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• Tornado touches down in NYC

  September 8, 2012 2:25 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado struck a beachfront neighborhood in New York City. Videos taken by bystanders show the funnel cloud hurling sand and debris in the air as it moves through the Breezy Point section of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens... more »

• Mount Evans tornado almost breaks a national record

  July 29, 2012 6:19 PM

  A tornado that touched down near Mount Evans at 11,900 feet elevation is a record breaker in Colorado, and it's close to the national record. Those with the National Weather Service tell us they did find one that touched down a little higher, around 12,000 feet. That was in... more »

• National Weather Service: It was a tornado in eastern El Paso County

  June 8, 2012 3:07 PM

  Survey teams from the National Weather Service office in Pueblo are in eastern El Paso County to document storm damage from Thursday night's severe weather. So far, the tornado that crossed from Elbert County into El Paso has been preliminarily rated an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale... more »

• Two Pueblo firefighters join elite search and rescue team

  May 30, 2012 1:16 PM

  Two Pueblo Fire Department employees have been accepted to the elite Urban Search and Rescue team called Colorado Task Force 1. Captains Will Gray and Rick Potter have been accepted, after completing extensive training in structural collapse. There are 210 members of the team in Colorado. They would be... more »

• Cleanup continues in Wiley and Lamar

  April 28, 2012 7:39 PM

  The tornado that touched down east of Lamar packed winds of 115 miles per hour and stayed on the ground for 12 miles. In its path several homes, critical communications towers, and a power substation, all destroyed. Near Wiley, a family says an EF-2 touched down, and their home... more »

• Family caught in path of relentless tornado

  April 27, 2012 8:59 PM

  It was around 2:30 in the morning. Josh Brown and his family were sound asleep. "I heard a loud crunch and woke up just in time to see the roof come off the house," said Brown. A rare nighttime tornado roared through the town of Chivington, about 40 miles... more »

• Power may be out for four hours or more

  April 27, 2012 7:42 AM

  Colorado Emergency Management has issued a statement asking people in the Lamar area to use caution due to downed power lines. Power is out in Lamar, Eads, Chivington and Sheridan Lake and surrounding areas. The statement calls damage to homes "considerable" and says power may be out for four... more »

• At least one tornado damages homes in eastern Colorado

  April 27, 2012 6:16 AM

  Many people are out of their homes this morning in eastern Colorado after at least one tornado rolled through overnight. A tornado was reported southeast of Lamar and another northeast of Lamar, though it might have been the same tornado. A substation on Prowers County Road 11 was damaged... more »

• Tornado hits NY after Irene

  September 5, 2011 8:18 AM

  AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) - A tornado has caused some property damage near Albany, N.Y., one week after Irene caused destructive flooding in the region. The National Weather Service says the tornado touched down about three miles from Amsterdam, N.Y., on Sunday evening. Amateur video posted on YouTube shows a... more »

• Alabama tornado benefit concert raises $2 million

  June 17, 2011 5:05 PM

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Organizers of the June 14 Bama Rising tornado relief benefit concert headlined by the country music group Alabama say the event raised more than $2 million. More than 13,000 people attended the concert at Birmingham's Civic Complex to help raise money for recovery efforts throughout... more »

• Sailors from USS Missouri help Joplin clean up

  June 9, 2011 12:16 PM

  GROTON, Conn. (AP) - Eight sailors on the USS Missouri attack submarine are back from a week of voluntary leave they took to help clean up tornado damage in the state of Missouri. The sailors arrived back at U.S. Submarine Base in Groton Wednesday after assisting the AmeriCorps, the... more »

• President Obama on his way to Joplin Missouri

  May 29, 2011 1:40 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is on his way to Missouri to see the destruction caused by the massive tornado a week ago today. In Joplin, Obama will meet with survivors and officials and attend a memorial service for those killed by the storm. He'll also make brief remarks. more »

• Missouri tornado death toll at 132; funerals begin

  May 28, 2011 12:17 AM

  JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - Tallying and identifying the dead and the missing remains a challenge for emergency officials in Joplin, Mo. At least 19 bodies have been released to relatives. That's just a small fraction of the overall count of 132. Identification has been slow because officials have taken... more »

• Death toll rises in Joplin

  May 27, 2011 2:33 PM

  JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - The state of Missouri says the number of people missing or unaccounted for since the Joplin tornado is now at 156. Missouri Department of Public Safety deputy director Andrea Spillars said Friday that officials are working 24 hours a day to trim the list that... more »

• First person on Joplin missing list found alive

  May 26, 2011 4:19 PM

  JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - The first person on the missing list from the Joplin tornado is very much alive. The Associated Press found 75-year-old Sally Adams sitting on a wooden chair and cuddling her pet cat Thursday. When AP told Adams she was listed as missing, she laughed and said... more »

• New storm rumbles across Joplin

  May 23, 2011 5:14 PM

  JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - As searchers in Missouri and Minnesota comb through the rubble looking for survivors of last night's tornadoes, folks are pitching in to help anyway they can. A massive tornado tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killing at least 89 people and damaging about 2,000... more »

• Tornado reported in Kan. town, more than 20 homes destroyed, one dead

  May 22, 2011 10:46 AM

  READING, Kan. (AP) - The power is back on in Reading, Kansas, after a tornado struck last night. Authorities say it destroyed at least 20 homes and killed one person. The twister was produced by a system of severe thunderstorms that pelted eastern Kansas with hail that some... more »

• Weather service: Ala. tornado packed 200 mph winds

  May 1, 2011 2:13 PM

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Officials at the National Weather Service say the tornado that killed at least 25 people in the Alabama town of Hackleburg was packing winds stronger than 200 mph. The weather service report says the tornado was given an EF5 rating, the highest possible. The report... more »

• Pike Peak area Red Cross responding to storm ravaged area

  May 1, 2011 12:54 PM

  News First 5 has spoken with Jaice Murcia of the Pikes Peak Red Cross office following an announcement that the Red Cross office will be dispatching their ECRV (emergency communication response vehicle) to the region of the country that has been hard hit by Tornadoes over the last several days.... more »

• Mississippi death toll from storms climbs to 35

  April 30, 2011 5:16 PM

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's death toll has climbed to 35 from this week's violent storms. Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley says a woman's body was found Saturday morning in rubble near her home in Smithville. Monroe County alone has now reported 15 deaths. The National Weather Service... more »

• Volunteers give food, shelter to storm survivors

  April 30, 2011 4:56 PM

  PRATT CITY, Ala. (AP) - Volunteers are working aggressively to bring food, water and other necessities to parts of the South ravaged by the second-deadliest day of tornadoes in history. The death toll from Wednesday's storms keeps rising. At least 341 people were killed across seven states, including at... more »

• How you can help tornado victims

  April 28, 2011 8:29 PM

  Natural disasters seem to bond many people together. In the wake of the tornadoes that have violently swept across many of the Southern states, many Southern Coloradans are wondering how they can help. Jaici Murcia of the Pikes Peak American Red Cross Chapter advises, "We are not able to... more »

• Death toll nears 300

  April 28, 2011 7:03 PM

  PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. (AP) - A spokeswoman for Alabama's governor says storms that devastated the South left 180 people dead in that state, bringing the total death toll in the region to 266. Leah Garner, the deputy press secretary for Gov. Robert Bentley, said Thursday that the death toll in... more »

• Death toll now at 162 in Alabama

  April 28, 2011 2:18 PM

  PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say the death toll in Alabama has risen to 162 after a storm that spawned dozens of tornadoes pummeled the South, obliterating towns across six states. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency said in a news release Thursday that the total confirmed dead in... more »

• Red Cross accepts money for tornado victims

  April 28, 2011 1:45 PM

  American Red Cross is only accepting monetary donations for tornado victims. There currently is no huge need for volunteers to go there, but they are sending specialists in the mental aid sectors. You can donate online or by mail, but if you want your donation to go to... more »

• St. Louis airport hit by tornado to reopen Sunday

  April 23, 2011 4:37 PM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis officials are hoping Lambert Airport will be able to get some flights out tomorrow. The airport is closed today after a tornado knocked out power, tore up the roof of the main terminal and damaged some planes. The severe weather that rolled... more »

• Mayor says Iowa town damaged by tornado now open

  April 10, 2011 1:58 PM

  MAPLETON, Iowa (AP) - The small western Iowa town of Mapleton has been reopened following a tornado that the mayor estimates damaged 60 percent of the town. Mayor Fred Standa says officials began allowing people back in about 10:30 a.m. Sunday. They had barricaded the town because of safety... more »

• Tornado watch extends through much of the morning

  January 1, 2011 11:06 AM

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A tornado watch has been extended through much of New Year's morning in parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida. At least six people died and dozens were hurt as tornadoes pounded the South and Midwest yesterday and early today. Three died in... more »

• Deadly December tornado

  December 31, 2010 10:46 AM

  CINCINNATI, Ark. (AP) - Authorities in Arkansas are reporting a deadly tornado strike. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says three people have died after the twister slammed into the tiny northwest town of Cincinnati. A sheriff's dispatcher says there are "lots of injuries." Cincinnati is located near the Oklahoma... more »

• Deadly storm rips through New York City

  September 17, 2010 8:38 AM

  The National Weather Service is dispatching investigators to New York City to determine whether a tornado touched down during a fierce storm that tore through the city and left one person dead. Thursday's storm toppled trees, ripped roofs off homes and knocked out power for thousands. It also... more »

• Woman's pickup tossed by tornado

  September 9, 2010 4:12 PM

  A Texas mother and her three-year-old son survived being tossed by a tornado Wednesday. Amber Leon was driving along I-20 near Forney with her son when they were hit by the twister. "I looked to my right and I could see the tornado coming up over there," Leon... more »

• Tornado removes roof on sports complex in Montana

  June 21, 2010 12:51 PM

  Billings city officials have declared an emergency after a tornado peeled the roof off of a sports arena and damaged several other businesses and homes. Billings Police Sgt. Kevin Iffland says the commission gave verbal approval to the declaration Sunday evening, allowing the Montana Army National Guard to help... more »

• Severe weather possible this evening

  June 11, 2010 6:02 PM

  Conditions are right for severe weather and tornadoes this evening in southeast Colorado. A tornado watch is in effect for the Front Range until 9 p.m. At 5 p.m. there were no fewer than six storm systems scattered from Penrose to La Junta. A funnel cloud was spotted... more »

• Ohio tornado damage: $100M

  June 7, 2010 11:36 AM

  Officials say the northwest Ohio tornado that killed seven people over the weekend left behind at least $100 million in damage. At a news conference in devastated Lake Township on Monday, Wood County emergency management director Brad Gilbert also said that at least 100 homes were destroyed or severely... more »

• Death toll reaches 7 in Ohio tornado

  June 7, 2010 8:44 AM

  People in northwest Ohio are sifting through houses that have been reduced to rubble by a tornado that killed seven people. Among the dead is the father of a valedictorian at a Toledo-area high school that had to reschedule its graduation. Neighbors say the house of the valedictorian's family... more »

• Limon: 20 years later

  June 6, 2010 8:22 PM

  Just in the last couple of weeks, a new storm siren was put up in the town of Limon. It happens to set near a lot that used to be Limon's town hall, that's until a tornado tore it apart in June of 1990. "Sometimes some buildings are totally... more »

• Preparing for the worst

  June 5, 2010 8:47 PM

  The skies looked a little too clear Saturday for a tornado to hit Hanover, but you can never be too sure. A drill, with 29 agencies, will find out if El Paso County is ready to respond. "We're going to do basically what we would in the real... more »

• Disaster drill planned in El Paso County

  June 4, 2010 1:44 PM

  More than two dozen agencies will run a disaster exercise Saturday in El Paso County. The exercise, referred to as NOAA's Ark, is sponsored by the South Central Homeland Security Region and Pikes Peak Metropolitan Medical Response System. The event is designed to simulate a weather emergency, in this... more »

• Damaging storm hits Illinois

  June 3, 2010 1:15 PM

  Storms rolled through Mackinaw, Illinois Wednesday leaving behind damage. Rooftops were lifted and trees were uprooted as a strong line of storms hit the area. The National Weather Service is investigating whether a tornado touched down in the area. more »

• Tornado spotted northeast of Lamar

  May 25, 2010 5:52 PM

  The National Weather Service reports a tornado was spotted on the ground northeast of Lamar near the town of Towner. Radar showed it moving north at 25 miles an hour. The report was made by a law enforcement officer. The National Weather Service advises people in the area to... more »

• Tornado Watch in effect in eastern counties

  May 24, 2010 1:37 PM

  After a day of violent weather in eastern Colorado, the conditions are right for more. Yesterday a tornado touched down for ten minutes near Springfield and baseball-size was reported in Baca County. Now a Tornado Watch is in effect for Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Prowers,... more »

• Tornadoes reported across several states

  May 21, 2010 11:15 AM

  Authorities in Oklahoma say several homes and businesses have been damaged by tornadoes. Few injuries were reported from Wednesday's storms. Officials say two truck drivers were taken to hospitals their semitrailers toppled. Their injuries weren't considered life-threatening. In Stillwater in northern Oklahoma, emergency management official Rob Hill says two... more »