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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.
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.
