OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A tornado on Sunday knocked down trees and damaged homes in Ottawa as it ripped through parts of Canada’s capital and the surrounding Quebec province. No injuries were reported. Environment Canada issued a weather warning just before 6 pm local time, saying a funnel cloud had been spotted at the Gatineau airport, moving eastward. Images and video of the tornado soon spread on social media as it touched down in the […]
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Tornadoes in Ohio leave at least one dead, widespread damage
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Ohio residents inspected destroyed homes and debris-strewn streets Tuesday after powerful tornadoes ripped through the US state overnight, killing at least one person and causing widespread damage and power outages. One twister that barreled through the city of Dayton left 80,000 people without power as day broke, the city’s assistant fire chief Nicholas Hosford told ABC News. “We have homes flattened, entire apartment complexes destroyed, businesses throughout our community where […]
Millions without power after tornado hits Ohio
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A huge tornado that plowed through the central US state of Ohio injured several people and left millions more without power, officials said Tuesday. The twister barrelled over the town of Dayton late Monday, damaging homes and uprooting trees. No deaths have been reported so far. The National Weather Service said the tornado cut electricity supplies to five million people and parts of the state faced the risk of flash […]
Powerful tornado devastates US town, killing two
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Rescuers in the US state of Oklahoma were searching Sunday for survivors in the tangled remains of mobile homes and other structures demolished overnight by a powerful tornado that killed at least two people. “Right now (we are) doing a search effort to assess everything,” El Reno Mayor Matt White told reporters in a televised news conference. “We can confirm there have been two fatalities at this time.” “It is […]
Tornadoes kill three in central US, region braces for more storms
by Nova SAFO WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Rescuers searched door-to-door for survivors Thursday in the central US state of Missouri following a deadly storm that swept through the region, triggering dozens of tornadoes and damaging floods. Three people were killed in the small town of Golden City, Missouri, officials said, while residents in the state capital Jefferson City were taking stock of damage caused by what the National Weather Service called a “large and […]
Death toll from Alabama tornadoes likely to rise as search resumes
by Deborah Bloom BEAUREGARD, United States (AFP) — Rescuers uncovered widespread damage in Alabama on Monday caused by two back-to-back tornadoes that ripped across the southern state, with the death toll of 23 expected to rise further. “It looks almost as if someone took a giant knife and scraped the ground,” said Sheriff Jay Jones of Lee County, which borders Georgia. “There are slabs where homes formerly stood, there is debris everywhere, trees are snapped.” […]
Tornado kills 14 in US state of Alabama: sheriff
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A tornado killed 14 people and caused “catastrophic” damage in the southern US state of Alabama on Sunday, a local sheriff said. “At this time, we have 14 confirmed fatalities,” Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said in a video posted on Facebook by a journalist from a local CBS affiliate. Other people have been hospitalized, some with “very serious injuries,” while the search is still continuing for more who are missing, […]
Four dead, 195 injured in Havana tornado
by Moises AVILA / Adalberto ROQUE Agence France Presse HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — A rare and powerful tornado has devastated sections of Havana, killing four people and injuring 195, as it overturned cars, uprooted trees and destroyed dozens of homes. A shaken resident, recalling a night of terror, said she clutched her daughter and crouched down in her kitchen as the tornado came roaring in Sunday night. “It was as if rocks were falling — […]
Surprise tornado hits Nassau, Bahamas.
By: Tenny Tamulong, Eagle News Service, Florida Bureau Video Courtesy of Dwayne Saunders (Bahamas Resident) Nassau, Bahamas (Eagle News) – A tornado formed only a few steps from Bay Street, which is the main business hub of the area. Severe, heavy rainfall began at 3:30PM accompanied by continuous thunder and lightning. Radar forecasts predict clusters of heavy showers and thunderstorms associated with a surface trough across the Northwest Bahamas…. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX_vHAJwcV8[/embedyt] Boaters were warned to seek […]
Tornado rips through town in northern China
HEILONGJIANG, China (CCTV) — A tornado ripped through a town in northern China on Monday (August 21), smashing windows in cars and apartments, footage filmed by locals and broadcast on state media showed. Debris stirred up by the tornado was seen swirling into the air above Nenjiang in Heilongjiang Province. The tornado lasted about 10 minutes, state broadcaster CCTV said.
Storm drones could improve tornado early warning
EL RENO, Oklahoma (Reuters) — Scientists based in America’s infamous “tornado alley” are using drone technology to better understand how tornadoes and other severe weather phenomena develop. They hope new data could lead to better early warning systems that would increase the current advanced warning time of about 14 minutes to more than an hour. Speaking to Reuters at the Paris Air Show, Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, Oklahoma’s secretary of science and technology, said this new […]
Fire tornado in Western Australia captured on camera
Reuters (Reuters) — Amateur video shot on Monday (February 6) shows a fire tornado forming during a bushfire near Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia. Danny Robinson, who works at Giralia Station recorded the fire and smoke tornado which was about six kilometers away from his location. Robinson told Reuters in an email that the bushfire started around 16:00 p.m. (0800 GMT) last Sunday (February 5). “The upward forces of the fire tornado managed to rip […]
