Severe weather wreaks havoc across northern Plains states
"We're going to see storms that present the risk of a full gamut of severe weather," including large hail, high winds and tornadoes, said Todd Lindley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The weather service said the greatest risk Saturday was from western Kansas into western ...
Frequencies of most severe weather conditions from 1950 to 1997 did not correspond well with their financial impacts. However, hurricane losses did correspond with the frequency of intense hurricanes, and tornado losses corresponded well with the number of violent tornadic storms. Quality insurance loss...
Associated PressMay 16, 2025 Forecasters Warn Severe Storms, Hail and High Winds Could Hobble Parts of Appalachia and Midwest As a punishing heat wave takes hold of Texas, weather forecasters are warning that severe storms with hail and even hurricane-force winds could hobble parts of Appalachia...
Climate change is intensifying extreme weather events. Yet a systematic analysis of post-disaster healthcare utilization and outcomes for severe weather and climate disasters, as tracked by the US government, is lacking. Following exposure to 42 US billion-dollar weather disasters (severe storm, flood...
The National Weather Service found evidence of four tornadoes with one twister possibly on the ground for 50 miles. The first reports of tornadoes came about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, but emergency crews were hampered by continuing severe weather, said Judge Don Kirkpatrick, the chief executive for...
This spring was a rough one in the North Star State, which is used to weather extremes but adept at dealing with them. But when a slow-moving system in May drenched the southern part ofMinnesotawith as much as nine inches of rain, the results were disastrous in a state where t...
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In Western Australia, a severe weather warning is also in place, as a low-pressure system will bring more severe weather to the capital of Perth and throughout most of the southwest land division. Heavy rainfall which may lead to flash flooding is forecast in Jurien Bay, a coastal town in...
Harold Brooks studies tornadoes at the National Severe Storms Laboratory. While the US has more tornadoes than any other country, tornadoes only form once out of every 10 strong storms. As a result, he said, it is hard to say if the winter tornadoes have something to do with climate ...