Faculty and students at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Forensic Science Institute are offering free assistance with data recovery of photos or documents in the wake of last week’s deadly tornadoes. Forensics Science Institute Professor Mark McCoy says it could …
Yellowstone County commissioners have approved the final insurance settlement for the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark, which was severely damaged by a tornado last summer. The Billings Gazette reports the commission approved the $28.3 million settlement with insurer Affiliated FM …
Joplin residents trying to rebuild their lives after losing everything in last week’s devastating tornado are finding a lack of transportation to be one of the difficult obstacles they face. City officials estimate the tornado damaged or destroyed 18,000 vehicles. …
Tuscaloosa officials say it will cost about $1.3 million to replace 47 vehicles and other pieces of equipment that were destroyed or damaged in the April 27 tornado. They say city taxpayers will be responsible for about $760,000, with the …
An Alabama couple’s wedding photo from 1982 – blown 120 miles from their flattened house near Hackleburg, Ala., to Lincoln County, Tenn. and identified after publication in Tupelo, Miss. – is on its way back to them. The family that …
There are many ways to measure the tornado that ripped through Ohio State University’s Agricultural Research and Development Center in September. Time wise, the twister took four minutes to cross the Wayne County campus. As far as size, the storm …
The powerful thunderstorms that unleashed large hail and tornadoes on parts of North Texas this week caused the electrocution death of a Dallas man, medical officials ruled Thursday, and insurance experts said they expect damage claims could reach $300 million. …
A 3-year-old child’s death was caused by one of the tornadoes that struck Oklahoma earlier this week, raising the state death toll from those storms to 10, a state official said Thursday. Cherokee Ballard, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma medical …
Weather experts said it’s unusual for deadly tornadoes to develop a few weeks apart in the U.S. But what made the two storm systems that barreled through a Missouri city and the South within the last month so rare is …
Officials say a strong tornado that touched down in western Arkansas has injured at least several people. Steve Piltz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Tulsa, said a strong tornado touched down southwest of the Altus-Denning area …