Category: tornado

Tornado Kills at Least One in Eastern China as Country Faces High Temperatures

BEIJING—A tornado blew through 11 villages in a farming region of eastern China, damaging homes, killing at least one person and injuring 25 others, while swaths of the country face extreme heat. The homes and property of more than 2,000 people were damaged when the twister struck Wednesday in Jiangsu province south of Beijing. Total…


Democrat Reps. Demand Amazon Comply With House Oversight Probe Into Labor Practices

The House Oversight Committee has demanded Amazon.com, Inc. comply with its probe into the company’s labor practices during severe weather events, claiming it has obstructed their investigation by failing to produce documents seven weeks after the deadline. The committee launched its probe into Amazon’s corporate labor practices following the deaths of six workers during a…


Powerful Tornado Strikes Texas, Severe Weather Warnings Issued

Weather officials warned people to take shelter after a powerful tornado touched down in Northern Texas on May 23, bringing with it hailstones and potential flash flooding. “A very dangerous large tornado is on the ground north of Morton,” the National Weather Service said on Monday alongside an image of the large storm system which was…


German Weather Service Says Storm Generated 3 Tornadoes

BERLIN—A storm that swept across parts of Germany generated three tornadoes, the country’s weather service said Saturday. One of them left a trail of destruction and more than 40 people injured in a western city. Meteorologists had warned of heavy rainfall, hail and strong gusts of wind in western and central Germany on Friday, and…


Michigan Gov. Whitmer Declares State of Emergency for Otsego County After Rare Tornado Hits City

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday declared a state of emergency for Otsego County after a tornado hit the Gaylord area and left significant damage to buildings and roads. “I have declared a state of emergency for Otsego County to rush resources to the affected areas, and the State Emergency Operations Center has been activated…


Rare Northern Michigan Tornado Kills 1, Injures More Than 40

GAYLORD, Mich.—A rare northern Michigan tornado tore through a small community on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 40 others as it flipped vehicles, tore roofs from buildings, and downed trees and power lines. The twister hit Gaylord, a city of about 4,200 people roughly 230 miles northwest of Detroit, at…


2 Dead; Northern Michigan Town Cleans up From Rare Tornado

Roofs and walls on a busy business stretch were turned to tangled rubble. Mobile homes were destroyed. Tornadoes are so uncommon in northern Michigan that Gaylord doesn’t have a siren system to warn people about hazardous weather. The town of 4,200 turned to cleanup Saturday, a day after a tornado with 140 mph winds pummeled…


Severe Weather Causes Damage in Minnesota; 1 Dead in Crash

MINNEAPOLIS—Severe storms brought damaging winds, heavy rain, and a few reports of tornadoes to Minnesota, where one person died in a crash that authorities said was caused by downed power lines. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were without power Thursday across southern Minnesota as hundreds of Xcel Energy employees and contractors worked to…


Storm Chaser Killed in Severe Weather Crash, Colleague Says

MINNEAPOLIS—A storm-chasing meteorologist died in a crash that authorities said was caused by downed power lines as severe storms brought damaging winds, heavy rain and a few reports of tornadoes to Minnesota. The wreck on Interstate 90 in southwest Minnesota Wednesday evening killed Martha Llanos Rodriguez, of Mexico City, Mexico, when a car in which…


Suspected Tornado Rips Through Parts of Kansas

A suspected tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas has damaged multiple buildings, injured several people and left more than 6,500 people without power. Andover Fire Chief Chad Russell said the suspected twister that moved through parts of southeast Wichita and Andover on Friday evening damaged 50 to 100 buildings in Sedgwick County. It was…