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.
Kijkt u zelf:quote:Op zaterdag 5 mei 2007 20:26 schreef PizzaSalami het volgende:
Wat maken jullie je druk .
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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 .
. 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
