 2007 15:48 schreef Monidique het volgende:
Ik zag het gisteren op CNN. Hm??? In Nederland heb ik er nog niets over gelezen, terwijl het categorie 'Engeland onder water' is met tientallen doden.
Ach ja, hier is het af en toe weer teveel van het goede. Al moet ik zeggen met zulk weer kijk ik graag lokale tv.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Beleaguered residents of the flood-ravaged Midwest found fresh damage Sunday from a batch of tornado-bearing thunderstorms that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers.
Tornado warnings were issued Saturday afternoon for parts of central and southeast Ohio. Downed trees and power lines were reported in the southern part of the state, said National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Hatzos.
Flooding this past week spread across an 80-mile swath through the northwest and north central parts of the state. Gov. Ted Strickland was to tour more of the damaged areas Sunday.
"What I've tried to do and what we've all tried to do is let these folks know ... that we are working to get assistance to them as rapidly as possible," Strickland said Saturday.
Powerful storms rolling through the Upper Midwest during most of the past week caused disastrous floods from southeastern Minnesota to Ohio that were blamed for at least 18 deaths.
In southern Michigan, about 42,000 customers still lacked power Sunday, utilities said. The weather service confirmed tornadoes touched down Friday in at least six areas of the state. One of the twisters cut a path a quarter-mile wide, snapping and uprooting hundreds of trees, the weather service said.
Five people were reported injured in Michigan's Eaton County. A dozen homes were destroyed and seven were heavily damaged, Sheriff Mike Raines said.
Damage in Fenton, Mich., was extensive, Mayor Sue Osborn said Saturday. "I have seen houses that have trees go right through them," she said. Only residents were being allowed into the city, she said.
Matt McClanahan's home in Michigan's Cohoctah Township was among at least 17 destroyed by a twister.
"I've seen devastation and I've helped clean up, but I've never seen it be me," he said. "I bought a bottle of Jim Beam and it's in the house. I could really use a sip of that right now."
Power had been restored to nearly 600,000 customers in northern Illinois since Thursday's storm, but it could take days to restore power to tens of thousands more, officials said.
The storms in Illinois were responsible for at least one death, a man struck by a wind-toppled tree, officials said.
Flooding in Wisconsin destroyed 44 homes and damaged more than 1,400, most of them in the southwestern part of the state. Officials in Vernon County lifted evacuation orders Saturday evening, allowing the return of 140 residents displaced after torrential rainfall strained a number of nearby dams.
About 1,500 homes were damaged around Minnesota. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator R. David said FEMA recovery centers should be running early this week in the three counties where President Bush declared disasters.
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Tornado warnings were issued Saturday afternoon for parts of central and southeast Ohio. Downed trees and power lines were reported in the southern part of the state, said National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Hatzos.
Flooding this past week spread across an 80-mile swath through the northwest and north central parts of the state. Gov. Ted Strickland was to tour more of the damaged areas Sunday.
"What I've tried to do and what we've all tried to do is let these folks know ... that we are working to get assistance to them as rapidly as possible," Strickland said Saturday.
Powerful storms rolling through the Upper Midwest during most of the past week caused disastrous floods from southeastern Minnesota to Ohio that were blamed for at least 18 deaths.
In southern Michigan, about 42,000 customers still lacked power Sunday, utilities said. The weather service confirmed tornadoes touched down Friday in at least six areas of the state. One of the twisters cut a path a quarter-mile wide, snapping and uprooting hundreds of trees, the weather service said.
Five people were reported injured in Michigan's Eaton County. A dozen homes were destroyed and seven were heavily damaged, Sheriff Mike Raines said.
Damage in Fenton, Mich., was extensive, Mayor Sue Osborn said Saturday. "I have seen houses that have trees go right through them," she said. Only residents were being allowed into the city, she said.
Matt McClanahan's home in Michigan's Cohoctah Township was among at least 17 destroyed by a twister.
"I've seen devastation and I've helped clean up, but I've never seen it be me," he said. "I bought a bottle of Jim Beam and it's in the house. I could really use a sip of that right now."
Power had been restored to nearly 600,000 customers in northern Illinois since Thursday's storm, but it could take days to restore power to tens of thousands more, officials said.
The storms in Illinois were responsible for at least one death, a man struck by a wind-toppled tree, officials said.
Flooding in Wisconsin destroyed 44 homes and damaged more than 1,400, most of them in the southwestern part of the state. Officials in Vernon County lifted evacuation orders Saturday evening, allowing the return of 140 residents displaced after torrential rainfall strained a number of nearby dams.
About 1,500 homes were damaged around Minnesota. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator R. David said FEMA recovery centers should be running early this week in the three counties where President Bush declared disasters.
Bron -> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294591,00.html
Severe storms injure more then 30 in Tulsa
OKLAHOMA CITY — More than 30 people were hurt and more than two dozen mobile homes and travel trailers were damaged as severe thunderstorms raked across Oklahoma on Wednesday, authorities said.
At least 30 people were injured when a strong storm moved through the Tulsa area, causing two tents to collapse during an Oktoberfest festival just before 7:30 p.m.
"There was some sort of tornado or microburst that picked up at least one of the tents and it collapsed on a large group of people," said Tulsa police Sgt. Michael Brown.
Brown said there were about 30 injuries reported, but more people left on their own to seek treatment.
"Of these, it looks like five were treated and released, 24 were transported and one was transported in critical condition," Brown said.
North of Tulsa, five people were injured and 25 mobile homes and travel trailers were damaged when a storm hit a mobile home park between Oologah and the Washington County line, the Oologah-Talala Emergency Medical Services District reported.
Four of the injured were in a mobile home that was destroyed, and the fifth was a woman who was hit by debris, officials said. None of the injuries was believed to be life threatening, officials said.
Bob Anderson, Rogers County Emergency Management director, said besides the mobile home that was destroyed, a smaller trailer was rolled over. The other units at the park appeared to have been damaged, but officials wouldn't know the extent until daylight, Anderson said.
There also were reports of crews trying to rescue people trapped between downed power lines in Woodall in Cherokee County, authorities said. Semi trucks were blown over on U.S. 69 in Pryor and at the toll gate on the Muskogee Turnpike near Coweta, according to reports.
Downed trees and power lines also were reported in Rogers and Mayes counties, authorities said.
The storms also knocked out electric power to 1,564 Oklahoma Gas and Electric customers in northeastern Oklahoma and more than 3,700 in western Arkansas, according to OG&E's Web site.
The storms were part of a powerful, spring-like system that brought heavy rain, high winds, hail and a possible tornado to Oklahoma.
Storm spotters in Kingfisher County, northwest of Oklahoma City, reported seeing a tornado touch down about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday about a mile west of Kingfisher, Emergency Management Director Steve Loftis said. No damage was reported, Loftis said.
"An 86-mph wind gust came through about 8:15 this morning," he said. "And we had some localized street flooding — just the same streets that always flood when it rains. As of 2 p.m., we had close to 2.2 inches of rain."
The weather service has not confirmed the tornado.
Other high-wind reports included a 73-mph gust at Weatherford and a 62-mph gust in west Tulsa, according to the weather service.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — More than 30 people were hurt and more than two dozen mobile homes and travel trailers were damaged as severe thunderstorms raked across Oklahoma on Wednesday, authorities said.
At least 30 people were injured when a strong storm moved through the Tulsa area, causing two tents to collapse during an Oktoberfest festival just before 7:30 p.m.
"There was some sort of tornado or microburst that picked up at least one of the tents and it collapsed on a large group of people," said Tulsa police Sgt. Michael Brown.
Brown said there were about 30 injuries reported, but more people left on their own to seek treatment.
"Of these, it looks like five were treated and released, 24 were transported and one was transported in critical condition," Brown said.
North of Tulsa, five people were injured and 25 mobile homes and travel trailers were damaged when a storm hit a mobile home park between Oologah and the Washington County line, the Oologah-Talala Emergency Medical Services District reported.
Four of the injured were in a mobile home that was destroyed, and the fifth was a woman who was hit by debris, officials said. None of the injuries was believed to be life threatening, officials said.
Bob Anderson, Rogers County Emergency Management director, said besides the mobile home that was destroyed, a smaller trailer was rolled over. The other units at the park appeared to have been damaged, but officials wouldn't know the extent until daylight, Anderson said.
There also were reports of crews trying to rescue people trapped between downed power lines in Woodall in Cherokee County, authorities said. Semi trucks were blown over on U.S. 69 in Pryor and at the toll gate on the Muskogee Turnpike near Coweta, according to reports.
Downed trees and power lines also were reported in Rogers and Mayes counties, authorities said.
The storms also knocked out electric power to 1,564 Oklahoma Gas and Electric customers in northeastern Oklahoma and more than 3,700 in western Arkansas, according to OG&E's Web site.
The storms were part of a powerful, spring-like system that brought heavy rain, high winds, hail and a possible tornado to Oklahoma.
Storm spotters in Kingfisher County, northwest of Oklahoma City, reported seeing a tornado touch down about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday about a mile west of Kingfisher, Emergency Management Director Steve Loftis said. No damage was reported, Loftis said.
"An 86-mph wind gust came through about 8:15 this morning," he said. "And we had some localized street flooding — just the same streets that always flood when it rains. As of 2 p.m., we had close to 2.2 inches of rain."
The weather service has not confirmed the tornado.
Other high-wind reports included a 73-mph gust at Weatherford and a 62-mph gust in west Tulsa, according to the weather service.
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Mogelijk 2 doden door tornado VS
In de Verenigde Staten zijn woensdag op uitgebreide schaal tornado’s voorgekomen. Daarbij zijn twee mensen om het leven gekomen.
Of de twee daadwerkelijk om het leven kwamen ten gevolge van de passage van een tornado of van hevige windstoten is nog onbekend. Meteorologen zullen dit de komende weken onderzoeken.
In totaal werden woensdag 15 tornado’s waargenomen. Vooral in Missouri, maar ook langs de zuidkust kwamen de tornado voor. Vooral deze zuidkust kan de komende anderhalve maand nog het een en ander verwachten. Hier vindt dan een tweede, maar wel kleinere, tornadoseizoen plaats.
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In de Verenigde Staten zijn woensdag op uitgebreide schaal tornado’s voorgekomen. Daarbij zijn twee mensen om het leven gekomen.
Of de twee daadwerkelijk om het leven kwamen ten gevolge van de passage van een tornado of van hevige windstoten is nog onbekend. Meteorologen zullen dit de komende weken onderzoeken.
In totaal werden woensdag 15 tornado’s waargenomen. Vooral in Missouri, maar ook langs de zuidkust kwamen de tornado voor. Vooral deze zuidkust kan de komende anderhalve maand nog het een en ander verwachten. Hier vindt dan een tweede, maar wel kleinere, tornadoseizoen plaats.
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A tornado pummeled Pensacola, Florida, Thursday, severely damaging a church with an attached day care center, destroying homes and leaving thousands of homes and businesses without power, the mayor said.
"We had about 15 or 20 minutes notice from the weather service that Doppler radar indicated that there was, in fact, a rotation in this one severe thunderstorm," Mayor John Fogg said.
"We aren't used to tornadoes in this area."
The day care center next to the Greater Little Rock Baptist Church "took a direct hit," but the children already had been moved to a safer location, said Glenn Austin, spokesman for the Escambia County Sheriff's Office.
Video showed frantic, tearful parents rushing into the building to get their children.
Christie Fayard said she and her co-workers saw the tornado from their building about two miles away.
"We took cover. We just went to a break room and let it pass," said Fayard, who is the sister of CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera.
After the storm passed, Fayard left work and saw a vehicle overturned in a Target store parking lot.
"We had ample warning," Fayard said. "I think the local media did a great job [warning people]."
Another Pensacola resident who saw the twister pass said it made a frightening noise.
"It sounded creepy, like a bunch of cars were driving over my house," Leeann Franzonne told The Associated Press.
The tornado was spotted about 9 a.m. and dissipated about 40 minutes later, Austin said. It moved roughly from southwest to northeast, with the biggest apparent damage in the southwest, where older suburbs are located.
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Tornado's do death and destruction in Missouri, Florida and Michigan
orms that raked the Plains and Southeast on Thursday tossed a mobile home in Missouri, killing both people inside, and spawned a tornado in Florida that sent mall shoppers and children at a day care center running for cover.
The storms continued throughout the day, pelting downtown Chicago with hail during the evening rush hour and spawning tornadoes in Kentucky and Michigan as they swept eastward, officials said.
In rural northeastern Missouri, the state Highway Patrol said Kent Ensor and Kristy Secrease had sought refuge in Secrease's mobile home in Monroe County as a tornado approached. Their bodies were found about 400 feet from where the home had been.
The mobile home's frame was found three-quarters of a mile away, with debris as far as two miles away. The National Weather Service said the storm traveled a mile and had winds as high as 135 mph.
Ensor, 44, and Secrease, 25, had been dating for about a year, friends and family members said.
"Everybody knows everybody here," said Jim Lovelady, who moved to the Paris area in 1994. "This hurts."
A line of storms ripped through northern Michigan on Thursday night, destroying several homes, overturning vehicles and leaving at least one person dead, authorities said.
he 29-year-old victim was trapped inside his house after strong winds took the structure down around him, WWTV-TV in Cadillac, Mich., reported. Kalkaska County sheriff's deputies confirmed the death, and said a couple trapped in another demolished house was taken to the hospital.
National Weather Service officials said at least one and as many as five tornadoes touched down in Michigan. Outside of Lansing, seven homes in Shiawassee County were damaged and a semi-trailer traveling along Interstate 96 reportedly flipped, authorities said. Police could not immediately provide information about the driver's injuries.
A tornado Thursday morning in Pensacola, Fla., damaged the city's major shopping mall.
Eddie English Jr., a department store stock manager, said he heard the wind outside the store suddenly speed up and get louder. Then mall security guards entered the store and ordered 200 to 300 employees and shoppers into the basement.
Lindsey Lassiter, manager of the mall's Express for Men store, said water poured in from her shop's damaged ceiling. In downtown Pensacola, electricity was out and streets filled up with several inches of water from rain that began around dawn.
Greater Little Rock Baptist Church's roof was damaged, as was its day care center, said Escambia County sheriff's spokesman Glenn Austin. But the children there had been moved to safety before the tornado struck, he said.
"They heard the warnings, grabbed the kids and followed the drill," he said.
Jack Cullen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, confirmed that a tornado touched down shortly before noon.
High winds injured three people in Arkansas on Wednesday, the state Department of Emergency Management said. A tornado also destroyed five mobile homes and damaged four houses, state and weather officials said.
The severe weather continued into the night. Thunderstorms injured four people in a mobile home west of Louisville, Ky., said Capt. Jeff Jones of the Daviess County Sheriff's Office. The nature of their injuries was not immediately available.
Four more people were hurt when a mobile home in Sebree, Ky., collapsed because of strong winds, state police said. Their injuries appeared to be minor, Webster County Sheriff Frankie Springfield told The Gleaner of Henderson, Ky.
Possible tornadoes were also reported Thursday night in Illinois and Indiana. Winds reached 80 mph in New Amsterdam, Ind., said Larry Dattilo of the National Weather Service.
A sudden downpour belted downtown Chicago just as people left work, sending commuters scurrying into buildings to avoid strong winds, hail and horizontal rain. The city's two major airports reported delays of two hours.
An 11-year-old boy was in stable condition after being struck by lightning, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
To the West, a separate system brought the season's first big storm to coastal Washington, where a falling tree injured a woman and more than 220,000 customers lost power at the height of the storm. A gust of 62 mph was reported in Spanaway, said Weather Service meteorologist Carl Cerniglia.
The night before in Tulsa, Okla., more than 7,000 people were at the Oktoberfest festival when the tents collapsed. Five of those hurt remained hospitalized Thursday, and three were in serious condition with head injuries, concussions and lacerations, said Tina Wells, spokeswoman for the Emergency Medical Services Authority.
North of Tulsa, five people were injured and 25 mobile homes and travel trailers were damaged when the storm hit a mobile home park between Oologah and the Washington County line, the Oologah-Talala Emergency Medical Services District reported. None of the injuries was believed to be life-threatening, officials said.
orms that raked the Plains and Southeast on Thursday tossed a mobile home in Missouri, killing both people inside, and spawned a tornado in Florida that sent mall shoppers and children at a day care center running for cover.
The storms continued throughout the day, pelting downtown Chicago with hail during the evening rush hour and spawning tornadoes in Kentucky and Michigan as they swept eastward, officials said.
In rural northeastern Missouri, the state Highway Patrol said Kent Ensor and Kristy Secrease had sought refuge in Secrease's mobile home in Monroe County as a tornado approached. Their bodies were found about 400 feet from where the home had been.
The mobile home's frame was found three-quarters of a mile away, with debris as far as two miles away. The National Weather Service said the storm traveled a mile and had winds as high as 135 mph.
Ensor, 44, and Secrease, 25, had been dating for about a year, friends and family members said.
"Everybody knows everybody here," said Jim Lovelady, who moved to the Paris area in 1994. "This hurts."
A line of storms ripped through northern Michigan on Thursday night, destroying several homes, overturning vehicles and leaving at least one person dead, authorities said.
he 29-year-old victim was trapped inside his house after strong winds took the structure down around him, WWTV-TV in Cadillac, Mich., reported. Kalkaska County sheriff's deputies confirmed the death, and said a couple trapped in another demolished house was taken to the hospital.
National Weather Service officials said at least one and as many as five tornadoes touched down in Michigan. Outside of Lansing, seven homes in Shiawassee County were damaged and a semi-trailer traveling along Interstate 96 reportedly flipped, authorities said. Police could not immediately provide information about the driver's injuries.
A tornado Thursday morning in Pensacola, Fla., damaged the city's major shopping mall.
Eddie English Jr., a department store stock manager, said he heard the wind outside the store suddenly speed up and get louder. Then mall security guards entered the store and ordered 200 to 300 employees and shoppers into the basement.
Lindsey Lassiter, manager of the mall's Express for Men store, said water poured in from her shop's damaged ceiling. In downtown Pensacola, electricity was out and streets filled up with several inches of water from rain that began around dawn.
Greater Little Rock Baptist Church's roof was damaged, as was its day care center, said Escambia County sheriff's spokesman Glenn Austin. But the children there had been moved to safety before the tornado struck, he said.
"They heard the warnings, grabbed the kids and followed the drill," he said.
Jack Cullen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, confirmed that a tornado touched down shortly before noon.
High winds injured three people in Arkansas on Wednesday, the state Department of Emergency Management said. A tornado also destroyed five mobile homes and damaged four houses, state and weather officials said.
The severe weather continued into the night. Thunderstorms injured four people in a mobile home west of Louisville, Ky., said Capt. Jeff Jones of the Daviess County Sheriff's Office. The nature of their injuries was not immediately available.
Four more people were hurt when a mobile home in Sebree, Ky., collapsed because of strong winds, state police said. Their injuries appeared to be minor, Webster County Sheriff Frankie Springfield told The Gleaner of Henderson, Ky.
Possible tornadoes were also reported Thursday night in Illinois and Indiana. Winds reached 80 mph in New Amsterdam, Ind., said Larry Dattilo of the National Weather Service.
A sudden downpour belted downtown Chicago just as people left work, sending commuters scurrying into buildings to avoid strong winds, hail and horizontal rain. The city's two major airports reported delays of two hours.
An 11-year-old boy was in stable condition after being struck by lightning, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
To the West, a separate system brought the season's first big storm to coastal Washington, where a falling tree injured a woman and more than 220,000 customers lost power at the height of the storm. A gust of 62 mph was reported in Spanaway, said Weather Service meteorologist Carl Cerniglia.
The night before in Tulsa, Okla., more than 7,000 people were at the Oktoberfest festival when the tents collapsed. Five of those hurt remained hospitalized Thursday, and three were in serious condition with head injuries, concussions and lacerations, said Tina Wells, spokeswoman for the Emergency Medical Services Authority.
North of Tulsa, five people were injured and 25 mobile homes and travel trailers were damaged when the storm hit a mobile home park between Oologah and the Washington County line, the Oologah-Talala Emergency Medical Services District reported. None of the injuries was believed to be life-threatening, officials said.
Weet niet of het in dit topic hoort, maar Georgia heeft de noodtoestand afgekondigd ivm aanhoudende droogte...
tornado's
het meest spectaculaire/ bizarre weer wat we in NL zien is dat de zon vol schijnt, maar het toch teringkoud is. Dat is toch zeker 2 á 3 dagen t geval geweest deze zomer
voor de rest jammer dat het een oud topic is
het meest spectaculaire/ bizarre weer wat we in NL zien is dat de zon vol schijnt, maar het toch teringkoud is. Dat is toch zeker 2 á 3 dagen t geval geweest deze zomer
voor de rest jammer dat het een oud topic is
NEW ORLEANS — The Army Corps of Engineers closed a gate on a suburban canal as heavy rains lashed the flood-prone city, raising fears that climbing waters threatened to top the walls holding them back.
After more than 8 inches of rain fell on parts of New Orleans by late afternoon, Mayor Ray Nagin shut City Hall early, and schools also closed. People were asked to stay indoors until the flood potential subsided. More rain was expected overnight.
The Harvey Canal in Jefferson Parish was one of several in the area placed under new safety guidelines after Hurricane Katrina's flood waters breached two New Orleans canals in August 2005, causing catastrophic flooding.
The corps has worked to strengthen the canal, about five miles from downtown, but engineers worried that water being driven into it might lead to flooding. The area around the canal includes homes and businesses.
Unlike the canal walls that broke during Katrina, the walls on the Harvey Canal are not considered at threat of being breached by rising waters, said Chris Accardo, the corps' operations chief.
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Hurricane Force Winds Cut Power to Thousands in Pacific Northwest
SEATTLE — Winds gusting at hurricane force in some places Monday left more than 125,000 customers without electricity across the Pacific Northwest and blew the roof off an Oregon firehouse, authorities said.
Winds higher than 70 mph blew trees and branches onto power lines and cut electricity to roughly 85,000 customers in Washington, mostly in the western part of the state.
The region's largest utility, Puget Sound Energy, had about 37,000 customers in the dark in nine counties, spokeswoman Christina Mills said. In Oregon, more than 43,000 customers lost power, utilities reported.
Gusts reported by the National Weather Service by noon included 71 mph at Hoquiam in western Washington and 41 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
The roof blew off the fire station in Gearhart in western Oregon. Cape Meares, on Oregon's north coast, registered a gust of 92 mph, the National Weather Service reported.
Utilities generally consider one home or business a customer, so the number of individuals without power could be much higher.
Fog, rain and sleet led rescue teams to call off intensive efforts to find University of Oregon mathematics professor Daming Xu, 63, believed to be missing in the foothills of the Cascade Range. He was last seen Nov. 4.
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SEATTLE — Winds gusting at hurricane force in some places Monday left more than 125,000 customers without electricity across the Pacific Northwest and blew the roof off an Oregon firehouse, authorities said.
Winds higher than 70 mph blew trees and branches onto power lines and cut electricity to roughly 85,000 customers in Washington, mostly in the western part of the state.
The region's largest utility, Puget Sound Energy, had about 37,000 customers in the dark in nine counties, spokeswoman Christina Mills said. In Oregon, more than 43,000 customers lost power, utilities reported.
Gusts reported by the National Weather Service by noon included 71 mph at Hoquiam in western Washington and 41 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
The roof blew off the fire station in Gearhart in western Oregon. Cape Meares, on Oregon's north coast, registered a gust of 92 mph, the National Weather Service reported.
Utilities generally consider one home or business a customer, so the number of individuals without power could be much higher.
Fog, rain and sleet led rescue teams to call off intensive efforts to find University of Oregon mathematics professor Daming Xu, 63, believed to be missing in the foothills of the Cascade Range. He was last seen Nov. 4.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311058,00.html
Troops use rafts to evacuate flooded town
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- National Guard troops evacuated residents in a flooded town and tens of thousands of people remained without power Tuesday after back-to-back storms pounded the Pacific Northwest, killing five people.
Troops with the Oregon Air National Guard used inflatable rafts to evacuate flooded residents in Vernonia, a mountain timber town on the Nehalem River, about 35 miles northwest of Portland.
"They're moving down the streets, and through the backyards," said Maj. Mike Braibish, spokesman for the National Guard.
Vernonia, which has about 2,200 residents, had been largely cut off by landslides that blocked roads into the community, but Guard trucks with high clearance were able to get in late Monday and more were being sent, Braibish said. Watch floodwaters rising in Vernonia »
Still, communications were difficult. "There are no phone lines or land lines available in Vernonia," said Hyla Ridenour, spokeswoman for Columbia River Fire and Rescue in nearby St. Helens.
The storm that hit Monday smacked the region with hurricane-force winds and several inches of rain, and was blamed for five deaths in Oregon and Washington state. It came only a day after another severe system moved through Sunday.
By Tuesday, the second system had moved on to the Upper Plains and Midwest, where it was predicted to bring new snow. In North Dakota, the National Weather Service said parts of the state could get up to 9 inches of snow.
Towns on the coast were hit hardest by the storms. Red Cross shelters in western Oregon were housing 556 people as of midnight, said spokeswoman Lise Harwin.
The governors of Washington and Oregon declared states of emergency, which could speed relief efforts in flood-hit areas. The National Weather Service said 3 to 6 inches of rain had fallen across much of western Washington. The 24-hour rain total for Bremerton, Washington, was 10.78 inches.
In Washington, some 130 people had to be rescued from flooded areas by Coast Guard helicopters. Mudslides and floods blocked roads, and Interstate 5, the principal north-south route along the West Coast, was closed near Centralia because of about 3 feet of water over the road. Many schools and government offices were closed for a second day.
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PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- National Guard troops evacuated residents in a flooded town and tens of thousands of people remained without power Tuesday after back-to-back storms pounded the Pacific Northwest, killing five people.
Troops with the Oregon Air National Guard used inflatable rafts to evacuate flooded residents in Vernonia, a mountain timber town on the Nehalem River, about 35 miles northwest of Portland.
"They're moving down the streets, and through the backyards," said Maj. Mike Braibish, spokesman for the National Guard.
Vernonia, which has about 2,200 residents, had been largely cut off by landslides that blocked roads into the community, but Guard trucks with high clearance were able to get in late Monday and more were being sent, Braibish said. Watch floodwaters rising in Vernonia »
Still, communications were difficult. "There are no phone lines or land lines available in Vernonia," said Hyla Ridenour, spokeswoman for Columbia River Fire and Rescue in nearby St. Helens.
The storm that hit Monday smacked the region with hurricane-force winds and several inches of rain, and was blamed for five deaths in Oregon and Washington state. It came only a day after another severe system moved through Sunday.
By Tuesday, the second system had moved on to the Upper Plains and Midwest, where it was predicted to bring new snow. In North Dakota, the National Weather Service said parts of the state could get up to 9 inches of snow.
Towns on the coast were hit hardest by the storms. Red Cross shelters in western Oregon were housing 556 people as of midnight, said spokeswoman Lise Harwin.
The governors of Washington and Oregon declared states of emergency, which could speed relief efforts in flood-hit areas. The National Weather Service said 3 to 6 inches of rain had fallen across much of western Washington. The 24-hour rain total for Bremerton, Washington, was 10.78 inches.
In Washington, some 130 people had to be rescued from flooded areas by Coast Guard helicopters. Mudslides and floods blocked roads, and Interstate 5, the principal north-south route along the West Coast, was closed near Centralia because of about 3 feet of water over the road. Many schools and government offices were closed for a second day.
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Storm in the Pacific Northwest
A series of powerful storms drenched the Pacific Northwest between November 28 and December 4, 2007. The storms brought hurricane-force winds with gusts greater than 190 kilometers per hour (120 miles per hour) and drenching rain. The heavy rain caused floods and landslides that closed roads, including Interstate 5, and trapped hundreds, reported the Associated Press.
This image shows rainfall totals as recorded by the Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The heaviest rain is depicted in dark red, while areas of relatively light rain are blue. As this image shows, the bulk of the rain was concentrated on western Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, where the Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis recorded more than 150 millimeters (6 inches) of rain. Bremerton, Washington, located on the western shore of Puget Sound (immediately across the sound from Seattle), saw 10.78 inches of rain, said the Associated Press.
Floods plague Northwest
CHEHALIS, Washington (AP) -- The drenching rain and howling wind were gone but flooding concerns persisted Wednesday as anxious residents waited for water to recede so they could see what was left after this week's fierce storm.
The storm, which killed at least seven people in the Pacific Northwest before moving on Tuesday, left behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region's largest highway.
On Wednesday, the storm continued pushing east, dumping snow across the Midwest, and was blamed for two traffic deaths in Wisconsin.
Damage could be in the billions of dollars, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Wednesday.
She said she was pushing to deliver a damage estimate to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and expected a presidential emergency declaration that could speed delivery of food, medicine and other humanitarian supplies.
At least 300 people had been rescued by helicopters from the Navy, Coast Guard, National Guard and other agencies, and flights continued in what Gregoire described as the state's largest aerial search-and-rescue operation in a decade.
"Those folks who are literally homeless today still have a spirit in them," Gregoire said. "They are determined to get back to their homes and get their lives back together again."
Some people spent Wednesday looking for the lost. In the Lewis County town of Winlock, divers planned to search normally tiny Wallers Creek for Richard Hiatt, 81, believed to have been swept away when a bank gave out from underneath him.
"It happened so quickly," daughter-in-law Sharon Hiatt said Tuesday. "That's the only possibility, that he fell into the creek."
At least half of downtown Aberdeen had electricity Wednesday and Grays Harbor Community Hospital no longer had to rely on emergency generators, said Aberdeen police Detective George J. Kelly. Tens of thousands were without power in Oregon and Washington state at the height of the storm.
National Guard troops were summoned early Wednesday to help evacuate a 20-unit trailer park near Elma threatened by the flooding Chehalis River, Kelly said
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CHEHALIS, Washington (AP) -- The drenching rain and howling wind were gone but flooding concerns persisted Wednesday as anxious residents waited for water to recede so they could see what was left after this week's fierce storm.
The storm, which killed at least seven people in the Pacific Northwest before moving on Tuesday, left behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region's largest highway.
On Wednesday, the storm continued pushing east, dumping snow across the Midwest, and was blamed for two traffic deaths in Wisconsin.
Damage could be in the billions of dollars, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Wednesday.
She said she was pushing to deliver a damage estimate to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and expected a presidential emergency declaration that could speed delivery of food, medicine and other humanitarian supplies.
At least 300 people had been rescued by helicopters from the Navy, Coast Guard, National Guard and other agencies, and flights continued in what Gregoire described as the state's largest aerial search-and-rescue operation in a decade.
"Those folks who are literally homeless today still have a spirit in them," Gregoire said. "They are determined to get back to their homes and get their lives back together again."
Some people spent Wednesday looking for the lost. In the Lewis County town of Winlock, divers planned to search normally tiny Wallers Creek for Richard Hiatt, 81, believed to have been swept away when a bank gave out from underneath him.
"It happened so quickly," daughter-in-law Sharon Hiatt said Tuesday. "That's the only possibility, that he fell into the creek."
At least half of downtown Aberdeen had electricity Wednesday and Grays Harbor Community Hospital no longer had to rely on emergency generators, said Aberdeen police Detective George J. Kelly. Tens of thousands were without power in Oregon and Washington state at the height of the storm.
National Guard troops were summoned early Wednesday to help evacuate a 20-unit trailer park near Elma threatened by the flooding Chehalis River, Kelly said
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Kona Low over Hawaii
A persistent low pressure system, known as a “Kona Low,” brought several days of high winds, heavy rains and even blizzard conditions to parts of the Hawaiian Islands during the first week of December 2007. The storm resulted in flooding, downed power lines, and road closures, said news reports. On Oahu, winds gusted to 110 kilometers per hour (70 miles per hour). On Maui, the road to the summit of Haleakala was closed due to debris brought by heavy rains. Locally, up to 180 millimeters (7 inches) of rain were reported. On the Big Island of Hawaii, in addition to areas of heavy rain of up to 280 mm (11 inches), blizzard warnings were issued for the summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.
This image, made from the near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, shows rainfall totals over the Hawaii Islands between December 1 and December 7, 2007. The highest rainfall totals reported by the satellite analysis are over the northern part of the island of Hawaii and are on the order of 100 to 120 millimeters (about 4 to 5 inches, shown in red). The locally higher amounts recorded at weather stations on the ground fall below the resolution of the satellite data. A broad area of rain is also evident downstream (northeast) of the islands.
The storm that produced this rainfall, a Kona Low, was a subtropical cyclone that formed northwest of Hawaii outside the band of warm tropical waters that fuel tropical cyclones. Like its cousin, the tropical cyclone (or hurricane), subtropical cyclones bring strong winds and heavy rains, but the storm system circles a cold center, not a warm center as in a hurricane. Kona Lows originate from a deep kink in the jet stream (a band of strong winds high in the atmosphere that steer weather systems) that sinks south and pinches off, leaving behind a low-pressure circulation that is cut off from the main core of the jet. These cut-off lows can linger for several days.
The Kona Low gets its name from the change in wind direction that occurs when such a storm moves over the islands. Hawaii is dominated by the trade winds that blow in from the northeast. However, the counter-clockwise flow around a Kona low located west of Hawaii results in southwesterly winds over the islands, which is typically the leeward or “kona” side. Kona storms are common between October and April. The storms draw abundant moisture up from the warm tropical waters that surround Hawaii, which can then interact with the topography of the islands to produce heavy rains, as shown here.
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A persistent low pressure system, known as a “Kona Low,” brought several days of high winds, heavy rains and even blizzard conditions to parts of the Hawaiian Islands during the first week of December 2007. The storm resulted in flooding, downed power lines, and road closures, said news reports. On Oahu, winds gusted to 110 kilometers per hour (70 miles per hour). On Maui, the road to the summit of Haleakala was closed due to debris brought by heavy rains. Locally, up to 180 millimeters (7 inches) of rain were reported. On the Big Island of Hawaii, in addition to areas of heavy rain of up to 280 mm (11 inches), blizzard warnings were issued for the summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.
This image, made from the near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, shows rainfall totals over the Hawaii Islands between December 1 and December 7, 2007. The highest rainfall totals reported by the satellite analysis are over the northern part of the island of Hawaii and are on the order of 100 to 120 millimeters (about 4 to 5 inches, shown in red). The locally higher amounts recorded at weather stations on the ground fall below the resolution of the satellite data. A broad area of rain is also evident downstream (northeast) of the islands.
The storm that produced this rainfall, a Kona Low, was a subtropical cyclone that formed northwest of Hawaii outside the band of warm tropical waters that fuel tropical cyclones. Like its cousin, the tropical cyclone (or hurricane), subtropical cyclones bring strong winds and heavy rains, but the storm system circles a cold center, not a warm center as in a hurricane. Kona Lows originate from a deep kink in the jet stream (a band of strong winds high in the atmosphere that steer weather systems) that sinks south and pinches off, leaving behind a low-pressure circulation that is cut off from the main core of the jet. These cut-off lows can linger for several days.
The Kona Low gets its name from the change in wind direction that occurs when such a storm moves over the islands. Hawaii is dominated by the trade winds that blow in from the northeast. However, the counter-clockwise flow around a Kona low located west of Hawaii results in southwesterly winds over the islands, which is typically the leeward or “kona” side. Kona storms are common between October and April. The storms draw abundant moisture up from the warm tropical waters that surround Hawaii, which can then interact with the topography of the islands to produce heavy rains, as shown here.
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Rare January Twisters strike Midwest
MARSHFIELD, Mo. — A rare January outbreak of tornadoes raked the Midwest on Monday, flattening houses in several states and killing at least two people in Missouri.
An elderly woman was killed near Strafford in Greene County, officials said, and a 53-year-old woman's body was found by rescuers in a wooded area north of Marshfield near her trailer, which was destroyed.
At least six people were taken to hospitals by ambulance, said Michael Taylor, fire chief in Marshfield in the southwestern part of the state.
Two other people were in critical condition, said Ed Gray, a spokesman for Missouri's emergency management agency.
Storms continued to pummel the nation's midsection as darkness fell on a day when record temperatures were reported across much of the country. Tornadoes were also reported or suspected in Arkansas and Oklahoma and along the Illinois-Wisconsin line.
In Illinois, about 500 people fled their homes after a suspected tornado knocked over rail cars carrying hazardous materials.
About six homes were destroyed in the small town of Poplar Grove, Ill., where authorities rescued motorists trapped by downed, live electrical lines and crews searched damaged structures to make sure no one was trapped. Three people suffered minor injuries, Boone County Sheriff's Lt. Perry Gay said.
About 15 miles away in Harvard, Ill., a suspected tornado derailed one locomotive and 12 freight cars. A tank car containing shock fluid leaked for hours before it was contained, and another derailed car contained ethylene oxide, a flammable material widely used to sterilize medical supplies, but was not leaking, Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said.
Authorities ordered about 500 residents to evacuate the nearby unincorporated town of Lawrence, said Capt. David Shepherd with the McHenry County Sheriff's Office. No injuries were reported, he said.
To the northeast, a tornado ripped through Wisconsin's Kenosha County. Eleven houses in Wheatland were destroyed, five others had heavy damage and four had moderate damage, said Matthew Gronke, fire chief for the town of Randall. About 13 people were injured, none seriously, authorities said.
Deputies responding to a rollover accident saw a house collapse as the storm blew through, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said.
"It got flattened as they were there," he said, and windblown debris ripped the emergency light bar off their squad car.
The deputies completed their rescue of the motorist pinned in the car and then ran to the house.
"They pulled the wreckage from the basement door and got some people out," he said.
The tornado warning disrupted legal proceedings in Walworth County, as at least 300 people were moved to a courthouse basement as a precaution.
Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce E. Schroeder, who was presiding over opening testimony in a high-profile murder trial that was moved in Walworth County, said he couldn't believe it when the deputy said the courtroom had to be evacuated because of a tornado warning.
"It's a first," he said while waiting in the basement. "I've actually had ... warnings occur during jury trials before and frankly I just ignored them. But not in January."
Three juries were kept away from the rest of the courthouse employees, deputies, reporters and others in the basement during the hour-long evacuation.
Meteorologists said the unusual weather was the result of warm, moist air moving from the South that had temperatures hovering near 70 degrees on Sunday and Monday.
"It's very unseasonable for this time of year," said meteorologist Benjamin Sipprell of the National Weather Service's St. Louis office. "The atmosphere is just right."
The high in Buffalo, N.Y., of 59 beat the old record for the date by 5 degrees. The high was 66 in Toledo, Ohio, a record that led some University of Toledo students to stroll to class in T-shirts, flip-flops and shorts. In New Jersey, the Atlantic City International Airport recorded a high of 68 degrees, breaking a 10-year-old record by 10 degrees.
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MARSHFIELD, Mo. — A rare January outbreak of tornadoes raked the Midwest on Monday, flattening houses in several states and killing at least two people in Missouri.
An elderly woman was killed near Strafford in Greene County, officials said, and a 53-year-old woman's body was found by rescuers in a wooded area north of Marshfield near her trailer, which was destroyed.
At least six people were taken to hospitals by ambulance, said Michael Taylor, fire chief in Marshfield in the southwestern part of the state.
Two other people were in critical condition, said Ed Gray, a spokesman for Missouri's emergency management agency.
Storms continued to pummel the nation's midsection as darkness fell on a day when record temperatures were reported across much of the country. Tornadoes were also reported or suspected in Arkansas and Oklahoma and along the Illinois-Wisconsin line.
In Illinois, about 500 people fled their homes after a suspected tornado knocked over rail cars carrying hazardous materials.
About six homes were destroyed in the small town of Poplar Grove, Ill., where authorities rescued motorists trapped by downed, live electrical lines and crews searched damaged structures to make sure no one was trapped. Three people suffered minor injuries, Boone County Sheriff's Lt. Perry Gay said.
About 15 miles away in Harvard, Ill., a suspected tornado derailed one locomotive and 12 freight cars. A tank car containing shock fluid leaked for hours before it was contained, and another derailed car contained ethylene oxide, a flammable material widely used to sterilize medical supplies, but was not leaking, Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said.
Authorities ordered about 500 residents to evacuate the nearby unincorporated town of Lawrence, said Capt. David Shepherd with the McHenry County Sheriff's Office. No injuries were reported, he said.
To the northeast, a tornado ripped through Wisconsin's Kenosha County. Eleven houses in Wheatland were destroyed, five others had heavy damage and four had moderate damage, said Matthew Gronke, fire chief for the town of Randall. About 13 people were injured, none seriously, authorities said.
Deputies responding to a rollover accident saw a house collapse as the storm blew through, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said.
"It got flattened as they were there," he said, and windblown debris ripped the emergency light bar off their squad car.
The deputies completed their rescue of the motorist pinned in the car and then ran to the house.
"They pulled the wreckage from the basement door and got some people out," he said.
The tornado warning disrupted legal proceedings in Walworth County, as at least 300 people were moved to a courthouse basement as a precaution.
Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce E. Schroeder, who was presiding over opening testimony in a high-profile murder trial that was moved in Walworth County, said he couldn't believe it when the deputy said the courtroom had to be evacuated because of a tornado warning.
"It's a first," he said while waiting in the basement. "I've actually had ... warnings occur during jury trials before and frankly I just ignored them. But not in January."
Three juries were kept away from the rest of the courthouse employees, deputies, reporters and others in the basement during the hour-long evacuation.
Meteorologists said the unusual weather was the result of warm, moist air moving from the South that had temperatures hovering near 70 degrees on Sunday and Monday.
"It's very unseasonable for this time of year," said meteorologist Benjamin Sipprell of the National Weather Service's St. Louis office. "The atmosphere is just right."
The high in Buffalo, N.Y., of 59 beat the old record for the date by 5 degrees. The high was 66 in Toledo, Ohio, a record that led some University of Toledo students to stroll to class in T-shirts, flip-flops and shorts. In New Jersey, the Atlantic City International Airport recorded a high of 68 degrees, breaking a 10-year-old record by 10 degrees.
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gister hier tornado warning, tot 3 uur vanmiddag ofzo flash flood warnings ofzo, ik ga zo maar even de driveway fixen, die is half weggespoeld 
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Dramaqueen. 
Pics or it didn't happen.
Pics or it didn't happen.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
ik heb speciaal voor jou een foto gemaakt, nadat ik al 6 kruiwagens vol teringzooi van de weg heb geschraapt .
Pic:
Al het donkere "gravel" heb ik van de weg moeten scrapen (wat een kutwerk trouwens), en die geulen waren 1 foot diep ... dus ik vind dat dat redelijk onder wegspelen valt
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Al het donkere "gravel" heb ik van de weg moeten scrapen (wat een kutwerk trouwens), en die geulen waren 1 foot diep ... dus ik vind dat dat redelijk onder wegspelen valt
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Oh ja gravel, daar begin ik ook niet aan. 
Dat spoelt inderdaad met die hoosbuien vrij makkelijk weg.
Je zit natuurlijk wel 'redelijk' dichtbij Kansas, toch wel een beetje Tornado Alley daar in de buurt.
Dat spoelt inderdaad met die hoosbuien vrij makkelijk weg.Je zit natuurlijk wel 'redelijk' dichtbij Kansas, toch wel een beetje Tornado Alley daar in de buurt.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
mwoa, op een een of andere manier komen tornado's nooit aan de grond hier in het durpquote:Op dinsdag 8 januari 2008 17:30 schreef popolon het volgende:
Oh ja gravel, daar begin ik ook niet aan.
Je zit natuurlijk wel 'redelijk' dichtbij Kansas, toch wel een beetje Tornado Alley daar in de buurt.
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..De driveway kan goed tegen hoosbuien (2 jaar al met enorme hoosbuien/thunderstorms enzo) maar vannacht was wel HEUL erg :p
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3 killed as warm weather breeds winter tornadoes
VS getroffen door tornado's
In de nacht van maandag op dinsdag zijn de eerste drie mensen om het leven gekomen, door een serie tornado’s in de Verenigde Staten. De doden vielen in Arkansas en Missouri.
Het waren de eerste tornado’s van dit jaar die de staten Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois en Wisconsin troffen. Voorlopig werden er 37 geteld en dat is ongeveer het maandgemiddelde. Uit verschillende plaatsen werd schade gemeld. Volgens CNN zijn er tientallen huizen beschadigd.
De tornado’s zijn bijzonder voor januari. Normaal gesproken is dit natuurgeweld voor later dit jaar gereserveerd. Anderzijds zijn de omstandigheden in grote delen van de Verenigde Staten lente-achtig. Vooral in het zuiden, maar ook het oosten worden deze dagen recordhoge temperatuurwaardes gemeten. Volgens Accuweather werden er dinsdag op 986 weerstations een temperatuurrecords bereikt.
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VS getroffen door tornado's
In de nacht van maandag op dinsdag zijn de eerste drie mensen om het leven gekomen, door een serie tornado’s in de Verenigde Staten. De doden vielen in Arkansas en Missouri.
Het waren de eerste tornado’s van dit jaar die de staten Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois en Wisconsin troffen. Voorlopig werden er 37 geteld en dat is ongeveer het maandgemiddelde. Uit verschillende plaatsen werd schade gemeld. Volgens CNN zijn er tientallen huizen beschadigd.
De tornado’s zijn bijzonder voor januari. Normaal gesproken is dit natuurgeweld voor later dit jaar gereserveerd. Anderzijds zijn de omstandigheden in grote delen van de Verenigde Staten lente-achtig. Vooral in het zuiden, maar ook het oosten worden deze dagen recordhoge temperatuurwaardes gemeten. Volgens Accuweather werden er dinsdag op 986 weerstations een temperatuurrecords bereikt.
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Dit jaar alweer 89 tornado's in VS
Het aantal tornado’s in de Verenigde Staten dit jaar is opgelopen tot 89. Op de 10e werden er 32 waargenomen. Gemiddeld komen in januari 34 tornado's voor.
De meeste tornado’s kwamen voor in de staten Mississippi en Alabama. Daarbij raakten 5 mensen gewond.
Bijzonder was het voorkomen van een tornado aan de westkust, in het grensgebied van de staten Washington en Oregon.
De tornado zorgde voor schade aan bomen, huizen en auto’s. 800 mensen moesten het tijdelijk zonder elektriciteit doen. Ook werd een vrachtwagen omver geworpen.
In dit gebied komt volgens de lokale meteorologische dienst slechts 1 a 2 keer per jaar een tornado voor.
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Het aantal tornado’s in de Verenigde Staten dit jaar is opgelopen tot 89. Op de 10e werden er 32 waargenomen. Gemiddeld komen in januari 34 tornado's voor.
De meeste tornado’s kwamen voor in de staten Mississippi en Alabama. Daarbij raakten 5 mensen gewond.
Bijzonder was het voorkomen van een tornado aan de westkust, in het grensgebied van de staten Washington en Oregon.
De tornado zorgde voor schade aan bomen, huizen en auto’s. 800 mensen moesten het tijdelijk zonder elektriciteit doen. Ook werd een vrachtwagen omver geworpen.
In dit gebied komt volgens de lokale meteorologische dienst slechts 1 a 2 keer per jaar een tornado voor.
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Bronquote:Noodweer in de Amerikaanse staten Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee en Kentucky heeft aan zeker 23 mensen het leven gekost, meldden Amerikaanse media woensdag. Meer dan honderd personen raakten gewond, aldus nieuwszender CNN.
De staten werden dinsdag, op 'Super Tuesday', getroffen door een reeks tornado's. In Atkins, Arkansas, kwam een echtpaar met hun kind om het leven. Autoriteiten meldden dat er in totaal veertien doden en tientallen gewonden waren gevallen in de staat. In de staat Kentucky vielen minstens drie doden in een woonwagenkamp.
Zes doden vielen voorts in Tennessee. In de universiteitstad Jackson verwoestte een tornado een studentenhuis waarbij studenten gewond of ingesloten raakten. In Tennessee en Mississippi raakten zeker dertig mensen gewond als gevolg van het noodweer.
Huckabee
In de hoofdstad van Arkansas, Little Rock, sprak de Republikeinse kandidaat en ex-gouverneur van Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, na zijn verrassende terugkeer in de race om tot Republikeins presidentskandidaat te worden gekozen.
Hij gedacht de slachtoffers in zijn rede. Andere kandidaten zoals de Democratische senatoren Hillary Clinton en Barack Obama deden dat dinsdagavond ook in hun redevoeringen.
In Tennessee en Arkansas moesten diverse stembureaus voor de voorverkiezingen in de race om het Amerikaanse presidentsschap eerder sluiten wegens het noodweer.
Loopt tussen de berichten over Super Thuesday (Verkiezingen VS) door al enkele uren berichting op CNN over hevige tornado's en noodweer in het zuiden van de USA.
Momenteel 18 doden bevestigd en honderden gewonden. Verwacht wordt dat het aantal doden zal stijgen.
[ Bericht 74% gewijzigd door paddy op 06-02-2008 10:41:48 (Bron toegevoegd) ]
Melden nu weer 23...
Ook een enorme brand wellicht veroorzaakt door dit noorweer in een gas-opslag-plek oid
A tornado hit the Columbia Gas Natural Gas facility in Hartsville, Tennessee, late Tuesday, setting it on fire and sending flames 400-500 feet into the air, authorities said.
Deze enorme brand is overgeslagen naar wat huizen waardoor ook mensen overleden zijn.
Ook een enorme brand wellicht veroorzaakt door dit noorweer in een gas-opslag-plek oid
A tornado hit the Columbia Gas Natural Gas facility in Hartsville, Tennessee, late Tuesday, setting it on fire and sending flames 400-500 feet into the air, authorities said.
Deze enorme brand is overgeslagen naar wat huizen waardoor ook mensen overleden zijn.
Het was een goeie nacht voor tornadochasers daar 
Cause I'd rather continue my trip to the top of the mountain then freeze to death in the valley.
Shit happens. Wear a helmet. 
My friends just came back from a planet where the dominant lifeform had no bilateral symmetry, and all I got was this stupid F-Shirt.
Waarom vandaag doen als je het morgen ook kan uitstellen?
Waarom vandaag doen als je het morgen ook kan uitstellen?
OP iets uitgebreider gemaakt.
Zet ik CNN ook maar even op.
Wat een ellende voor die mensen daar
Zet ik CNN ook maar even op.
Wat een ellende voor die mensen daar
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Hopelijk is er een avacuatieplan zoals in New Orleans
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=453297766442537103
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=453297766442537103
Kennis is macht, onwetendheid is gevaarlijk..
Ben ik nu zo'n moraalridder? Honderden gewonden en tientallen doden en het feestvieren rond de verkiezingen gaat gewoon door. De stormen trekken verder en niemand reageert. Wanneer ik toch als serieus betrokken leider wil over komen is het toch niet zo gek dat je het allemaal wat ingetogen gaat?
Hoorde dat er 27 dodelijke slachtoffers waren en het noodweer richting het oosten ging?
Hoorde dat er 27 dodelijke slachtoffers waren en het noodweer richting het oosten ging?
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Misschien hadden alle slachtoffers geen stemrechten. (Toeval? Met Amerika weet je het nooit! 
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My friends just came back from a planet where the dominant lifeform had no bilateral symmetry, and all I got was this stupid F-Shirt.
Waarom vandaag doen als je het morgen ook kan uitstellen?
Waarom vandaag doen als je het morgen ook kan uitstellen?
Zo bedoel ik het nu ook weer nietquote:Op woensdag 6 februari 2008 11:28 schreef Jolly_Reaper het volgende:
Misschien hadden alle slachtoffers geen stemrechten. (Toeval? Met Amerika weet je het nooit!
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The show must go onquote:Op woensdag 6 februari 2008 11:22 schreef paddy het volgende:
Ben ik nu zo'n moraalridder? Honderden gewonden en tientallen doden en het feestvieren rond de verkiezingen gaat gewoon door. De stormen trekken verder en niemand reageert. Wanneer ik toch als serieus betrokken leider wil over komen is het toch niet zo gek dat je het allemaal wat ingetogen gaat?
Hoorde dat er 27 dodelijke slachtoffers waren en het noodweer richting het oosten ging?
stupidity has become as common as common sense was before
Erge was dat een van de republikeinen in z'n toespraak even de ellende noemde van deze storm, dat het veel belangrijker is dat er mensen bij zijn omgekomen etc etc... denk je ok doet ie netjes... en dan knalt ie ineens zo over op 'but this is your night, this is our night! 
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Tsja, je kan wakker liggen van elke dode, maar laten we eerlijk zijn; elke seconde van de dag vallen er over de gehele wereld bosjes mensen neer. Dit is altijd zo geweest maar met de hedendaagse media wordt het elke dag nog even in je gezicht gesmeerd.
Neemt niet weg dat het niet vreselijk is voor de nabestaanden, maar zolang het een ver-van-mijn-bed-show is kan ik er helaas niet meer wakker van liggen. De wereld is een woeste beerput van bewegende natuur-ellende en af en toe zijn mensen op de verkeerde plek om de verkeerde tijd wanneer 'Gaia' weer eens een scheet laat.
Politici zouden er weken bij stil kunnen blijven staan maar dan zetten ze de wereld ook continu stil.
As marcb1974 put it: The show must go on!
Neemt niet weg dat het niet vreselijk is voor de nabestaanden, maar zolang het een ver-van-mijn-bed-show is kan ik er helaas niet meer wakker van liggen. De wereld is een woeste beerput van bewegende natuur-ellende en af en toe zijn mensen op de verkeerde plek om de verkeerde tijd wanneer 'Gaia' weer eens een scheet laat.
Politici zouden er weken bij stil kunnen blijven staan maar dan zetten ze de wereld ook continu stil.
As marcb1974 put it: The show must go on!
My friends just came back from a planet where the dominant lifeform had no bilateral symmetry, and all I got was this stupid F-Shirt.
Waarom vandaag doen als je het morgen ook kan uitstellen?
Waarom vandaag doen als je het morgen ook kan uitstellen?
Niet voor iedereen is een ver-van-mijn-bed-show. Zitten hier op fok bv al aardig wat leden die in amerika wonen.
52 doden inmiddels...
52 doden inmiddels...
Dodental tornado's in VS loopt op
Als gevolg van heftige tornado's zijn in enkele zuidelijke staten van de VS al zeker 48 mensen omgekomen. Honderdvijftig mensen raakten gewond.
De staten Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama en Kentucky werden door de tornado's getroffen.Hevige rukwinden richtten een enorme ravage aan, mensen raakten ingesloten in ingestorte huizen, auto's waaiden om, zonneschermen en andere losse delen van huizen vlogen in het rond, bomen raakten ontworteld.
Weggespoeld
Bij de storm kwamen in Arkansas zeker 13 mensen om, in Tennessee 26, in Kentucky 5 en in Alabama 1. In Tennessee werd een studentenhuis getroffen, een aantal studenten raakte bedolven onder het puin.
In Atkins, Arkansas kwam een echtpaar met een 11-jarige dochter om toen als gevolg van de hevige wind hun huis instortte. Ook een ander echtpaar kwam samen met hun volwassen dochter om toen een tornado langs hun caravan trok.
In Memphis, Tennesse vloog het dak van een winkelcentrum. Mensen die in het centrum aanwezig waren vluchtten allemaal onder een naburige brug. Aanvankelijk leek het erop dat ze door de regen en de wind waren weggespoeld, maar de politie vertelde later dat ze allemaal uit de Wolf River waren gered.
Op deze verkiezingsdag 'Super Tuesday' onderbraken kandidaten van de voorverkiezingen, zoals Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton en Mike Huckabee hun speeches om hun medeleven met de slachtoffers van de tornado's te betuigen.
nos
Als gevolg van heftige tornado's zijn in enkele zuidelijke staten van de VS al zeker 48 mensen omgekomen. Honderdvijftig mensen raakten gewond.
De staten Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama en Kentucky werden door de tornado's getroffen.Hevige rukwinden richtten een enorme ravage aan, mensen raakten ingesloten in ingestorte huizen, auto's waaiden om, zonneschermen en andere losse delen van huizen vlogen in het rond, bomen raakten ontworteld.
Weggespoeld
Bij de storm kwamen in Arkansas zeker 13 mensen om, in Tennessee 26, in Kentucky 5 en in Alabama 1. In Tennessee werd een studentenhuis getroffen, een aantal studenten raakte bedolven onder het puin.
In Atkins, Arkansas kwam een echtpaar met een 11-jarige dochter om toen als gevolg van de hevige wind hun huis instortte. Ook een ander echtpaar kwam samen met hun volwassen dochter om toen een tornado langs hun caravan trok.
In Memphis, Tennesse vloog het dak van een winkelcentrum. Mensen die in het centrum aanwezig waren vluchtten allemaal onder een naburige brug. Aanvankelijk leek het erop dat ze door de regen en de wind waren weggespoeld, maar de politie vertelde later dat ze allemaal uit de Wolf River waren gered.
Op deze verkiezingsdag 'Super Tuesday' onderbraken kandidaten van de voorverkiezingen, zoals Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton en Mike Huckabee hun speeches om hun medeleven met de slachtoffers van de tornado's te betuigen.
nos
52 doden, man... het is net februari, zo vroeg in het seizoen al
Cause I'd rather continue my trip to the top of the mountain then freeze to death in the valley.
Ik vrees dat dat een van de redenen is dat er zoveel doden zijn, niemand verwachtte het...quote:Op woensdag 6 februari 2008 20:51 schreef maniack28 het volgende:
52 doden, man... het is net februari, zo vroeg in het seizoen al
True, maar ik heb de kaarten gezien, die waren toch om te smullen man... jeetje... dus ik neem aan dat ze dat bij de weerdiensten ddaar ook wel gezien hadden. Stemlokalen waren ook al eerder dicht, dus het was bekend..
Cause I'd rather continue my trip to the top of the mountain then freeze to death in the valley.
Ik vind dat de regering in de VS best wel eens de subsidie op SUV's in subsidie op schuilkelders mag omzetten. Volgens mij hebben daar een heleboel mensen iets aan.
Of subsidie op stenen huizen.
Of subsidie op stenen huizen.
Een stenen huis overleeft een stevige orkaan ook niet, en is alleen maar duurder om te repareren of te herbouwen. Lijkt me trouwens dat er in de risico-gebieden misschien al zoiets bestaat als subsidie op stormkelders.quote:Op woensdag 6 februari 2008 21:13 schreef RetepV het volgende:
Ik vind dat de regering in de VS best wel eens de subsidie op SUV's in subsidie op schuilkelders mag omzetten. Volgens mij hebben daar een heleboel mensen iets aan.
Of subsidie op stenen huizen.
hier hadden we gister ook weer tornado warning
ik reed rustig achter de storm aan van werk naar huis, rustig op de weg, politie controleert nog minder dan gewoon, dus lekker cruisecontrol aan op 75 en naar huis
pas als er in het dorp hier touchdowns zouden zijn, ga ik misschien wel dekking zoeken
ik reed rustig achter de storm aan van werk naar huis, rustig op de weg, politie controleert nog minder dan gewoon, dus lekker cruisecontrol aan op 75 en naar huis
pas als er in het dorp hier touchdowns zouden zijn, ga ik misschien wel dekking zoeken
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JOE-ES-EE!!
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JOE-ES-EE!!
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. — Residents in five Southern states tried to salvage what they could Wednesday from homes reduced to piles of debris, a day after the deadliest cluster of tornadoes in nearly a decade tore through the region, snapping trees and crumpling homes. At least 50 people were dead.
Rescue crews, some with the help of the National Guard, went door-to-door looking for more victims. Dozens of twisters were reported as the storms swept through Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama.
Seavia Dixon, whose Atkins, Ark., home was shattered, stood Wednesday morning in her yard, holding muddy baby pictures of her son, who is now a 20-year-old soldier in Iraq. Only a concrete slab was left from the home.
The family's brand new white pickup truck was upside-down, about 150 yards from where it was parked before the storm. Another pickup truck the family owned sat crumpled about 50 feet from the slab.
"You know, it's just material things," Dixon said, her voice breaking. "We can replace them. We were just lucky to survive."
In many places, the storms struck as Super Tuesday primaries were ending. As the extent of the damage quickly became clear, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee paused in their victory speeches to remember the victims.
Twenty-six people were killed in Tennessee, 13 killed in Arkansas, seven killed in Kentucky and four killed in Alabama, emergency officials said. Among the victims were Arkansas parents who died with their 11-year-old daughter in Atkins when they stayed behind to calm their horses. The community, one of the hardest hit, is a town of about 3,000 approximately 60 miles northwest of Little Rock.
Ray Story tried to get his 70-year-old uncle, Bill Clark, to a hospital after the storms leveled his mobile home in Macon County, about 60 miles northeast of Nashville. Clark died as Story and his wife tried to navigate debris-strewn roads in their pickup truck, they said.
"He never had a chance," Story's wife, Nova, said. "I looked him right in the eye and he died right there in front of me."
President Bush said he called the governors of Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee and assured them the administration was ready to help and to deal with any emergency requests.
"Loss of life, loss of property — prayers can help and so can the government," Bush said. "I do want the people in those states to know the American people are standing with them."
The system moved eastward to Alabama Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and gusty wind, causing several injuries in counties northwest of Birmingham. The National Weather Service posted tornado watches for parts of southern Alabama, the Florida Panhandle and western Georgia, but the storms appeared to weaken as they approached the coast. Weather service experts also investigated damage in Indiana to see if it was caused by tornadoes.
An apparent tornado damaged eight homes in Walker County, Ala., and a pregnant woman suffered a broken arm when a trailer home was tossed by the wind, said county emergency management director Johnny Burnette.
"I was there before daylight and it looked like a war zone," he said.
Northeast of Nashville, a spectacular fire erupted at a natural gas pumping station. The station took a direct hit from the storm, but no deaths connected to the fire were reported.
About 200 yards from the edge of the plant, Bonnie and Frank Brawner picked through the rubble of their home for photographs and other personal items. The storm sheared off the second story of the home.
"We had a beautiful neighborhood, now it's hell," said Bonnie Brawner, 80.
More than 20 students were stuck behind wreckage and jammed doors, mostly for short periods, in battered dormitories at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. Tornadoes had hit the campus in the past, and students knew the drill when they heard sirens, said Union University President David S. Dockery.
"When the sirens went off the entire process went into place quickly," Dockery said. Students "were ushered into rooms, into the bathrooms, interior spaces."
He said about 50 students were taken to a hospital and nine stayed through the night. But all would be fine, he said. The students "demonstrated who they are and I'm so proud of them."
In Memphis, high wind collapsed the roof of a Sears store at a mall. Debris that included bricks and air conditioning units was scattered on the parking lot, where about two dozen vehicles were damaged.
A few people north of the mall took shelter under a bridge and were washed away in the Wolf River, but they were pulled out with only scrapes, said Steve Cole of the Memphis Police Department.
Winter tornadoes are not uncommon. The peak tornado season is late winter through midsummer, but the storms can happen at any time of the year with the right conditions.
But this batch was the nation's worst in a 24-hour period since May 3, 1999, when some 50 people died in Oklahoma and Kansas. The death toll ranks among the top 15 from tornado outbreaks since 1950, said Greg Carbin, the warning coordination meteorologist at the center in Norman, Okla., just south of Oklahoma City.
The tornadoes could be due to La Nina, the cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean that can cause changes in weather patterns around the world. It is the opposite of the better-known El Nino, a periodic warming of the same region.
Recent studies have found an increase in tornadoes in parts of the southern U.S. during the winter during a La Nina. On Jan. 8, tornadoes were reported in Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Two died in the Missouri storms.
In this round of storms, there were 67 eyewitness accounts of tornadoes but the number of twisters likely won't be that high because some probably saw the same funnel cloud, said Carbin. He said a reasonable guess is that 30 to 40 tornadoes touched down.
Most communities had ample warning that the storms were coming — forecasts had warned for days severe weather was possible. But in at least one rural community, there was no siren to alert residents the severe weather had arrived.
In Kentucky's Allen County, officials have requested funding for a siren at the fire station, but don't have one yet. Even if they did, officials wondered if it would have helped.
"It came in quick," Judge-Executive Bobby Young said. "Probably, warning devices wouldn't have helped any."
Rescue crews, some with the help of the National Guard, went door-to-door looking for more victims. Dozens of twisters were reported as the storms swept through Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama.
Seavia Dixon, whose Atkins, Ark., home was shattered, stood Wednesday morning in her yard, holding muddy baby pictures of her son, who is now a 20-year-old soldier in Iraq. Only a concrete slab was left from the home.
The family's brand new white pickup truck was upside-down, about 150 yards from where it was parked before the storm. Another pickup truck the family owned sat crumpled about 50 feet from the slab.
"You know, it's just material things," Dixon said, her voice breaking. "We can replace them. We were just lucky to survive."
In many places, the storms struck as Super Tuesday primaries were ending. As the extent of the damage quickly became clear, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee paused in their victory speeches to remember the victims.
Twenty-six people were killed in Tennessee, 13 killed in Arkansas, seven killed in Kentucky and four killed in Alabama, emergency officials said. Among the victims were Arkansas parents who died with their 11-year-old daughter in Atkins when they stayed behind to calm their horses. The community, one of the hardest hit, is a town of about 3,000 approximately 60 miles northwest of Little Rock.
Ray Story tried to get his 70-year-old uncle, Bill Clark, to a hospital after the storms leveled his mobile home in Macon County, about 60 miles northeast of Nashville. Clark died as Story and his wife tried to navigate debris-strewn roads in their pickup truck, they said.
"He never had a chance," Story's wife, Nova, said. "I looked him right in the eye and he died right there in front of me."
President Bush said he called the governors of Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee and assured them the administration was ready to help and to deal with any emergency requests.
"Loss of life, loss of property — prayers can help and so can the government," Bush said. "I do want the people in those states to know the American people are standing with them."
The system moved eastward to Alabama Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and gusty wind, causing several injuries in counties northwest of Birmingham. The National Weather Service posted tornado watches for parts of southern Alabama, the Florida Panhandle and western Georgia, but the storms appeared to weaken as they approached the coast. Weather service experts also investigated damage in Indiana to see if it was caused by tornadoes.
An apparent tornado damaged eight homes in Walker County, Ala., and a pregnant woman suffered a broken arm when a trailer home was tossed by the wind, said county emergency management director Johnny Burnette.
"I was there before daylight and it looked like a war zone," he said.
Northeast of Nashville, a spectacular fire erupted at a natural gas pumping station. The station took a direct hit from the storm, but no deaths connected to the fire were reported.
About 200 yards from the edge of the plant, Bonnie and Frank Brawner picked through the rubble of their home for photographs and other personal items. The storm sheared off the second story of the home.
"We had a beautiful neighborhood, now it's hell," said Bonnie Brawner, 80.
More than 20 students were stuck behind wreckage and jammed doors, mostly for short periods, in battered dormitories at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. Tornadoes had hit the campus in the past, and students knew the drill when they heard sirens, said Union University President David S. Dockery.
"When the sirens went off the entire process went into place quickly," Dockery said. Students "were ushered into rooms, into the bathrooms, interior spaces."
He said about 50 students were taken to a hospital and nine stayed through the night. But all would be fine, he said. The students "demonstrated who they are and I'm so proud of them."
In Memphis, high wind collapsed the roof of a Sears store at a mall. Debris that included bricks and air conditioning units was scattered on the parking lot, where about two dozen vehicles were damaged.
A few people north of the mall took shelter under a bridge and were washed away in the Wolf River, but they were pulled out with only scrapes, said Steve Cole of the Memphis Police Department.
Winter tornadoes are not uncommon. The peak tornado season is late winter through midsummer, but the storms can happen at any time of the year with the right conditions.
But this batch was the nation's worst in a 24-hour period since May 3, 1999, when some 50 people died in Oklahoma and Kansas. The death toll ranks among the top 15 from tornado outbreaks since 1950, said Greg Carbin, the warning coordination meteorologist at the center in Norman, Okla., just south of Oklahoma City.
The tornadoes could be due to La Nina, the cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean that can cause changes in weather patterns around the world. It is the opposite of the better-known El Nino, a periodic warming of the same region.
Recent studies have found an increase in tornadoes in parts of the southern U.S. during the winter during a La Nina. On Jan. 8, tornadoes were reported in Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Two died in the Missouri storms.
In this round of storms, there were 67 eyewitness accounts of tornadoes but the number of twisters likely won't be that high because some probably saw the same funnel cloud, said Carbin. He said a reasonable guess is that 30 to 40 tornadoes touched down.
Most communities had ample warning that the storms were coming — forecasts had warned for days severe weather was possible. But in at least one rural community, there was no siren to alert residents the severe weather had arrived.
In Kentucky's Allen County, officials have requested funding for a siren at the fire station, but don't have one yet. Even if they did, officials wondered if it would have helped.
"It came in quick," Judge-Executive Bobby Young said. "Probably, warning devices wouldn't have helped any."
A major wintertime tornado outbreak ripped through Arkansas, western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, northern Alabama, and western Kentucky on February 5, 2008. By the afternoon of the next day, at least 52 fatalities had been reported, said news reports. At least 26 people were reported to have died in Tennessee alone. The tornadoes were spawned from a line of severe thunderstorms that moved eastward across the region.
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite (TRMM) captured these unique images of the line of severe storms. The images were taken at 11:08 p.m. Central Daylight Time on February 5, (05:08 UTC on February 6) as the storms moved out of the lower Mississippi valley into the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. The first image shows the horizontal distribution of rain intensity as seen from above. A line of intense rainfall (darker reds) associated with the heavier thunderstorms stretches from northeastern Louisiana up through Mississippi, western Tennessee and Kentucky, and into southern Indiana. The northern part of the line contains a broader area of light to moderate rain (green and blue areas).
The rain rates shown in the center of this image are from the TRMM precipitation radar, the first and only space-borne precipitation radar. In addition to the precipitation radar, TRMM uses an array of passive and active sensors to measure rainfall from space. Rain rates in the outer swath are from the TRMM Microwave Imager. The rain rates are overlaid on infrared data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner.
The powerful storms were fed by warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. La Niña, which brings cooler-than-normal ocean surface temperatures to the central East Pacific Ocean, may have played a role in the development of the rare winter thunderstorms by helping to shift the jet steam pattern and thereby allowing warmer, moister air into the region.
Miracle: Baby survives twister
CASTALIAN SPRINGS, Tenn. — The muddy field was littered with debris after a wave of violent storms: Living room couches, strollers, children's toys. So when two rescuers came upon a baby, they thought he was a doll.
Then he moved.
"We grabbed hold of his neck (to take a pulse) and he took a breath of air and started crying," said David Harmon, a firefighter from a nearby county who was combing the field for tornado victims.
The boy was found at least 100 yards away from where his family's house had been, possibly lifted by the storm's fierce winds, according to witnesses at the scene on Thursday. There was no trace of exactly where the house stood. His mother, who did not survive, was found in the same field.
In a region devastated by tornadoes that killed at least 57 people as they swept through five states, the infant was a sign of hope. The 11-month old boy, named Kyson, was surrounded by flattened homes, bricks from a blown-apart post office and snapped trees, a devastating scene similar to so many communities across the South.
The baby's mother, 24-year-old Kerri Stowell, was one of six people killed in the small community, said Sumner County Sheriff Bob Barker.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,329513,00.html
CASTALIAN SPRINGS, Tenn. — The muddy field was littered with debris after a wave of violent storms: Living room couches, strollers, children's toys. So when two rescuers came upon a baby, they thought he was a doll.
Then he moved.
"We grabbed hold of his neck (to take a pulse) and he took a breath of air and started crying," said David Harmon, a firefighter from a nearby county who was combing the field for tornado victims.
The boy was found at least 100 yards away from where his family's house had been, possibly lifted by the storm's fierce winds, according to witnesses at the scene on Thursday. There was no trace of exactly where the house stood. His mother, who did not survive, was found in the same field.
In a region devastated by tornadoes that killed at least 57 people as they swept through five states, the infant was a sign of hope. The 11-month old boy, named Kyson, was surrounded by flattened homes, bricks from a blown-apart post office and snapped trees, a devastating scene similar to so many communities across the South.
The baby's mother, 24-year-old Kerri Stowell, was one of six people killed in the small community, said Sumner County Sheriff Bob Barker.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,329513,00.html
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Jemig zeg, dat dat kindje het overleefd heeft 
Wat enorm tragisch wat daar gebeurd is, en wat een kracht heeft zo'n tornado ook, verbluffend.
Wat enorm tragisch wat daar gebeurd is, en wat een kracht heeft zo'n tornado ook, verbluffend.
JoOlz: "So much good shit in senesta's head, I call it Ideahhrea."
Tornado's in the south
Debris from several homes lies scattered in the neighborhood behind K-Mart on Cobbs Ford Road in Prattville
Rescue crews searched door-to-door for people trapped in wreckage after a tornado crashed through town, part of a wild weekend of weather that also included rain, snow and flooding in the Midwest.
No fatalities were immediately reported in Prattville, outside Montgomery, but two people were critically injured, said Fire Department official Dallis Johnson.
Twenty-seven people had minor injuries, officials said. About 200 homes were damaged or destroyed. A curfew began as darkness fell Sunday.
A 35-bed mobile hospital unit was set up outside a Kmart to treat victims with minor to moderate injuries so that hospitals could take those with serious injuries, Dr. Steve Allen said.
Toppled utility poles and storm debris littered the area. Shelters opened at churches, and school buses shuttled storm victims out of the stricken area to the city center.
David Shoupe, 18, assistant manager at Palm Beach Tan, said he and a co-worker barely made it into a laundry room before the roof fell in and the wind tossed shopping carts aloft.
"Soon as we turned the corner, the roof collapsed everywhere except the laundry room," Shoupe said, standing beside his car, which had its front windshield cracked by debris and the other windows shattered.
About 9,000 homes and businesses lost power in Prattville. The tornado was part of storms that swept across the South, damaging homes elsewhere in Alabama, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.
A tornado destroyed four homes in Escambia County, Fla. About 60 other homes, businesses and storage buildings were damaged to varying degrees, county spokeswoman Sonya Daniel said. Inspectors were headed to survey the damage Monday.
Residents hustled to clear debris, cover broken windows and spread tarpaulins on roofs. "I expected to hear the roof blow off as bad as that wind was blowing," Willie Chastang, 58, told the Pensacola News Journal.
Across the border in Escambia County, Ala., two houses were destroyed by a possible tornado in rural Dixie, the Weather Service said.
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Debris from several homes lies scattered in the neighborhood behind K-Mart on Cobbs Ford Road in Prattville
Rescue crews searched door-to-door for people trapped in wreckage after a tornado crashed through town, part of a wild weekend of weather that also included rain, snow and flooding in the Midwest.
No fatalities were immediately reported in Prattville, outside Montgomery, but two people were critically injured, said Fire Department official Dallis Johnson.
Twenty-seven people had minor injuries, officials said. About 200 homes were damaged or destroyed. A curfew began as darkness fell Sunday.
A 35-bed mobile hospital unit was set up outside a Kmart to treat victims with minor to moderate injuries so that hospitals could take those with serious injuries, Dr. Steve Allen said.
Toppled utility poles and storm debris littered the area. Shelters opened at churches, and school buses shuttled storm victims out of the stricken area to the city center.
David Shoupe, 18, assistant manager at Palm Beach Tan, said he and a co-worker barely made it into a laundry room before the roof fell in and the wind tossed shopping carts aloft.
"Soon as we turned the corner, the roof collapsed everywhere except the laundry room," Shoupe said, standing beside his car, which had its front windshield cracked by debris and the other windows shattered.
About 9,000 homes and businesses lost power in Prattville. The tornado was part of storms that swept across the South, damaging homes elsewhere in Alabama, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.
A tornado destroyed four homes in Escambia County, Fla. About 60 other homes, businesses and storage buildings were damaged to varying degrees, county spokeswoman Sonya Daniel said. Inspectors were headed to survey the damage Monday.
Residents hustled to clear debris, cover broken windows and spread tarpaulins on roofs. "I expected to hear the roof blow off as bad as that wind was blowing," Willie Chastang, 58, told the Pensacola News Journal.
Across the border in Escambia County, Ala., two houses were destroyed by a possible tornado in rural Dixie, the Weather Service said.
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haha, die laatste, vrouw die het wil wil verwisselen, want daar zal wel aan liggen. (en naar de achtergrond kijkend heeft ze ook achter het stuur gezeten )
maar ff serieus, het blijft een heftig fenomeen..
)maar ff serieus, het blijft een heftig fenomeen..
For every fact, there is an equal and opposite opinion.
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Possible tornado in downtown Atlanta
ATLANTA — A possible tornado ripped through downtown Atlanta on Friday night, smashing skyscraper windows, sucking furniture and luggage out of hotel rooms, crumbling part of an apartment building and rattling the rafters of two major sports arenas filled with basketball fans. At least 20 people were hurt.
Streets around the Georgia Dome, the Phillips Arena, the CNN Center and Centennial Olympic Park were littered with broken glass, downed power lines, crumbled bricks, insulation and even the occasional office chair. Billboards collapsed onto parked cars. Stunned fans from the arenas and hotel guests wandered through the debris in disbelief.
"It was crazy. There was a lot of windows breaking and stuff falling," said Terrence Evans, a valet who was about to park a car at the Omni Hotel when the apparent twister hit.
At an early morning news conference, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin called the storm "what we now know was a tornado." But National Weather Service officials continued to say only that a "possible tornado" hit around 9:40 p.m., accompanied by a storm packing 60 mph winds. A tornado warning had been issued for downtown a few minutes before.
There was no announcement of the approaching storm for the 18,000 fans inside the Georgia Dome for the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament. The first sign something was wrong was a rumbling from above and the rippling of the Fiberglas fabric roof. Catwalks swayed and insulation rained down on players during overtime of the Mississippi State-Alabama game, sending fans fleeing toward the exits and the teams to their locker rooms.
"I thought it was a tornado or a terrorist attack," said Mississippi State guard Ben Hansbrough, whose team won 69-67 after an hourlong delay under a roof with at least two visible tears. A later game between Georgia and Kentucky was postponed.
"Ironically, the guy behind me got a phone call saying there was a tornado warning," said fan Lisa Lynn, who was watching the game from the lower deck. "And in two seconds, we heard the noise and things started to shake. It was creepy."
A half-mile away, the sign of the Phillips Arena was left mangled by the storm but fans inside noticed little disruption during a game between the Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Clippers.
Most of the damage from Friday's storm was concentrated in downtown Atlanta and the storm knocked out power to about 10,000 people. Authorities blocked off roads around the CNN Center, where heavy debris filled the streets. A chair from the skyscraper's lobby sat in the middle of the street, flanked by cars crushed by fallen debris.
Insulation, metal siding and other debris hung from trees. The streets were covered in shattered glass, chunks of concrete from buildings and downed power lines.
Atlanta Fire Department Capt. Bill May said the department was working "multiple incidents" and that part of a loft apartment building collapsed, but he did not know if there were any injuries.
The loft apartment building, built in an old cotton mill -- had severe damage to one corner, and appeared to have major roof damage. Fire officials said it "pancaked," and they were uncertain whether all the occupants had escaped.
Georgia Emergency Management Agency spokesman Buzz Weiss said at least 20 people were transported to area hospitals from damaged areas across the city. He did not know the severity of the injuries or the condition of the victims. Grady Memorial Hospital, the city's large public hospital where many of the injured were taken, had broken windows but was operating as usual. (Bron: FOX)
ATLANTA — A possible tornado ripped through downtown Atlanta on Friday night, smashing skyscraper windows, sucking furniture and luggage out of hotel rooms, crumbling part of an apartment building and rattling the rafters of two major sports arenas filled with basketball fans. At least 20 people were hurt.
Streets around the Georgia Dome, the Phillips Arena, the CNN Center and Centennial Olympic Park were littered with broken glass, downed power lines, crumbled bricks, insulation and even the occasional office chair. Billboards collapsed onto parked cars. Stunned fans from the arenas and hotel guests wandered through the debris in disbelief.
"It was crazy. There was a lot of windows breaking and stuff falling," said Terrence Evans, a valet who was about to park a car at the Omni Hotel when the apparent twister hit.
At an early morning news conference, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin called the storm "what we now know was a tornado." But National Weather Service officials continued to say only that a "possible tornado" hit around 9:40 p.m., accompanied by a storm packing 60 mph winds. A tornado warning had been issued for downtown a few minutes before.
There was no announcement of the approaching storm for the 18,000 fans inside the Georgia Dome for the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament. The first sign something was wrong was a rumbling from above and the rippling of the Fiberglas fabric roof. Catwalks swayed and insulation rained down on players during overtime of the Mississippi State-Alabama game, sending fans fleeing toward the exits and the teams to their locker rooms.
"I thought it was a tornado or a terrorist attack," said Mississippi State guard Ben Hansbrough, whose team won 69-67 after an hourlong delay under a roof with at least two visible tears. A later game between Georgia and Kentucky was postponed.
"Ironically, the guy behind me got a phone call saying there was a tornado warning," said fan Lisa Lynn, who was watching the game from the lower deck. "And in two seconds, we heard the noise and things started to shake. It was creepy."
A half-mile away, the sign of the Phillips Arena was left mangled by the storm but fans inside noticed little disruption during a game between the Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Clippers.
Most of the damage from Friday's storm was concentrated in downtown Atlanta and the storm knocked out power to about 10,000 people. Authorities blocked off roads around the CNN Center, where heavy debris filled the streets. A chair from the skyscraper's lobby sat in the middle of the street, flanked by cars crushed by fallen debris.
Insulation, metal siding and other debris hung from trees. The streets were covered in shattered glass, chunks of concrete from buildings and downed power lines.
Atlanta Fire Department Capt. Bill May said the department was working "multiple incidents" and that part of a loft apartment building collapsed, but he did not know if there were any injuries.
The loft apartment building, built in an old cotton mill -- had severe damage to one corner, and appeared to have major roof damage. Fire officials said it "pancaked," and they were uncertain whether all the occupants had escaped.
Georgia Emergency Management Agency spokesman Buzz Weiss said at least 20 people were transported to area hospitals from damaged areas across the city. He did not know the severity of the injuries or the condition of the victims. Grady Memorial Hospital, the city's large public hospital where many of the injured were taken, had broken windows but was operating as usual. (Bron: FOX)
F2 Tornado struck Atlanta, more to come?
ATLANTA — Crews hauled broken glass and furniture out of downtown streets Saturday and homeowners surveyed damage caused by a tornado that caught residents and basketball fans by surprise.
More thunderstorms headed across northern Alabama toward the city Saturday. "We're bracing for another round of whatever mother nature throws at us," said Lisa Janak of the state emergency management agency.
The National Weather Service posted a tornado watch for a large area of Georgia, including the Atlanta area, plus portions of South Carolina and Alabama, and a warning was issued for parts of northern Alabama and northwestern Georgia.
At least 27 people were hurt Friday night, though no injuries were believed to be life-threatening.
All downtown events scheduled for Saturday were canceled, including the St. Patrick's Day parade.
"It's a mess," Janak said.
Weather service officials confirmed Saturday that a tornado hit around 9:40 p.m. as a thunderstorm roared through with wind up to 60 mph, just 10 minutes after the weather service issued a tornado warning.
The tornado itself moved through downtown packing wind up to 110 mph, then grew into a twister with wind up to 135 mph, weather service meteorologist Barry Gooden said.
There had been only a "light risk" in the area Friday for thunderstorms capable of producing strong tornadoes and very large hail, said Trisha Palmer, a weather service meteorologist in nearby Peachtree City. In contrast, the risk was rated as moderate Saturday north Georgia and upstate South Carolina.
The storm smashed hundreds of skyscraper windows, blew furniture and luggage out of hotel rooms, crumbled part of an apartment building and rattled a packed sports arena.
Streets around the Georgia Dome, Phillips Arena, the CNN Center and Centennial Olympic Park were littered with broken glass, downed power lines, crumbled bricks, insulation and the occasional office chair. Billboards collapsed onto parked cars.
CNN said its headquarters building suffered ceiling damage that allowed water to pour into the atrium, and windows were shattered in the CNN.com newsroom and the company's library. A water line inside the building broke, turning a staircase into a waterfall.
"It was crazy. There was a lot of windows breaking and stuff falling," said Terrence Evans, a valet who was about to park a car at the Omni Hotel when the storm twister hit.
Guests and staff were quickly moved to the exhibit hall and ballroom, and the only injuries were "some cuts and scrapes and no major issues as far as we know," hotel spokesman Mike Sullivan said.
The 1,000-room hotel was fully booked, though many guests were out at sporting events at nearby neighboring venues when the storm hit.
Power was knocked out to about 19,000 customers.
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ATLANTA — Crews hauled broken glass and furniture out of downtown streets Saturday and homeowners surveyed damage caused by a tornado that caught residents and basketball fans by surprise.
More thunderstorms headed across northern Alabama toward the city Saturday. "We're bracing for another round of whatever mother nature throws at us," said Lisa Janak of the state emergency management agency.
The National Weather Service posted a tornado watch for a large area of Georgia, including the Atlanta area, plus portions of South Carolina and Alabama, and a warning was issued for parts of northern Alabama and northwestern Georgia.
At least 27 people were hurt Friday night, though no injuries were believed to be life-threatening.
All downtown events scheduled for Saturday were canceled, including the St. Patrick's Day parade.
"It's a mess," Janak said.
Weather service officials confirmed Saturday that a tornado hit around 9:40 p.m. as a thunderstorm roared through with wind up to 60 mph, just 10 minutes after the weather service issued a tornado warning.
The tornado itself moved through downtown packing wind up to 110 mph, then grew into a twister with wind up to 135 mph, weather service meteorologist Barry Gooden said.
There had been only a "light risk" in the area Friday for thunderstorms capable of producing strong tornadoes and very large hail, said Trisha Palmer, a weather service meteorologist in nearby Peachtree City. In contrast, the risk was rated as moderate Saturday north Georgia and upstate South Carolina.
The storm smashed hundreds of skyscraper windows, blew furniture and luggage out of hotel rooms, crumbled part of an apartment building and rattled a packed sports arena.
Streets around the Georgia Dome, Phillips Arena, the CNN Center and Centennial Olympic Park were littered with broken glass, downed power lines, crumbled bricks, insulation and the occasional office chair. Billboards collapsed onto parked cars.
CNN said its headquarters building suffered ceiling damage that allowed water to pour into the atrium, and windows were shattered in the CNN.com newsroom and the company's library. A water line inside the building broke, turning a staircase into a waterfall.
"It was crazy. There was a lot of windows breaking and stuff falling," said Terrence Evans, a valet who was about to park a car at the Omni Hotel when the storm twister hit.
Guests and staff were quickly moved to the exhibit hall and ballroom, and the only injuries were "some cuts and scrapes and no major issues as far as we know," hotel spokesman Mike Sullivan said.
The 1,000-room hotel was fully booked, though many guests were out at sporting events at nearby neighboring venues when the storm hit.
Power was knocked out to about 19,000 customers.
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En ze waarschuwen voor meer.... er is zwaar weer op komst voor Atlanta zondag en maandag. De storm van vanochtend gaat nu noord-Georgia en Tennessee treffen.
Het lijkt me verschrikkelijk dat je zo al je bij elkaar vergaarde spulletjes kwijt moet raken. En het gaat al niet zo goed in dat land
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Gaat idd goed mis zo daar ja 
En dan is een F2 nog een lichte ook.
En dan is een F2 nog een lichte ook.
stupidity has become as common as common sense was before
tja, wat heet "licht"quote:Op zaterdag 15 maart 2008 19:54 schreef marcb1974 het volgende:
Gaat idd goed mis zo daar ja
En dan is een F2 nog een lichte ook.
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaal_van_Fujita
Nog een 'mazzel' dat de twister niet echt door downtown Atlanta ging denk ik
In verhouding op die schaal is het licht ja.
stupidity has become as common as common sense was before
Het is er heftig aan toe gegaan daar!
Op zaterdag 15 augustus 2009 23:05 schreef eer-ik het volgende:
Ik vind je sig nogal denigrerend.
Ik vind je sig nogal denigrerend.
Een F2 op het platte land gooit caravans om en rukt grotere takken van bomen af. Rondvliegend puin zal daar wel schade doen aan gebouw (meestal van hout) en ruiten.quote:Op zaterdag 15 maart 2008 19:54 schreef marcb1974 het volgende:
Gaat idd goed mis zo daar ja
En dan is een F2 nog een lichte ook.
In een voorstad of stad waar grotere gebouwen staan kan tunneleffect optreden als daar flink wat wind doorheen raast en dan kan de wind van een F2 tornado flink versnellen. Als daar puin tussen zit dan richt dat ook behoorlijk wat schade aan.
Dan zou je dus een F3 krijgenquote:Op zaterdag 15 maart 2008 21:01 schreef DemonRage het volgende:
In een voorstad of stad waar grotere gebouwen staan kan tunneleffect optreden als daar flink wat wind doorheen raast en dan kan de wind van een F2 tornado flink versnellen.
stupidity has become as common as common sense was before
Inderdaad. De wind versnelt dan dus vanwege het tunneleffect en de schade zal groter zijn, net als een F3-tornado bijvoorbeeld.quote:
Het effect treedt ook op onder een viaduct... daar is de wind van een tornado krachtiger dan normaal. Het is dus een slechtere plek om te schuilen.
quote:PIEDMONT, Mo. — Flooding forced hundreds of people to flee their homes and closed scores of roads Wednesday across a wide swath of the nation's midsection as a huge storm system poured as much as 10 inches of rain on the region.
Four deaths were linked to the flooding in Missouri, a search was under way in Texas for a teenager washed down a drainage pipe, and two people were missing in Arkansas after their vehicles were swept away by rushing water.
The National Weather Service posted flood and flash flood warnings from Texas to Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
quote:Heavy rain began falling Monday and just kept coming. About 10 inches had fallen by Wednesday morning in southeast Missouri's Cape Girardeau County, where street flooding marooned some residents in their homes, the State Emergency Management Agency said. The weather service said 6.7 inches of rain fell in 24 hours at Jasper, Ark., and nearly 6 inches had fallen at Evansville, Ind.
Scott and Marilyne Peterson and their son, Scott Jr., scurried out of their home near Piedmont after seeing water rise 3 feet in five minutes. They had just enough time to grab essentials and their dog.
"You didn't have time to worry," Scott Peterson Sr. said. "You just grab what you can and go and you're glad the people are OK."
The rain in Missouri was expected to finally come to an end Wednesday as the weather system headed toward the northeast.
An estimated 300 houses and businesses were flooded in Piedmont, a town of 2,000 residents on McKenzie Creek. Dozens of people were rescued by boat.
Outside St. Louis, the Meramec River was expected to crest 10 to 15 feet above flood stage at some spots, threatening towns like Eureka and Valley Park.
Flooding was widespread in Arkansas, washing out some highways and leading to evacuations of residents in parts of Baxter, Madison, Sharp counties, said Tommy Jackson, a spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management. The Highway and Transportation Department reported state roads blocked in 16 counties.
In northeast Arkansas, the Spring River was rising at a rate of 6 inches per hour and carrying debris that included full-size trees.
(Bron: FOX)quote:DALLAS — Airlines faced passenger backlogs Wednesday from hundreds of flights canceled by severe Texas storms that flooded streets and left rescuers searching for a teenager who was apparently swept down a creek drainage pipe.
The 14-year-old boy remained missing after a friend, who swam to safety, told authorities he saw him carried by fast-moving waters Tuesday in the creek where they had been playing, according to the Mesquite Fire Department.
More than six inches of rain deluged areas around Dallas on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. That included record rainfall at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, where more than half of 950 scheduled flights were canceled.
By early Wednesday morning, DFW airport had opened all security checkpoint lanes in preparation for an early rush of stranded passengers. Airport officials said the backlog flights would take most of Wednesday to unwind.
"Everybody did a great job overnight of hanging in there and trying to get some rest," airport spokesman Ken Capps said. "The airlines will be working the lines early to try to get as many people rebooked and out of here as quickly as possible."
Cots and blankets were given to stranded travelers overnight. The airport early Wednesday also received several hundred new passengers who were bussed from airports as far as Louisiana.
At least 11 more cancellations were expected Wednesday morning, and airport officials braced passengers for more delays and canceled flights as airlines rebuild their schedules.
Forecasters expected sunny skies around Dallas on Wednesday, a stark change from the barrage of rain and strong winds that wreaked havoc on the area Tuesday.
Street flooding led to multiple high water rescues, and a city bus was abandoned by the driver and passengers when it became stranded. No one on the bus was hurt.
In suburban Lancaster, hundreds of people were advised to evacuate their homes as nearby Ten Mile Creek rose. One woman was rescued from her yard and four other people were rescued from their vehicles, said Ciciely Hickmon, a spokeswoman for the city.
It was unclear how many travelers were affected by the cancellations at DFW airport, where officials estimate about 160,000 passengers pass through their terminals each day.
Winds of more than 100 mph were briefly reported at the airport, which received a single-day record of 2.35 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. The previous high of 1.52 inches was set in 1984, the weather service said.
The Federal Aviation Administration had evacuated DFW's west air traffic control tower for about 15 minutes Tuesday morning after seeing a funnel cloud over a highway.
By Tuesday evening, the airport was accepting about 50 arrivals and departures per hour — less than half the usual 120 flights that use DFW's seven runways every hour, the airport said in a news release.
hier hadden we ook 7 inches ofzo ..
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Bush declares Missouri to major disaster area
PIEDMONT, Mo. — President Bush Wednesday evening declared a major disaster in Missouri and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in areaa struck by severe storms and flooding.
Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated the region after a foot of rain pushed rivers and creeks out of their banks in the nation's midsection. At least 13 deaths had been linked to the weather, and three people were missing.
Record or near-record flood crests were forecast at several towns in Missouri. Flooding was reported in large areas of Arkansas and parts of southern Illinois, southern Indiana and southwestern Ohio, and schools were closed in parts of western Kentucky because of flooded roads.
"We've got water rising everywhere," said Jeff Korb, president of the Vanderbugh County, Ind., commissioners.
The National Weather Service posted flood and flash flood warnings from Texas to Pennsylvania.
After two days, rain had finally stopped falling by Wednesday afternoon in much of Missouri and Arkansas as the weather system crawled toward the Northeast, drenching the Ohio Valley and spreading snow over parts of northern New England. A parallel band of locally heavy rain stretched from Alabama and Georgia to the mid-Atlantic states.
Atlanta police closed some downtown streets in case the stormy weather knocked down more broken glass and debris from buildings damaged by Friday's tornado.
In Ohio and other areas, the rain fell on ground already saturated from heavy snowfall less than two weeks ago.
A foot of rain had fallen in sections of southern Illinois and at Mountain Home, Ark., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., while 6.2 inches fell at Evansville, Ind., the weather service said.
Five deaths were linked to the flooding in Missouri, five people were killed in a highway wreck in heavy rain in Kentucky and a 65-year-old Ohio woman appeared to have drowned while checking on a sump pump in her home. In southern Illinois, two bodies were found hours after floodwaters swept a pickup truck off a rural road.
Searches were under way in Texas for a teenager washed down a drainage pipe, and two people were missing in Arkansas after their vehicles were swept away by rushing water.
Searchers in Missouri found the body of Mark G. Speir Jr., 19, on Wednesday about 2 miles downstream from where he was reported swept into a creek the previous evening.
"He was going down the creek screaming and hollering," Lawrence County emergency management chief Mike Rowe said.
An estimated 300 houses and businesses were flooded in Piedmont, a town of 2,000 residents on McKenzie Creek. Dozens of people were rescued by boat.
Outside St. Louis, the Meramec River was threatening towns including Eureka and Valley Park, where Chandra Webster's kids ran bags of toys and clothes to the car while she moved boxes of belongings to the second floor and her husband moved furniture out of harm's way.
"It's a lot of work, but it's worth it to save your stuff," Webster, 34, said Wednesday. "In '82 we lost everything when I was a little girl. I don't want to put my kids through that."
The Meramec hit a record 39.7 feet that year; flood stage is only 16 feet. A levee completed just three years ago is designed to hold a flood of 43 feet, three feet above the crest forecast for later this week.
Valley Park alderman Steve Drake helped fill sandbags.
"We've got everybody working together," Drake said. "It's going to be interesting."
Gov. Matt Blunt said he was seeking a federal disaster declaration for 70 of Missouri's 114 counties and the city of St. Louis.
Widespread flooding in Arkansas had washed out some highways and led to evacuations in some areas, said Tommy Jackson, a spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management. The Highway and Transportation Department reported state roads blocked in 16 counties.
Some residents of southern Illinois had to evacuate. In Marion, firefighters in some cases used their own fishing boats to rescued 13 residents of the city's housing authority.
Key roads were closed in the Cincinnati area, where water 4 feet deep was reported in businesses in the suburb of Sharonville, police said.
Ohio rescue workers were busy helping people out of cars swamped by the flooding.
"The biggest problem has been people driving into floodwater," said Frank Young, emergency management director in Warren County. "There are a lot of stupid people. When that sign says 'Road closed, high water,' that's what it means."
PIEDMONT, Mo. — President Bush Wednesday evening declared a major disaster in Missouri and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in areaa struck by severe storms and flooding.
Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated the region after a foot of rain pushed rivers and creeks out of their banks in the nation's midsection. At least 13 deaths had been linked to the weather, and three people were missing.
Record or near-record flood crests were forecast at several towns in Missouri. Flooding was reported in large areas of Arkansas and parts of southern Illinois, southern Indiana and southwestern Ohio, and schools were closed in parts of western Kentucky because of flooded roads.
"We've got water rising everywhere," said Jeff Korb, president of the Vanderbugh County, Ind., commissioners.
The National Weather Service posted flood and flash flood warnings from Texas to Pennsylvania.
After two days, rain had finally stopped falling by Wednesday afternoon in much of Missouri and Arkansas as the weather system crawled toward the Northeast, drenching the Ohio Valley and spreading snow over parts of northern New England. A parallel band of locally heavy rain stretched from Alabama and Georgia to the mid-Atlantic states.
Atlanta police closed some downtown streets in case the stormy weather knocked down more broken glass and debris from buildings damaged by Friday's tornado.
In Ohio and other areas, the rain fell on ground already saturated from heavy snowfall less than two weeks ago.
A foot of rain had fallen in sections of southern Illinois and at Mountain Home, Ark., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., while 6.2 inches fell at Evansville, Ind., the weather service said.
Five deaths were linked to the flooding in Missouri, five people were killed in a highway wreck in heavy rain in Kentucky and a 65-year-old Ohio woman appeared to have drowned while checking on a sump pump in her home. In southern Illinois, two bodies were found hours after floodwaters swept a pickup truck off a rural road.
Searches were under way in Texas for a teenager washed down a drainage pipe, and two people were missing in Arkansas after their vehicles were swept away by rushing water.
Searchers in Missouri found the body of Mark G. Speir Jr., 19, on Wednesday about 2 miles downstream from where he was reported swept into a creek the previous evening.
"He was going down the creek screaming and hollering," Lawrence County emergency management chief Mike Rowe said.
An estimated 300 houses and businesses were flooded in Piedmont, a town of 2,000 residents on McKenzie Creek. Dozens of people were rescued by boat.
Outside St. Louis, the Meramec River was threatening towns including Eureka and Valley Park, where Chandra Webster's kids ran bags of toys and clothes to the car while she moved boxes of belongings to the second floor and her husband moved furniture out of harm's way.
"It's a lot of work, but it's worth it to save your stuff," Webster, 34, said Wednesday. "In '82 we lost everything when I was a little girl. I don't want to put my kids through that."
The Meramec hit a record 39.7 feet that year; flood stage is only 16 feet. A levee completed just three years ago is designed to hold a flood of 43 feet, three feet above the crest forecast for later this week.
Valley Park alderman Steve Drake helped fill sandbags.
"We've got everybody working together," Drake said. "It's going to be interesting."
Gov. Matt Blunt said he was seeking a federal disaster declaration for 70 of Missouri's 114 counties and the city of St. Louis.
Widespread flooding in Arkansas had washed out some highways and led to evacuations in some areas, said Tommy Jackson, a spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management. The Highway and Transportation Department reported state roads blocked in 16 counties.
Some residents of southern Illinois had to evacuate. In Marion, firefighters in some cases used their own fishing boats to rescued 13 residents of the city's housing authority.
Key roads were closed in the Cincinnati area, where water 4 feet deep was reported in businesses in the suburb of Sharonville, police said.
Ohio rescue workers were busy helping people out of cars swamped by the flooding.
"The biggest problem has been people driving into floodwater," said Frank Young, emergency management director in Warren County. "There are a lot of stupid people. When that sign says 'Road closed, high water,' that's what it means."
VALLEY PARK, Mo. — Flood-weary residents of Missouri, Arkansas and Ohio were fighting to save their homes after heavy rain pushed rivers out of their banks.
Residents of Valley Park, a town on the Meramec River, were hoping that the community's new earthen levee, built to withstand a 100-year flood, will pass its first big test.
The surging Meramec was expected to crest Saturday at a record 40 feet — 24 feet above flood stage and within three feet of the levee's lip.
In addition to this past week's rain, a lingering storm blew more snow through parts of the Upper Midwest on Saturday, a day after it canceled flights and some Good Friday services.
More than a foot of snow fell Friday in parts of southern Wisconsin and nearly as much blanketed southeastern Minnesota.
Cleveland and Youngstown each had 7 inches of snow and counting by Saturday, while Toledo had 4 inches, according to the National Weather Service. The blast came two weeks after the Cleveland area saw a foot of snow.
Residents of Valley Park, a town on the Meramec River, were hoping that the community's new earthen levee, built to withstand a 100-year flood, will pass its first big test.
The surging Meramec was expected to crest Saturday at a record 40 feet — 24 feet above flood stage and within three feet of the levee's lip.
In addition to this past week's rain, a lingering storm blew more snow through parts of the Upper Midwest on Saturday, a day after it canceled flights and some Good Friday services.
More than a foot of snow fell Friday in parts of southern Wisconsin and nearly as much blanketed southeastern Minnesota.
Cleveland and Youngstown each had 7 inches of snow and counting by Saturday, while Toledo had 4 inches, according to the National Weather Service. The blast came two weeks after the Cleveland area saw a foot of snow.
quote:With a weak storm moving off the mid-Atlantic coastline, the focus shifts from the snowy weather to the flooding continuing over much of the Midwest and into the Mississippi Valley for Easter.
Flood waters are still rising days after the rain has ended over parts of the Ohio River and the northern Mississippi. Downstream, however, the larger rivers will still not be cresting until well into next week.
The Severe Weather Center lists the flood warnings that continue today.
The flooding sparked by two days of heavy rain in the Midwest earlier this week will go down as the worst flooding in the 80 years since flood records were kept. The clipper system also gave portions of Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin up to a foot of snow, adding to the flooding concern as temperatures climb above freezing the next several days.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A tornado hit parts of Little Rock and its suburbs Thursday evening, injuring an unknown number of people while damaging businesses and downing trees and power lines.
The National Weather Service, which said a tornado passed directly over its North Little Rock office, reported injuries at a Benton trailer park. An elderly woman was treated by paramedics outside her Cammack Village home.
Meanwhile, at the North Little Rock airport, the storm destroyed a hangar and left several single-engine planes flipped over onto their wings while others were destroyed.
Gregory Greene, 39, said he was outside a restaurant when the tornado hit.
"I saw debris flying around in a circle when I was about to go in and pick up my girlfriend from work," said Greene. "Stuff was going around in circles.
A second storm hit much of the same area south of Little Rock later Thursday but was not as potent, and another storm formed south of Hot Springs and also tracked northeast, toward Arkansas' capital city.
Over the past two months, parts of Arkansas have seen a tornado during a storm outbreak that killed 13, a foot of snow, more than a foot of rain and near-record flooding. (Bron)
The National Weather Service, which said a tornado passed directly over its North Little Rock office, reported injuries at a Benton trailer park. An elderly woman was treated by paramedics outside her Cammack Village home.
Meanwhile, at the North Little Rock airport, the storm destroyed a hangar and left several single-engine planes flipped over onto their wings while others were destroyed.
Gregory Greene, 39, said he was outside a restaurant when the tornado hit.
"I saw debris flying around in a circle when I was about to go in and pick up my girlfriend from work," said Greene. "Stuff was going around in circles.
A second storm hit much of the same area south of Little Rock later Thursday but was not as potent, and another storm formed south of Hot Springs and also tracked northeast, toward Arkansas' capital city.
Over the past two months, parts of Arkansas have seen a tornado during a storm outbreak that killed 13, a foot of snow, more than a foot of rain and near-record flooding. (Bron)
Dodental tornado's VS blijft stijgen
WASHINGTON - Het aantal dodelijke slachtoffers van de verwoestende tornado's die vrijdag huishielden in de Amerikaanse staat Arkansas is gestegen tot zeker acht.
Dat berichtten Amerikaanse media zaterdag.
Tornado's
De meteorologische dienst heeft sinds donderdagavond zeker 25 tornado's geteld in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas en Missouri. Bij vele tienduizenden mensen viel de stroom uit. Tientallen huizen werden totaal verwoest en daarvan ligt alleen de fundering nog op de juiste plek. Alle doden vielen in Arkansas.
Eerder deze week richtten tornado's al grote schade aan in Virginia. Honderden mensen raakten toen gewond door de 'twisters'.
WASHINGTON - Het aantal dodelijke slachtoffers van de verwoestende tornado's die vrijdag huishielden in de Amerikaanse staat Arkansas is gestegen tot zeker acht.
Dat berichtten Amerikaanse media zaterdag.
Tornado's
De meteorologische dienst heeft sinds donderdagavond zeker 25 tornado's geteld in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas en Missouri. Bij vele tienduizenden mensen viel de stroom uit. Tientallen huizen werden totaal verwoest en daarvan ligt alleen de fundering nog op de juiste plek. Alle doden vielen in Arkansas.
Eerder deze week richtten tornado's al grote schade aan in Virginia. Honderden mensen raakten toen gewond door de 'twisters'.
quote:Tornado's houden weer huis in VS
Uitgegeven: 2 mei 2008 19:33
Laatst gewijzigd: 2 mei 2008 23:04
WASHINGTON - Tornado's hebben vrijdag in de Amerikaanse staat Arkansas dood en verderf gezaaid. Reddingsdiensten vonden tot dusver zeven lijken. Een van de slachtoffers is een meisje van vijftien jaar. Zij lag te slapen toen een ontwortelde boom op haar huis viel.
De meteorologische dienst meldde ook tornado's in Texas, Oklahoma en Kansas. Bij vele tienduizenden mensen viel de stroom uit. Tientallen huizen werden totaal verwoest en daarvan ligt alleen de fundering nog op de juiste plek.
Eerder deze week richtten tornado's al grote schade aan in Virginia. Honderden mensen raakten toen gewond door de 'twisters'.
Tornado's eisen levens in VS
quote:Een reeks tornado's hebben gisteren in het middenwesten van de Verenigde Staten ten minste zestien mensen het leven gekost. De wervelstormen en ander noodweer richtten in de staten Oklahoma en Missouri plaatselijk grote schade aan, aldus lokale autoriteiten.
Een zwerm tornado's doodde in Missouri tien mensen. De politie sloot er ondermeer een snelweg doordat brokstukken op het wegdek waren gewaaid. In Oklahoma kwamen in het stadje Picher zes mensen om het leven. Ten minste 150 woningen raakten zwaarbeschadigd.
De stormen gingen gepaard met hagelstenen ter grootte van golfballen. Harde windstoten beschadigden stroomdraden, ontwortelden bomen en bliezen vrachtwagens omver, aldus de nationale weerdienst. De storm trekt verder naar het oosten, waar zich in staten als Mississippi en Tennessee nog meer tornado's kunnen voordoen.
Jaarlijks komen in de Verenigde Staten honderden tornado's voor, met name in het middenwesten. De 'twisters', die vaak gepaard gaan met onweersbuien, duiken vooral op in het voorjaar. In februari vielen door tornado's meer dan vijftig doden op Super Tuesday, de dag waarop in een reeks Amerikaanse staten voorverkiezingen werden gehouden voor het presidentschap.
Op zaterdag 15 augustus 2009 23:05 schreef eer-ik het volgende:
Ik vind je sig nogal denigrerend.
Ik vind je sig nogal denigrerend.
PICHER, Okla. — Many have fled this depressed, pollution-scarred mining town. Those who have chosen to stay or have not yet relocated face a new heartache.
A tornado ripped through a 20-block swath of Picher late Saturday afternoon, killing at least seven people. The same storm system then moved into southwest Missouri where tornadoes took the lives of at least 12 others, authorities said.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown said Picher's victims included an infant. He said at least three people were confirmed missing.
"We've seen homes that were completely leveled to the foundation," Brown said. "In a few of these homes you would have had to be subterranean to survive."
Ottawa County Emergency Manager Frank Geasland said dozens of people were injured, some seriously.
"Trees are toppled over, ripped apart," he said. "There are cars thrown everywhere. It looks like a bomb went off, pretty much."
Brown said 32 people were transported to Integris Baptist Hospital in the nearby town of Miami. Of those, 26 were treated and released.
Many families have moved away from Picher to escape the lead pollution left by mining operations. The town's population has dwindled from a peak of roughly 20,000 to about 800 people.
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry issued a statement saying a major emergency response was under way. He planned to visit the area Sunday.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Picher and all of the other Oklahoma communities that have been impacted by the latest wave of severe weather," Henry said.
At least 12 people were killed after severe storms spawned tornadoes and high winds across sections of southwestern Missouri, the State Emergency Management Agency said. Ten of the dead were killed when a twister struck near Seneca, about 20 miles southeast of Picher, near the Oklahoma border.
"They're going over the hard-hit area and turning over everything and looking," SEMA spokeswoman Susie Stonner said of emergency workers' search for victims and assessment of damage. "It's hard to do in the dark."
The number of injuries across the area was not immediately available, though The Joplin (Mo.) Globe reported that more than 90 people from that region were being treated at Joplin hospitals.
Television footage showed some destroyed outbuildings and damaged homes west of McAlester and near Haywood. At a glass plant southwest of McAlester, the storm apparently picked up a trailer and slammed it on top of garbage bins.
"These are rural areas that we are in," Pittsburg County Undersheriff Richard Sexton told KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City. "These are good people coming together at this time."
Severe Weather Map
A tornado ripped through a 20-block swath of Picher late Saturday afternoon, killing at least seven people. The same storm system then moved into southwest Missouri where tornadoes took the lives of at least 12 others, authorities said.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown said Picher's victims included an infant. He said at least three people were confirmed missing.
"We've seen homes that were completely leveled to the foundation," Brown said. "In a few of these homes you would have had to be subterranean to survive."
Ottawa County Emergency Manager Frank Geasland said dozens of people were injured, some seriously.
"Trees are toppled over, ripped apart," he said. "There are cars thrown everywhere. It looks like a bomb went off, pretty much."
Brown said 32 people were transported to Integris Baptist Hospital in the nearby town of Miami. Of those, 26 were treated and released.
Many families have moved away from Picher to escape the lead pollution left by mining operations. The town's population has dwindled from a peak of roughly 20,000 to about 800 people.
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry issued a statement saying a major emergency response was under way. He planned to visit the area Sunday.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Picher and all of the other Oklahoma communities that have been impacted by the latest wave of severe weather," Henry said.
At least 12 people were killed after severe storms spawned tornadoes and high winds across sections of southwestern Missouri, the State Emergency Management Agency said. Ten of the dead were killed when a twister struck near Seneca, about 20 miles southeast of Picher, near the Oklahoma border.
"They're going over the hard-hit area and turning over everything and looking," SEMA spokeswoman Susie Stonner said of emergency workers' search for victims and assessment of damage. "It's hard to do in the dark."
The number of injuries across the area was not immediately available, though The Joplin (Mo.) Globe reported that more than 90 people from that region were being treated at Joplin hospitals.
Television footage showed some destroyed outbuildings and damaged homes west of McAlester and near Haywood. At a glass plant southwest of McAlester, the storm apparently picked up a trailer and slammed it on top of garbage bins.
"These are rural areas that we are in," Pittsburg County Undersheriff Richard Sexton told KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City. "These are good people coming together at this time."
Severe Weather Map
SENECA, Missouri — Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss.
At least 15 people died in southwestern Missouri. In the fading mining town of Picher, Okla., at least six people were killed, and at least one person died in storms in Georgia.
Susan Roberts, 61, stared at the smashed remains of her classic 1985 Cadillac sitting on her living room floor — the only thing left of her Seneca home. A woman who had apparently sought shelter in the car died there, she said.
"That is what is tearing me up," Roberts said. She had warned the woman — who stopped to change a tire as Roberts and her 13-year-old grandson drove away from the rental house — to escape. The tornado hit just minutes later.
"I'm from Kansas. I grew up watching storms," she said as she walked through the debris. "If I didn't have my grandson with me, I probably wouldn't have left."
The same storm system earlier hit Oklahoma, where at least six people died and 150 people were injured in Picher.
The town, once a bustling mining center of 20,000 that dwindled to about 800 people as families fled lead pollution there, was a surreal scene of overturned cars, smashed homes and mattresses, and twisted metal high stuck in the canopy of trees.
"I swear I could see cars floating," said Herman Hernandez, 68. "And there was a roar, louder and louder."
At least 15 people died in southwestern Missouri. In the fading mining town of Picher, Okla., at least six people were killed, and at least one person died in storms in Georgia.
Susan Roberts, 61, stared at the smashed remains of her classic 1985 Cadillac sitting on her living room floor — the only thing left of her Seneca home. A woman who had apparently sought shelter in the car died there, she said.
"That is what is tearing me up," Roberts said. She had warned the woman — who stopped to change a tire as Roberts and her 13-year-old grandson drove away from the rental house — to escape. The tornado hit just minutes later.
"I'm from Kansas. I grew up watching storms," she said as she walked through the debris. "If I didn't have my grandson with me, I probably wouldn't have left."
The same storm system earlier hit Oklahoma, where at least six people died and 150 people were injured in Picher.
The town, once a bustling mining center of 20,000 that dwindled to about 800 people as families fled lead pollution there, was a surreal scene of overturned cars, smashed homes and mattresses, and twisted metal high stuck in the canopy of trees.
"I swear I could see cars floating," said Herman Hernandez, 68. "And there was a roar, louder and louder."
Thunderstorms and Tornadoes in the United States
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May 11 2008 at 04:00 UTC (1.3 MB JPEG)
May 11 2008 at 05:38 UTC (1.3 MB JPEG)
A major spring storm system swept across the United States, leaving a swath of devastation from the Great Plains to the East Coast. Powerful tornadoes caused numerous deaths in the Plains and the central Mississippi Valley. This pair of visualizations shows rain rate data collected by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite on May 11, 2008, at 04:00 UTC (May 10 at 11 p.m Central Time) and 05:38 UTC (May 11 at 12:38 a.m.). Rainfall intensity ranges from blue (light rain) to red (heaviest rain). Patches of intense rain stretch out in a southwest-northeast line of storms.
At the time of the first of these two TRMM passes, a tornado was reported in Laurendale County in the far northwestern tip of Alabama. TRMM shows the responsible thunderstorm cell has very intense rain (dark red area) associated with it. The tornado was later reported to be an EF1 by the National Weather Service. Additional tornadoes were reported in north central and northwestern Alabama not long thereafter. As the overall storm system advanced eastward, so too did the focus for severe weather.
In an average year, roughly 60 people are killed by tornadoes in the US each year. As of May 11 2008, 98 deaths had already been attributed to tornadoes. More than 900 tornadoes had been recorded by early May, a total that in most years is not reached until August.
'Live' beelden van een tornado in Oklahoma
Prachtige beelden
. En geen slachtoffers, voorzover bekend.
Prachtige beelden
. En geen slachtoffers, voorzover bekend.
Ja staat ook al in het filmpjes topic.
Deze is ook aardig http://edition.cnn.com/vi(...)d2.kwtv?iref=24hours
Deze is ook aardig
http://edition.cnn.com/vi(...)d2.kwtv?iref=24hours
http://www.ad.nl/buitenla(...)_tornados_in_VS.htmlquote:Doden door tornado's in VS
MINNEAPOLIS - Zeker acht mensen zijn zondag om het leven gekomen door tornado's en andere stormen in het middenwesten van de Verenigde Staten. Dat hebben de autoriteiten maandag laten weten.
Het zwaarst getroffen zijn de stadjes Parkersburg en New Hartford in de staat Iowa. Het natuurgeweld eiste daar zeven levens. Tientallen huizen en andere gebouwen werden verwoest. In Hugo in de staat Minnesota werd een 2-jarig kind door een tornado gedood.
Jaarlijks komen in de Verenigde Staten honderden tornado's voor, vooral in het middenwesten. Ze gaan vaak gepaard met onweersbuien.
Op zaterdag 15 augustus 2009 23:05 schreef eer-ik het volgende:
Ik vind je sig nogal denigrerend.
Ik vind je sig nogal denigrerend.
Verschillende filmpjes van tornado's in de VS zijn te bekijken op (hoe voor de hand liggend) http://www.weather.com
Tornado Parkersburg tweede EF5 van de eeuw
De tornado die zondagmiddag om 18 uur door Parkersburg in de stad Iowa trok is gedefinieerd als een EF-5 tornado. Daarmee is sprake van de tweede EF5-tornado van deze eeuw. De laatste keer dat dit gebeurde was op 4 mei 2007 in Greensburg (Kansas).
De tornado in Parkersburg was de zwaarste tornado voor Iowa sinds 1976. De tornado trok met windsnelheden van 328 kilometer per uur door het dorp en had een breedte van 800 meter. Daarbij vielen volgens de officiële statistiek van de Nationale Weerdienst 6 doden. 50 mensen raakten gewond.
Opvallend was dat het dorp eerder deze maand waarschuwingssirenes had gekregen. Op YouTube staan filmbeelden van de schade. Volgens de autoriteiten hadden meer doden gevallen als deze niet zouden zijn geïnstalleerd.
Rampzalig jaar
2008 is nu al het dodelijkste tornadojaar in de Verenigde Staten van de afgelopen tien jaar. Volgens de nationale weerdienst in de Verenigde Staten zijn dit jaar 110 mensen om het leven gekomen. Bijna 1200 tornado’s zijn waargenomen. Een aantal dat na verificatie zal dalen, maar dat net zo hoog is als de gemiddelde jaarhoeveelheid.
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beelden van de schade
De tornado die zondagmiddag om 18 uur door Parkersburg in de stad Iowa trok is gedefinieerd als een EF-5 tornado. Daarmee is sprake van de tweede EF5-tornado van deze eeuw. De laatste keer dat dit gebeurde was op 4 mei 2007 in Greensburg (Kansas).
De tornado in Parkersburg was de zwaarste tornado voor Iowa sinds 1976. De tornado trok met windsnelheden van 328 kilometer per uur door het dorp en had een breedte van 800 meter. Daarbij vielen volgens de officiële statistiek van de Nationale Weerdienst 6 doden. 50 mensen raakten gewond.
Opvallend was dat het dorp eerder deze maand waarschuwingssirenes had gekregen. Op YouTube staan filmbeelden van de schade. Volgens de autoriteiten hadden meer doden gevallen als deze niet zouden zijn geïnstalleerd.
Rampzalig jaar
2008 is nu al het dodelijkste tornadojaar in de Verenigde Staten van de afgelopen tien jaar. Volgens de nationale weerdienst in de Verenigde Staten zijn dit jaar 110 mensen om het leven gekomen. Bijna 1200 tornado’s zijn waargenomen. Een aantal dat na verificatie zal dalen, maar dat net zo hoog is als de gemiddelde jaarhoeveelheid.
vwk
beelden van de schade
800 meter?
ik zag een interview met zon gast die zei dat het "ding zo breed was dat hij niet eens doorhad dat het een tornado was" ... Dat leek me in eerste instantie onwaarschijnlijk...
maar 800 meter??? OMFG...
ik zag een interview met zon gast die zei dat het "ding zo breed was dat hij niet eens doorhad dat het een tornado was" ... Dat leek me in eerste instantie onwaarschijnlijk...
maar 800 meter??? OMFG...
quote:Ongewoon veel doden door tornado's
In de Verenigde Staten zijn dit jaar al uitzonderlijk veel mensen omgekomen door tornado's. Halverwege het jaar zijn er al zeker 110 doden gevallen;meer dan in heel 1998,een jaar waarin de VS zwaar werd getroffen door tornado's.
Er zijn niet alleen veel tornado's, ze zijn ook ongewoon zwaar en lijken meer dichtbevolkte gebieden te treffen. Het afgelopen weekeinde werd het stadje Parkersburg in de staat Iowa voor een groot deel verwoest. Zeker vier mensen kwamen om het leven.
Amerikaanse weerkundigen hebben geen verklaring voor de tornadopiek in de Verenigde Staten dit jaar.
Er staat gewoon niets meer overeind...
Op zaterdag 15 augustus 2009 23:05 schreef eer-ik het volgende:
Ik vind je sig nogal denigrerend.
Ik vind je sig nogal denigrerend.
Damnquote:Op woensdag 28 mei 2008 10:26 schreef aloa het volgende:
Volgens mij was die in Greensburg meer dan 1.5 km breed.
Allesvernietigend zo'n tornado.
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Greensburg was 1.7 mile. 2.7 kilometer. onvoorstelbaar
quote:At 9:45 p.m. CDT on May 4, 2007[12], Greensburg was hit by an EF5 tornado. The tornado was estimated to be 1.7 miles (2.7 km) in width and traveled for nearly 22 miles (35 km). Ninety-five percent of the city was confirmed to be destroyed, with the other five percent being severely damaged.
Die dingen kunnen inderdaad meer dan een kilometer breed zijn.
Ongelooflijk altijd, hoeveel schade die dingen veroorzaken. Het is een wonder dat er niet meer doden bij zijn gevallen.
Ongelooflijk altijd, hoeveel schade die dingen veroorzaken. Het is een wonder dat er niet meer doden bij zijn gevallen.
En een filmpje met radarbeelden:quote:Op woensdag 28 mei 2008 07:40 schreef aloa het volgende:
Tornado Parkersburg tweede EF5 van de eeuw
De tornado die zondagmiddag om 18 uur door Parkersburg in de stad Iowa trok is gedefinieerd als een EF-5 tornado. Daarmee is sprake van de tweede EF5-tornado van deze eeuw. De laatste keer dat dit gebeurde was op 4 mei 2007 in Greensburg (Kansas).
De tornado in Parkersburg was de zwaarste tornado voor Iowa sinds 1976. De tornado trok met windsnelheden van 328 kilometer per uur door het dorp en had een breedte van 800 meter. Daarbij vielen volgens de officiële statistiek van de Nationale Weerdienst 6 doden. 50 mensen raakten gewond.
Opvallend was dat het dorp eerder deze maand waarschuwingssirenes had gekregen. Op YouTube staan filmbeelden van de schade. Volgens de autoriteiten hadden meer doden gevallen als deze niet zouden zijn geïnstalleerd.
Rampzalig jaar
2008 is nu al het dodelijkste tornadojaar in de Verenigde Staten van de afgelopen tien jaar. Volgens de nationale weerdienst in de Verenigde Staten zijn dit jaar 110 mensen om het leven gekomen. Bijna 1200 tornado’s zijn waargenomen. Een aantal dat na verificatie zal dalen, maar dat net zo hoog is als de gemiddelde jaarhoeveelheid.
vwk
beelden van de schade
Indrukwekkend
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Bij die laatste had je wel een "hysterisch amerikaans OMG gebler"-waarschuwing kunnen plaatsenquote:Op woensdag 28 mei 2008 09:45 schreef okee6 het volgende:
Blijft een indrukwekkend natuurverschijnsel.
filmpje
filmpje 2
En nog even hoe of het klinkt.
Dat verpest het hele filmpje, vooral om het "hoe het klinkt" 't Blijve gave dingen tho
En ook gewoon buiten blijven filmen als er een tornado op een paar honderd meter afstand zitquote:Op zaterdag 31 mei 2008 15:19 schreef LoggedIn het volgende:
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Bij die laatste had je wel een "hysterisch amerikaans OMG gebler"-waarschuwing kunnen plaatsen
't Blijve gave dingen tho
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mwah, alstie rustig beweegt.. ik zou ook liever een tornado ervaren, dan dat ik onder de grond ga zitten wachtenquote:Op zaterdag 31 mei 2008 15:44 schreef i2Them2 het volgende:
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En ook gewoon buiten blijven filmen als er een tornado op een paar honderd meter afstand zit
Is toch gaaf
Stoere praatquote:Op zaterdag 31 mei 2008 15:58 schreef LoggedIn het volgende:
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mwah, alstie rustig beweegt.. ik zou ook liever een tornado ervaren, dan dat ik onder de grond ga zitten wachten
Geef mij maar Amsterdam
Die filmer had gewoon zijn dag, voor hetzelfde geld had hij een stronk op zijn hoofd gehad, of nog wat harders. Dan liever zoiets filmen, dat is natuurlijk mooi.
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het is echt niet zo eng als je denkt. laatst met de tornado sirens die afgingen liep ik naar buiten om te kijken of ik eindelijk een tornado kon zien..best stom alstie dan NIET komt
Mijn usericon is mede mogelijk gemaakt door wonderer.
Live from Sparta MO
JOE-ES-EE!!
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JOE-ES-EE!!
whehe,iddquote:Op zaterdag 31 mei 2008 22:20 schreef compier het volgende:
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best stom alstie dan NIET komt
zit je daar, klaar met je gear om de zaak vast te leggen, waait het alleen n btje
mwoa, ik had geen camera ofzo, want het regende keihard! en keiharde wind maar geen tornado te zien (20 mijl verderop wel, maar niet hier! ...quote:Op zaterdag 31 mei 2008 22:35 schreef LoggedIn het volgende:
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whehe,idd
dus dat was goed EN slecht lol
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JOE-ES-EE!!
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JOE-ES-EE!!
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1130684820080612?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
quote:DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Four people were killed and at least 20 injured when a tornado tore through an Iowa boy scout camp on Wednesday, where dozens of scouts were gathered for a summer retreat, state officials said.
The deadly twister was one of more than 30 that roared through four U.S. Midwestern states on Wednesday. It hit the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in western Iowa about 5:35 p.m. EDT. More tornadoes were feared for the region Wednesday night.
Padvinders gedood door wervelstorm
In de Amerikaanse staat Iowa zijn woensdag (plaatselijke tijd) zeker vier padvinders om het leven gekomen door toedoen van een wervelstorm
Het kamp van de padvinders werd getroffen door een wervelstorm. Naast de vier dodelijk slachtoffers raakten ook nog eens 40 anderen gewond. Dat heeft nieuwszender CNN gemeld.
De scouts waren tussen de dertien en achttien jaar oud.
weeronline
In de Amerikaanse staat Iowa zijn woensdag (plaatselijke tijd) zeker vier padvinders om het leven gekomen door toedoen van een wervelstorm
Het kamp van de padvinders werd getroffen door een wervelstorm. Naast de vier dodelijk slachtoffers raakten ook nog eens 40 anderen gewond. Dat heeft nieuwszender CNN gemeld.
De scouts waren tussen de dertien en achttien jaar oud.
weeronline
