Louisiana Sends National Guard To Tornado Disaster Area Around New Orleans
One day after storms and tornadoes ripped through Texas, a twister flipped cars, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house in the middle of a street in the New Orleans area.
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One day after storms and tornadoes ripped through Texas, a twister flipped cars, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house in the middle of a street in the New Orleans area.
The tornado appeared to start in a New Orleans suburb and then move east across the Mississippi River into the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans and parts of St. Bernard Parish before moving northeast.
Officials have confirmed a 73-year-old woman was killed and more than 10 injured when a reported tornado touched down through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, damaging schools, an animal shelter, homes and businesses on March 21.
He may be down to eight lives now, but a cat named 'Nado,' can still count himself lucky after surviving Monday's tornado that hit the Jacksboro Animal Shelter.
Cleanup is underway in Jacksboro after a reported tornado ripped through the area leaving businesses and homes torn apart.
Jacksboro Police confirm a tornado on the ground on Monday around 4:00 p.m., near Bryson which is southwest of Jacksboro.
Fortunately, the tornado passed through the outskirts of Bowie and not the main part of town because it was powerful.
We are watching an enhanced risk of severe storms across most of NTX (3 out of 5 on the severe scale); greatest risk for severe is from 2 p.m. - 9 p.m.
The city said unforeseen permit issues caused the delay. Even though the permanent station opens in just 9 months, the city says it is worth being able to respond quickly.
Dozens of local shops and restaurants in downtown McKinney are joining together for the 'McKinney Heart Mayfield' fundraiser, to help tornado victims in Kentucky.
Rescuers in the middle of the U.S. are resuming search operations for victims of a deadly tornado outbreak that left dozens of people dead and flattened entire communities.
One year after a tornado with 115 mph winds hit Arlington just before Thanksgiving, damaged buildings are still being repaired and some businesses have not reopened.
This week marks the second anniversary of the devastating EF-3 tornado that damaged hundreds of Dallas-area homes and businesses. But, though two years have passed, the destruction is still felt by business owners.
The story continues to stay focused on a severe weather threat tonight for the area. The Metroplex and much of north Texas is under an ENHANCED RISK for severe weather for the first time this fall.
The family's home had just been rebuilt after it was hit by the EF-3 tornado that went through same area of Dallas in October 2019.
Despite damage from a recent tornado, the owner of the 70-year-old Brazos Drive-In Theatre in Granbury says the show must go on.
Rob Parker was home with his 5-year-old daughter Paizlee Monday night, May 3 when an EF-2 tornado hit.
"I've been storm chasing for a number of years, and I want to be able and help and supply that information, but then when something like that happens I'm done storm chasing," Prendergast said.
"Barn on the Brazos" was in the path of an E-F2 tornado that went through Blum Monday night, May 3 with winds of 130 mph.
Three drivers were hospitalized, one with serious injuries, after their tractor-trailers overturned in the storms Monday night.
A tornado warning was directly over a section of Interstate-35 in North Texas when a massive crash involving 3 big rigs and a passenger vehicle happened on May 3.
"It was a really bad accident," said CBS 11 storm chaser Mike Prendergast. "That was where the tornado crossed. Several people that were a witness to it say they saw it cross.
Several suspected tornadoes touched down Saturday afternoon in the Texas Panhandle between Lubbock and Amarillo, according to the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service has confirmed it was a tornado that caused damage in Corsicana on December 30.
More than a foot of snow could accumulate in parts of Texas as a winter storm continues to move across the southwestern part of the state Wednesday. As the storm moves eastward it could spawn tornadoes in parts of Texas and Louisiana on New Year's Eve.
