Tag Archive: Tornadoes

SHOCK PICTURES: Tornadoes rip through BRITAIN as freak weather starts to smash into UK

TORNADOES began smashing into Britain today amid fresh warnings the country faces a weekend of weather HELL.  As these terrifying pictures show, a series of fearsome twisters ripped through Lincolnshire this afternoon as… Continue reading

Deadly Tropical Storm Lee rages ashore, spawning spin off tornadoes, wrecking homes and causing at least two deaths

Tropical Storm Lee spawned tornado sightings and alerts from the Louisiana Gulf Coast to the Florida panhandle on Sunday, while widespread flooding caused at least two deaths. More than a dozen tornado sightings… Continue reading

Scientists dismayed by unending string of disasters plaguing U.S.

September 3, 2011 – WASHINGTON, DC – Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes. Unprecedented triple-digit Fahrenheit (38-plus degree Celsius) heat and devastating drought. Deadly tornadoes leveling towns. Massive rivers overflowing. A billion-dollar… Continue reading

Hurricane Irene Spawns Tornadoes

As Hurricane Irene moved north, with its winds and torrents of rain, it caused tornadoes in at least four states, and officials warned they could be as dangerous as the hurricane itself. Tornadoes were reported in New… Continue reading

Signs of the Times: Natural Disasters Prevalent in 2011

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The year 2011 began with a flood in Australia so vast it turned an area almost twice as large as Texas into a disaster zone. The first half of… Continue reading

Spring storms out with twister, fires, even snow

Mother Nature had no intentions of giving the U.S. a break after a spring of dangerous weather conditions, and Monday took a turn for the unusual: A storm that prompted a tornado watch… Continue reading

Is All the Wild Weather Connected?

This has been a wild year, weather-wise. In the winter, there was the record snowfall across the Northeast. Record rainfall and floods in Ohio Valley followed in April and May. The Southwest has… Continue reading

Expert Says 2011 Tornadoes 106% Above Average

If it seems like this year’s tornado season has been unusually severe, that’s because it has.  The Weather Channel and weather.com’s Tornado Expert Dr. Greg Forbes says the 2011 tornado numbers are a… Continue reading

Violent Storms Aim for Heartland

While not the most intense outbreak of the spring in light of the tornadoes in the South recently, violent storms into Thursday will target part of tornado alley. Powerful thunderstorms will target part… Continue reading

14 signs that the collapse of our modern world has already begun

#1 – Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis – At first it seemed like a fluke; but now it’s a pattern. The weather is becoming increasingly extreme. Over 120 tornadoes recently struck the U.S.… Continue reading

Tornadoes and Global Warming

Were the tragic deaths in Alabama linked to climate change?  CoyoteBlog makes a pretty convincing case that no, they aren’t–and that in fact, tornadoes, which are caused by masses of cold air running… Continue reading