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Midwest tornadoes, winds slam towns and trucks; 2 killed in Illinois

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CNN, By: Steve Almasy and Catherine E. Shoichet, 11/17/2013

(CNN) -- Severe weather erupted throughout the Midwest on Sunday afternoon, with tornadoes tearing through several cities and a storm forcing fans to evacuate the stands during an NFL game. "We saw trees down, houses with their roofs completely torn off. I saw a lot of people in distress with their homes destroyed," said Jack Lance, who lives in Pekin, Illinois. "It wasn't a pretty sight." At least two people died in Washington County, Illinois, as a result of the severe storms, said Jonathon Monken, director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. In two communities, storms destroyed at least 70 homes, he said. Rescuers are trying to reach people trapped in their basements. And one hospital in Peoria is treating 37 patients with injuries.

 

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Tornado Confirmed Near Seattle: High Winds Damage Industrial Area

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Wunderground.com - 10/1/13

SEATTLE -- A rare tornado damaged industrial buildings south of Seattle as an early winter storm dumped record amounts of rain and knocked out power for thousands in the Pacific Northwest.

The tornado at 7:20 a.m. Monday hit the industrial area of Frederickson, tearing a hole in the roof of the Northwest Door factory, blowing out car windows at a nearby Boeing factory, and damaging a building where sections of a downtown Seattle tunnel project were being assembled.

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Tornadoes touch down in Iowa as storms wallop 7 Midwest states

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Global Post.com - 6/12/13

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A violent storm system battered seven states in the Midwest late Wednesday, with two tornadoes touching down in northern Iowa.

In Illinois, emergency officials in Winnebago County reported several small tornadoes touched down briefly amid damaging hail and high winds.

 

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Several casualties reported following massive tornado outside Oklahoma City (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

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Rt.com- 5/20/13

 

 

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Several casualties including children have been reported after a historic tornado swept through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, devastating hundreds of buildings including two schools. Meteorologists reported winds up to 200 miles per hour.

A severe storm has generated baseball-sized hail, high winds and at least 28 tornadoes in the Midwest, including Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa. Residents remain in hiding as meteorologists forecast that the severe weather conditions will continue to generate destructive twisters.

 

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Tornado levels homes, a school, in Oklahoma City suburb

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cnn.com- 5/20/13,  Nick Valencia.

 

Upturned cars were strewn amongst the wreckage of flattened homes, as the BBC's Jon Brain reports

Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- [Breaking news update at 4:58 p.m. Monday]

Areas of metropolitan Oklahoma City appeared to be in shreds Monday afternoon after a massive tornado moved through the region. "The houses are destroyed. ... Completely leveled," a helicopter pilot for CNN affiliate KFOR said. A school was apparently among the structures leveled by the twister.

[Original story, posted at 4:48 p.m. Monday]

Tornado tears through southern suburbs of Oklahoma City

A tornado struck just south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, ripping apart homes and other buildings in populated areas.

Tornado drought: only 3 U.S. tornadoes during May's first week

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Wunderground.com, 5/9/13- Dr. Jeff Masters

 

 

 

 

With just three tornadoes during the period May 1 - 7, 2013 has had the third-fewest U.S. tornadoes during the first week of May since record keeping began in 1950. The only year with fewer tornadoes during the first week of May were 1970 (zero) and 1952 (two.) During the ten year period 2003 - 2012, the U.S. averaged 73 tornadoes during the first week of May, with a high of 239 during May 1 - 7, 2003. The three May 2013 tornadoes have all been week EF-0 twisters, and none have hit the Midwest's tornado alley:

May 2: An EF-0 tornado with 70-mph winds hit Boca Raton, Florida, tossing lawn furniture around, downing a few trees and fences, and breaking one window. The tornado stayed on the ground for just four tenths of a mile and was only 50 yards wide; nobody was hurt.

May 4: An EF-0 tornado damaged barns and outbuildings near Elkton, Florida.

May 6: An EF-0 tornado with 50 mph winds passed through Bakersfield, California. The 25-yard wide tornado lasted two minutes and stayed on the ground for 1/4 mile. This tornado was not related to a supercell thunderstorm like most tornadoes are, but instead was a "landspout" tornado, caused by the interaction of the inflow into a thunderstorm with a ground-based swirling area of winds.

 

3 dead in storm packing ice, snow, tornadoes

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SHUQUALAK, Miss. (AP) — A strong spring storm that socked the Midwest with ice and heavy, wet snow made its way east, raking the South with tornadoes Thursday, with three deaths blamed on the rough weather and thousands of people without power.

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said Thursday one person died and several people were injured after a reported tornado struck Kemper County in the far eastern part of the state.

 

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