Weather.com

Tornadoes Level Homes, 21 Injured

Rain's picture

Submitted by Rain on

Weather.com - 5/19/13, AP

http://i.imwx.com/images/maps/truvu/map_specnews40_ltst_4namus_enus_650x366.jpg

Radar imagery of a large tornado moving through the suburbs of Luther, which is northeast of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

 

A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged homes and buildings near Oklahoma City and put the Tulsa area on high-alert.

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin issued a State of Emergency for 16 counties after multiple tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding affected parts of the state.

Video and more: Weather.com 

 

Cyclone Mahasen Weakens After Killing 45 in Bangladesh

Rain's picture

Submitted by Rain on

Weather.com - Farid Hossain, AP

AP Photo/A.M. Ahad

A Bangladeshi woman holds an infant while resting at a cyclone shelter center before Cyclone Mahasen made landfall in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 16, 2013.

 

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Cyclone Mahasan weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm and then dissipated, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely, meteorological officials said.

Fire Burns 3,000 Acres in Calif. National Forest

Rain's picture

Submitted by Rain on

Weather.com - 5/16/13

AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Luis Sinco.

The Grand fire burns into the Los Padres National Forest near Gorman, Calif., where the blaze charred more than 3,000 acres of wild lands on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

FRAZIER PARK, Calif. — Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighters a slight reprieve Thursday with a 3,500-acre wildfire that has blackened rugged terrain in the Los Padres National Forest.

The fire that broke out Wednesday charred 3,500 acres of dry, thick trees, despite a heavy aerial effort to beat back flames in the largely unpopulated area.

More: Weather.com

Wisconsin Wildfire Destroys 17 Homes

Rain's picture

Submitted by Rain on

Weather.com - 5/16/13, AP

A home is on fire along Sutfin Road east of Comminsky Road in Highland Township, Wis., east of Solon Springs, Wis., late Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Clint Austin)

 

TOWN OF GORDON, Wis. -- Firefighters brought the largest wildfire to hit northern Wisconsin in decades under control on Thursday and planned to spend the day reworking lines containing the 9,000-acre fire and tackling hot spots, a Department of Natural Resources spokesman said.

The fire that began Tuesday destroyed 17 homes and 30 other structures in Douglas and Bayfield counties. Gov. Scott Walker was expected to tour areas damaged by the blaze on Thursday.

More: Weather.com

 

Tornado Count Rises to 16 in Texas

Rain's picture

Submitted by Rain on

Weather.com - 5/16/13

A tornado 4 miles south of Millsap in Parker County, Texas. (Tori Marshall/Dallas Morning News)

 

The number of tornadoes confirmed in North Texas Wednesday night has now increased to 16, including an EF4 twister that claimed six lives in the town of Granbury.

Several survey teams documented the damage Thursday. The NWS released new details on the strength and location of the tornadoes.

Wisconsin Wildfire Consumes 8,700 Acres

Rain's picture

Submitted by Rain on

Weather.com - 5/15/13, AP

This May 14, 2013, photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows a smoky wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that has consumed 8,700 acres, destroyed nearly 50 structures and forced dozens from their homes. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)

 

TOWN OF GORDON, Wis. -- Authorities are investigating whether logging operations may have sparked a massive wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that destroyed dozens of buildings and forced at least 60 people from their homes, state officials said Wednesday.

The wildfire has consumed about 8,700 acres in Douglas and Bayfield County but is about 90 percent contained, meaning firefighters have largely arrested the spread of the fire, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources spokesman Kevin Harter said Wednesday morning.

More: Weather.com

 

Mount Everest's Ice Is Melting

Rain's picture

Submitted by Rain on

Weather.com - Becky Oskin, LiveScience, 5/15/13

Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. (Jupiterimages)

 

Earth's global thaw has reached Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, researchers said Tuesday at the Meeting of the Americas in Cancun, Mexico.

Glaciers in the Mount Everest region have shrunk by 13 percent in the last 50 years and the snowline has shifted upward by 590 feet, Sudeep Thakuri, a graduate student at the University of Milan in Italy, said in a statement. Located in the Himalaya Mountains on the border between China and Nepal, Everest's summit is 29,029 feet above sea level.

More: Weather.com

 

Report: Coldest April in Over a Decade for U.S.

Rain's picture

Submitted by Rain on

Weather.com - Chris Dolce and Andy Cox, 5/15/13

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/blog/3-lazy-polar-bears.jpg

April 2013 Temperature Rank (since 1895)

April 2013 ranked as the 23rd coolest April on record. The north-central states saw temperatures the farthest below average. North Dakota recorded its coldest April on record. Six additional states had a top ten coldest April. The Middle Atlantic, Vermont, Florida and the Southwest had above-average temperatures in April.
April 2013 was wetter-than-average and the coldest since 1997, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), an arm of the federal government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

More: Weather.com

 

6 Confirmed Dead From Possible Tornado in Texas

Rain's picture

Submitted by Rain on

Weather.com - 5/16/13, AP

Johnny Ortiz, left, and James South, right, carry Miguel Morales, center, who was injured in a tornado, to an ambulance in Granbury, Texas, on Wednesday May 15, 2013. Officials report the tornado caused "multiple fatalities" as it tore through two neighborhoods of a North Texas town. Hood County sheriff's Lt. Kathy Jiveden reported the multiple fatalities, but she had no estimate of dead or injured. AP Photo/Mike Fuentes

 

GRANBURY, Texas (AP) -- Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.

Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said he hoped the death toll from the tornado would hold at six, with about 50 people injured and 250 people left homeless.

More: Weather.com

 

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Weather.com