Tornadoes

GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — A North Texas county sheriff says seven people remain unaccounted for after a massive tornado claimed six lives.

Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds says emergency responders are searching parts of Granbury that were left devastated

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A winter storm has been ripping through the nation's midsection, with thunderstorms, damaging winds and possible tornadoes.

One person was struck by lightning and injured in Arkansas, where there are downed trees and scattered power outages

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FORNEY, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to survey by air today the damage caused by Tuesday's tornadoes.

The National Weather Service says a twister with winds as high as 165 miles an hour touched down in Forney, east of Dallas

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Thousands are still without power and hundreds of homes are damaged after tornadoes ripped across Dallas and Fort Worth.

The National Weather Service planned to survey the destruction Wednesday before saying exactly how many tornadoes swept through the region

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DEXTER, Mich. (AP) — The National Weather Service says a slow-moving storm that damaged more than 100 homes in a rural southeastern Michigan community when a tornado touched down included at least one other tornado that caused damage

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When rescuers found 15-month-old Angel Babcock alive last week in an Indiana field after a deadly tornado killed her parents and two siblings, it appeared as a ray of hopeful news amid the tales of death and destruction

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UNDATED (AP) — The powerful weather system that raked the Midwest is now blamed for 12 deaths, the latest three in the South.

Officials in eastern Tennessee say powerful storms packing high winds that stripped roofs and flattened trees also killed at least three people

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A social worker in a group home for the disabled almost lost his life trying to save residents when a tornado decimated much of Joplin, Missouri this spring. Now, his company’s insurance provider is denying him workman’s compensation.

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Folks around Casper have been hearing the outdoor warning sirens more than they have in years past. The Natrona County Emergency Management Office wants to remind citizens that the sirens are not only used for tornadoes, but for other severe weather or disasters as well.

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