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, …
State homeland security officials are urging Indiana residents to report storm damage from last week’s tornado outbreak as soon as they’re able. The Indiana Department of Homeland Security needs damage reports from homeowners and local governments to determine whether or …
The atmosphere in the southeastern U.S. was primed for disaster in late April 2011. Conditions were almost perfect for a massive outbreak of tornado spawning storm cells. Over a four-day period — April 25 through April 28 — at least …
The Oklahoma Insurance Department says nearly 76,000 claims have been filed since a series of violent tornadoes hit Oklahoma last month, killing dozens and injuring hundreds. Insurance Commissioner John Doak said Wednesday insurance payments from the storms are nearing $688 …
A popular recreation area in the Brimfield State Forest is reopening two years after it was damaged in a tornado outbreak that left a 39-mile path of destruction from Westfield to Charlton, Mass. The Springfield Republican reports that Dean Pond, …