As floods and tornadoes wreaked havoc last year, the Missouri National Guard spent $117,100 so Gov. Jay Nixon and members of his administration could get a birds-eye view of the damage from military aircraft, according to records obtained by The …
A close call with one of the deadliest tornadoes on record has led officials at a southeastern Kansas hospital to invest in a special window film to protect against flying glass. Nearly every window at St. John’s Regional Medical Center …
National Weather Service officials say damage surveys were continuing Tuesday in several parts of Alabama after an outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes. The weather service says one team will be surveying damage in Perry and Chilton counties. Another will …
At least 15 people were injured and at least 60 buildings damaged when a possible tornado struck in western North Carolina, the National Weather Service said Thursday. The storms struck in Rutherford and Burke counties late Wednesday afternoon as a …
In the weeks and months after tornadoes tore through homes across the South, pictures and documents rained on yards hundreds of miles away. An Alabama woman began collecting them in an online database, posting the cherished scraps of people’s lives …
The Chautauqua County Office of Emergency Services says tornadoes that touched down in three western New York communities a week ago caused $760,300 in property damage. The tornadoes touched down in the village of Fredonia and the towns of Pomfret …
Insurance claims from earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, floods in Australia and tornadoes in the United States drove Lloyd’s of London to its biggest-ever first half loss, the insurance market said Wednesday. Lloyd’s, which has no connection with Lloyds …
Arkansas has averaged 46 tornadoes a year over the past 10 years. According to a graphic released Monday by the National Weather Service, the state saw an average of 46 twisters annually from 2001 to 2010. Another graphic showed there …
Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes. Unprecedented triple-digit heat and devastating drought. Deadly tornadoes leveling towns. Massive rivers overflowing. A billion-dollar blizzard. And now, unusual hurricane-caused flooding in Vermont. If what’s falling from the sky isn’t …
Nearly $41 million in assistance has been approved to Kentucky residents affected by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding this spring by federal and state agencies. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $7.7 million in individual housing assistance …