Local government and public utilities near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, are facing a combined $8.1 million in emergency expenditures from the April 10 tornadoes at a time when revenues are down and home and business owners are also facing hefty cleanup bills. …
Strong thunderstorms packing possible tornadoes battered parts of the Midwest April 26 for a second straight day, damaging at least half a dozen buildings and a campground in Iowa and two Oklahoma homes. Tornadoes were reported in eastern Iowa, western …
The Obama administration has approved a federal disaster declaration for 27 Georgia counties hit by severe weather in late March and early April. Gov. Sonny Perdue said tornadoes, winds, hail, severe thunderstorms, flash and flooding resulted in widespread residential, commercial …
As part of the largest, most ambitious attempt ever launched to figure out how tornadoes form and how to predict them more accurately, engineers from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst this week are readying two special mobile Doppler radar …
Search and rescue crews went door to door to check on residents in the northern part of Enid, Okla., late Saturday after an apparent tornado touched down, authorities said. There were no reports of serious injuries with the storm, which …
The harsh weather of spring, including hard rains, flooding and tornadoes, has already hit parts of the Midwest and the South. It’s a reminder to small business owners everywhere that they need to be ready when disaster strikes. Preparing for …
In Kentucky, it’s tornadoes, torrential rain or ice-encrusted trees and power lines, weather emergencies seemingly all the time. But state officials also want to be prepared for the possibility of a disease outbreak or manmade emergencies like a hazardous chemical …
The National Weather Service has upgraded the strength of a tornado that killed a woman and her infant daughter when it hit Murfreesboro last week and said a second tornado touched down in the county. The weather service office in …
More severe weather downed trees, temporarily closed some streets and roads and put flood recovery and damage assessment efforts from prior storms on hold in north Florida and the Panhandle. Officials were worried thunderstorms that produced high winds, hail and …
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford issued a reminder in the wake of recent violent weather that public adjusters are not permitted in the state. Only adjusters whose salary is paid by the insurance company he or she represents are allowed. …