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Some Pennsylvania Tornado Victims Struggle With Uninhabitable Homes

God put Brian Cross’s home in a bubble. That’s his explanation for why the tornado that blasted through Uniontown and North Union Township in Pennsylvania last month didn’t inflict as much damage on his Millview Street home in the city …

Central U.S. Tornado Kills 2, Damages Dozens of Homes

Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday, killing at least two people, as a spring-like storm system posed a risk to 45 million people. Compact but strong storms known as supercells raked parts of the …

New Orleans Mayor Says Half-Mile Wide Tornado Damaged 940 homes

Dwight Powell lost his Lexus to the massive tornado that injured 33 people and destroyed or seriously damaged 940 properties on a half-mile wide rampage through two miles of east New Orleans. He had just parked it inside his garage …

Damage, Deaths Amid Winter Tornadoes and Storms in South

Bridgit Simmons and her family had heard storm warnings all day Sunday, but that afternoon it all happened so fast as storms that killed at least 18 over the weekend moved across the Deep South. She along with her parents, …

Deadly Mexico Tornado Kills 13, Destroys More Than 200 Homes

Jose Francisco Contreras and his wife were driving to the bus he takes to his job at a factory in northern Mexico when the winds picked up and torrential rain began to fall. They tried to turn around and flee, …

Tornado Recovery Continues for Lafayette, Indiana

A year ago, on Nov. 17, Pamela Roberts sat on the couch in her Tippecanoe County home, watching the NFL’s Chicago Bears take on the Baltimore Ravens. Her dogs paced around nervously due to the approaching storm. But Roberts, 65, …

Confirmed Tornado Damages Central Texas Homes

Severe weather has spawned a Central Texas tornado that damaged several homes and floodwaters that washed away a car and left its driver missing. The National Weather Service says a tornado packing winds of up to 125 mph tracked across …

Judge Rules Against Insurer Over Oklahoma Tornado Claims

An Oklahoma judge says Farmers Insurance and a subsidiary must pay a total of $15 million to three plaintiffs whose homes were damaged in the 2012 Woodward tornado. District Judge Ray Dean Linder ruled in favor of three plaintiffs who …

North Georgia Town Sustained Damage Due to Small Tornado

National Weather Service forecasters say they’ve determined that recent storm damage north of Atlanta, Ga., was caused by a small tornado. The weather service said the tornado touched down shortly after 7:30 am. Saturday near Waleska in Cherokee County. Forecasters …

Arkansas Tornadoes Damage Dozens fo Homes

Two apparent tornadoes touched down in Arkansas on Saturday, injuring at least five people and damaging about two dozen homes. St. Francis County Sheriff’s dispatcher Leslie White said a suspected tornado damaged three homes and injured three people late Saturday …