Gary, Indiana woman recounts horrors of tornado that plowed through her neighborhood
After the tornado tore through, the city says at least one person was trapped and had to be rescued by first responders.
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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.
At least 11 people were hurt when a series of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms hit the area.
Hurricane Milton killed at least 23 people when it tore across central Florida, flooding barrier islands and spawning deadly tornadoes.
Milton is described by some as the Storm of the Century. Meteorologists Albert Ramon and Mary Kay Kleist break down the track, and Leigh Waldman is on the ground in Tampa.
The National Weather Service confirmed 41 tornadoes in Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana on the nights of both Sunday, July 14, and Monday, July 15.
As climate change whips up wilder weather, more Americans must deal with "hazards they have not faced in the past," expert says.
The five-day search started after a super-yacht was hit by a violent storm on Monday. Witnesses say the mast caught fire and split in half.
