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Statewide Tornado Drill Set For Friday Morning

Rich Denison — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:13:38 +0000

Tornado sirens will sound at 10:30 a.m. Friday, as the National Weather Service and Wyoming Department of Homeland Security officials conduct a statewide tornado drill.

It's National Weather Awareness Week

Gailen Sprague — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:16:19 +0000

National Weather Awareness Week is April 16th – 20th. This is especially timely given the fact that the Midwest section of our country has been hit hard lately with huge outbreaks of Tornadoes! Please note that April 18th @ 10:30 there will be a tornado test. The FCC granted NWS permission to do a live test. [...]

Tornado Devastates Wichita, KS and an Iowa Hospital

Danny Groner — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:30:19 +0000

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback declared a state of emergency in the wake of a giant tornado, which hit Wichita particularly hard late Saturday night. Miraculously there are no major injuries reported so far. According to the National Weather Service, the “confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was located just east of Conway Springs and moving [...]

Man Who Thought He Lost His Dog to Tornado Has Tearful Reunion

Danny Gallagher — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:30:00 +0000

Whoever says the news doesn’t print enough good news these days needs to see these photos of a victim of the recent tornadoes finding the dog he lost in the storms. Greg Cook of Limestone County, Ala. lost a lot during the recent tornadoes that slammed the Midwest. The saddest loss was his chocolate Labrador, [...]

Dog With Two Broken Legs Crawls Home Weeks After Tornado [VIDEO]

AP — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:30:44 +0000

It's not just the human spirit that can show amazing resiliency in times of crisis.

A dog named Mason who was blown out of his home when a tornado tore through North Smithfield, Alabama on April 27 crawled back three weeks later. And we do mean crawled.

5 First-Person Tornado Videos From Joplin, MO [GRAPHIC LANGUAGE]

Gailen Sprague — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:55:29 +0000

The tornado that slammed Joplin, MO on May 22, like the others around the country recently, has resulted in stunning first-person video accounts. With the popularity of video capability on smartphones (not to mention digital cameras) we are now not only seeing the damage closer than ever, but we are also seeing what it's like to wait for the storm, then experience it.