Parts of South brace for more flash flooding after deadly tornadoes
After days of rain and deadly tornadoes across parts of the South, the worst of the weather isn’t over yet. More severe weather is expected through Sunday morning.
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After days of rain and deadly tornadoes across parts of the South, the worst of the weather isn’t over yet. More severe weather is expected through Sunday morning.
At least two tornadoes touched down near Indianapolis on Wednesday, and they weren’t the only twisters produced by a massive storm system that stretched from Texas to Michigan. The National Weather Service is calling it a storm system of epic and historic proportions.
The tornado snapped more trees along its northeasterly path before dissipating in the area of Lake Village and Schneider.
Wind gusts of 81 mph were reported in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Students at McCullough Academy will have classes at the Gary Area Career Center next week while officials continue to assess damage and make plans for repairs at their damaged school.
Students at McCullough Academy will have classes at the Gary Area Career Center next week while officials continue to assess damage and make plans for repairs at their damaged school.
After the tornado tore through, the city says at least one person was trapped and had to be rescued by first responders.
Noel Brennan talked with one woman whose tree was ripped out of the ground by a tornado last week.
The city says the hardest hit area was along 21st Avenue in Gary, where several homes were severely damaged. Noel Brennan talked with one woman who went through it.
People living near two of the town's six air-raid sirens did not hear them go off at all, and five nights later, those two sirens were still malfunctioning.
There are six air-raid sirens around town in Highland — and when they go off, they are very loud. But people living near two of the sirens did not hear them go off at all, and five nights later, those two sirens were still malfunctioning. Jermont Terry reports.
"It was also discovered there was an issue with the communication to the 911 Center," police said.
Officials in Highland, Indiana, said two tornado sirens were found to be malfunctioning after a tornado touched down in the town on Wednesday.
Part of the roof at Frankie Woods McCullough Academy, a public school located at 3757 W. 21st Ave., was torn off, damaging the gymnasium and several classrooms.
At least six tornadoes hit the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana as severe storms moved through the area Wedneday evening, National Weather Service officials confirmed on Thursday.
A line of severe storms triggered multiple tornado warnings in the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon.
Throughout the South and Midwest, residents and work crews started to survey the destruction and clean up Monday after severe weather across seven states killed at least 40 people since Friday.
The National Weather Service confirmed three EF-0 tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana, and an EF-1 tornado in Indiana.
A severe weather outbreak could hit the Chicago area Friday night, bringing damaging high winds and the possibility of isolated tornadoes.
Insects emerged from the ground, the moon eclipsed the sun, a purse full of cereal was spotted and Chicago fell in love with a rodent-shaped hole.
Officials say one person died and four were hurt in the Liverpool area located south of Houston. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says one person was killed in Adams County and, in Franklin County, two were hurt.
So far, the National Weather Service has not confirmed the severity of the tornadoes.
The weekend's storm caused the first-ever tornado warning in San Francisco.
The National Weather Service in the San Francisco Bay area says, based on radar signatures, video and photos they can confirm it was a tornado.
Help from FEMA may include grants for temporary housing, basic home repair or replacement, and other disaster-related expenses.
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Monday is the opening day for a new exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry that immerses visitors into the imaginative world of award-winning fashion and costume designer Paul Tazewell.
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Chicago led 70-51 at the half and the advantage stayed above 20 points for most of the second half.
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A judge and his wife were shot in their home this past weekend in Lafayette, Indiana.
A jewelry store in Chicago's Little India district was robbed at gunpoint Sunday evening.
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