Posts Tagged ‘Arkansas’
Saturday, April 30th, 2011 6:02pm MST
With entire towns reduced to rubble and damage spread across seven states, people in the southeastern United States began the long task of recovery. The tornadoes that struck this past week claimed 341 lives and achieved the unwanted status as the 2nd deadliest single-day tornado outbreak in U.S. history. President Barack Obama toured the devastated […]
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Thursday, April 28th, 2011 6:14pm MST
A virtually unrivaled severe weather outbreak hit the southern United States yesterday bringing death and destruction. The death toll from the event continues to climb and now ranks as the second worst since 1950. The evaluation on the number of tornadoes and their power has begun by the National Weather Service. The Storm Prediction Center […]
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Friday, April 15th, 2011 4:15pm MST
Two days of severe weather have spawned more than two dozen tornadoes, dropped softball size hail and unleashed damaging winds. The storms which have affected five states turned deadly and claimed the lives of nine people. Update – The death toll from the severe weather outbreak is now at 16. Get the latest from the […]
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Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Severe Weather, tornadoes
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 11:35am MST
An unusual New Year’s Eve tornado outbreak brought on twisters across Arkansas and Missouri causing widespread destruction. Seven lives have been reported lost and one tornado struck Fort Leonard Wood, a U.S. Army base in northwestern Missouri. Strong thunderstorms spawned the tornado outbreak that included 44 tornado reports although the actual number of twisters is likely […]
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010 4:35pm MST
Tornadoes tore through Arkansas late yesterday and claimed the first tornado victim of 2010. One person was reported dead and three injured as the series of storms moved across the state. The first twister of the night struck at 6:28pm local time in Saline County. That tornado damaged nearly two dozen homes but no injuries […]
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