The National Weather Service is reporting an estimated EF-4 tornado struck the town of Wayne, Nebraska late Saturday afternoon causing significant damage.
Mayor Ken Chamberlain said there were multiple injuries but thankfully no one appears to have been killed by the surprise storm.
The storm reportedly produced multiple tornadoes that struck mainly in the industrial section of the city. Chamberlain told CNN that about a dozen houses were destroyed by the big tornado. Cars were flipped throughout the area and many motorists found themselves trapped but the only major emergency appeared to be a broken gas line.
“Hazmat is on the scene working with the gas leak,” state emergency management spokeswoman Jodie Fawl said.
Providence Medical Center in Wayne said that at least 15 people have been brought in with storm-related injuries.
In Rapid City, South Dakota, a freak winter storm has taken out power to over 30,000 residents. Rapid City police issued a “no travel” advisory for the city. They also said that slush on the roads is “causing vehicles to hydroplane.”
Wyoming Highway Patrol spokesman said a winter storm has shut down almost all of Interstate 25 through the state. A section of Interstate 80 was also closed unless vehicles have chains on the tires.
The National Weather Service on Tuesday confirmed Friday’s night’s massive tornado that struck El Reno, OK, was the second EF-5 twister to strike the Oklahoma City area in less than two weeks.
The width of the tornado was measured at 2.6 miles, the widest tornado in recorded history. Continue reading →
The body of a missing 8-year-old girl was found Monday afternoon in the Deep Fork River in Oklahoma, the 18th confirmed dead from the weekend tornadoes and heavy rain.
The death toll includes seven members of an extended family from Guatemala who sought to hide from a tornado in a storm drain. They were swept away in flash flooding. Continue reading →
Thirteen people are confirmed dead after a tornado outbreak this weekend in Oklahoma including three veteran storm chasers.
Tim Samaras, his son Paul Samaras and Carl Young were featured on the TV show “Storm Chasers” and founded TWISTEX (Tactical Weather Instrumented Stample in Tornadoes Experiment.) The men were killed in El Reno, Oklahoma by an EF-3 tornado that abruptly changed direction and caught them off guard. Continue reading →
The National Weather Service has confirmed at least three tornadoes as part of a massive storm system that hit the Midwest on Thursday.
At least one injury was reported when a home was struck in west of Oden, Arkansas. Arkansas Emergency Management reported having trouble reaching the location because of the number of trees blocking on the road. Property damage and power lines are down across the region. Continue reading →
Moore, Oklahoma is struggling to clean up after the massive EF-5 tornado that obliterated entire neighborhoods because of thunderstorms, hail and flash flooding.
The storms, which will continue through the weekend, are coming as the funerals for the victims are starting. Antonia Candelaria, 9, one of the seven students crushed under debris when the twister hit the Plaza Towers Elementary School head-on, was laid to rest today. Continue reading →
After rampant speculation Monday night in the wake of the deadly Moore, Oklahoma tornado, the National Weather Service has confirmed the twister was an EF-5, the highest on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Continue reading →
The death toll from the horrific Moore, Oklahoma tornado has been revised down to 24 after officials from the State Medical Examiner’s office said that some of the dead had been counted multiple times in the chaos following the storm. Continue reading →
Moore, Oklahoma officials announced around 7 p.m. local time that they have moved from a search and rescue operation to a recovery effort at Plaza Towers Elementary School. Continue reading →
