Massive Tornado Devastates Oklahoma
A massive tornado with winds near 200 miles-per-hour swept through Moore, Oklahoma this afternoon.
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"Chaos" is being blamed on inaccurate counts that may have overestimated the death toll from Monday's tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.
A massive tornado with winds near 200 miles-per-hour swept through Moore, Oklahoma this afternoon.
Mother nature isn't going to give the Midwest a chance to breathe today: after a pack of tornadoes tore through the region on Sunday, the National Weather Service warned of more severe weather on the way this week, with Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas expected to take the next round of brutal thunderstorms and possible tornadoes.
Manhattan might have Fashion Week, but the outer boroughs have tornados. Yep, a twister touched down according to eyewitness reports in Queens and Brooklyn on Saturday morning.
Two very scary looking tornadoes have touched down in Dallas county Tuesday afternoon, and they've already caused some damage, with North Texas under tornado watch until at least 8 p.m.
As the death toll climbs from yesterday's record-breaking storms across the central and southern U.S., a miraculous discovery leaves many asking, "How?"
The rash of twisters wreaking havoc on the South this week has apparently claimed an entire town in Southern, Indiana. Clark County Sheriff's Department Maj. Chuck Adamstold reporters that the town of Marysville is "completely gone."
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