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The report cites “multiple cascading failures at almost every level leading up to and even after the" May 16 tornado in St. Louis.
Trista Olsen captured the tornado on the ground in Crystal Lake, Iowa Sunday evening. Trista Olsen was also able to send us an image of flattened corn stalks, which may have been caused by straight-line winds or the tornado. With corn stalks appearing to be down in several directions, the tornado likely passed through this spot.
A tornado warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for north central Hancock County and southeastern Winnebago County.
Perryville High School and the Area Career and Technology Center will delay classes until Aug. 25 as tornado recovery and construction of temporary classrooms continue, with the school year end date unchanged.
HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) - A tornado touched down at a North Carolina beach earlier this week. According to the National Weather Service, the EF-0 tornado started as a waterspout over the Atlantic Ocean and moved onshore at Holden Beach on Thursday at about 5:45 p.m.
A comprehensive investigation into St. Louis' emergency response system has uncovered a series of preventable failures that led to tornado sirens not activating during a recent storm, prompting significant changes in how the city handles severe weather alerts.
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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSNTornado warning issued in southern MN as strong storms pass through
Tornado warnings have been issued for parts of far southern Minnesota and northern Iowa as strong storms passed through on Sunday.
Five tornadoes tore through Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire on this day in 1787, killing two people and leveling miles of trees and crops, marking the first recorded U.S. tornado outbreak.
ST. LOUIS Today, Mayor Cara Spencer shared with the public the full external report into the immediate response to the May 16 tornado, completed independently
The report goes on to say that it was clear that the City Emergency Management Agency was "understaffed, underfunded and under resourced."
The relatively weak twister damaged some buildings and injured livestock near Middlefield. Winds peaked at around 85 mph.