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# Tornadoes

This year
2023
# Storms
At least 26 people killed after tornadoes tear through US midwest and south
Confirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least eight states destroyed several homes and businesses.
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Apr 2nd 2023, 7:28 AM
# Storm
At least 10 people killed and dozens injured as tornadoes strikes multiple US states
The storm system also brought wildfires to the southern Plains and blizzard conditions to the Upper Midwest.
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Apr 1st 2023, 2:15 PM
# Tornadoes
Death toll rises to at least 25 in Mississippi after devastating tornadoes
Mississippi is preparing for more turbulent weather today, including damaging winds and hail.
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Mar 26th 2023, 2:18 PM
Last year
2022
# Southern US
One person killed and more than a dozen injured after tornadoes hit parts of the US
US forecasters have issued multiple tornado warnings.
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Mar 22nd 2022, 10:57 PM
All time
# Emergency
Biden declares major disaster in Kentucky after tornadoes kill dozens in midwestern US
Officials have cautioned that the death toll, for now at 94, could still rise.
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Dec 13th 2021, 9:02 AM
# United States
At least five dead as tornadoes lash Alabama and Georgia
Authorities say the twister cut a diagonal path through rural areas, which likely kept the death toll from being higher.
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Mar 26th 2021, 7:10 AM
# Tornadoes
Louisiana left devastated as Hurricane Laura’s remnants move eastwards
Flooding and more tornadoes are possible as the storm moves through Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama.
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Aug 28th 2020, 3:26 PM
# America
14 killed as tornadoes sweep across southern US
Among the dead in Mississippi was a boy of seven.
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Dec 25th 2015, 9:32 AM
# Ham-strung
Here's why people thought this ad for smoked ham was 'offensive and disrespectful'
The ASAI published its latest complaints today.
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Nov 18th 2015, 3:06 PM
# weird weather
It's tornado season in the States but (weirdly) there are no tornadoes
There have been none in March so far – and that’s the first time that’s happened in 50 years.
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Mar 23rd 2015, 6:30 AM
# sponsored by warner brothers
6 things you never knew about tornadoes
How much do you know about one of nature’s most terrifying phenomenons?
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Aug 18th 2014, 4:37 PM
# Bodyguard Blanket
An American company is now selling a bulletproof blanket to kids
The product has gone on sale with various warning about crazed gunmen and Mother Nature.
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Jun 14th 2014, 10:30 AM
# run for your life
Dramatic cloud funnel spotted in Cork amid severe thunderstorm
However, it didn’t touch down and there are no reports of any damage.
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Apr 30th 2014, 1:19 PM
# Extreme Weather
Pics: Neighbourhoods left in ruins after tornadoes rip through the United States
More than a dozen people have so far been killed by the storms.
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Apr 29th 2014, 11:01 AM
# Twisters
New tornadoes lash southern US, 19 people killed in two days
Two people died after new storms in Alabama yesterday.
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Apr 29th 2014, 7:33 AM
# Twisters
What is a tornado and why do they hit America so hard?
With 16 dead already, the US tornado season has already begun.
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Apr 29th 2014, 6:45 AM
# levelled
"It's chaos": At least 10 killed as powerful tornadoes tear across southern US
The mayor of the Arkansas town Velonia said the downtown area looked “completely levelled”.
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Apr 28th 2014, 8:16 AM
# Storms
Six killed as tornadoes tear across America's midwest
Trees were uprooted, cars flipped and houses flattened.
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Nov 18th 2013, 7:43 AM
# Weatherwatch
Severe storm and tornadoes threaten Midwestern US states
53 million people in ten states are at significant risk for thunderstorms and tornadoes.
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Nov 17th 2013, 7:44 PM
# Twister
Mother and child among 5 killed in Oklahoma tornadoes
Watch a video of the intense storm.
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Jun 1st 2013, 7:26 AM
# Storms
Six die as powerful storm hits Texas
A powerful storm spawned tornadoes which hit several times in Hood, Tarrant, Dallas and Parker counties last night.
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May 16th 2013, 9:50 AM
# Storms
US storms: Tornado kills 5 in Oklahoma
Five people, including two children, have been killed by a tornado that struck in Oklamhoma early this morning after warning signals failed to sound.
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Apr 15th 2012, 12:34 PM
# Tornadoes
In pictures: Texans assess tornado damage after spate of storms
The National Weather Service says that up to a dozen tornadoes may have struck the Dallas-Fort Worth area yesterday.
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Apr 4th 2012, 10:07 AM
# US
Toddler found alive in field after tornado dies
The 15-month-old’s parents, brother and sister were killed in a storm which wreaked havoc across five US states.
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Mar 5th 2012, 10:01 AM
# Tornadoes
Photos: storms wreak havoc across southern US states
At least 37 people have been killed as the tornadoes destroyed everything in their paths on Friday.
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Mar 3rd 2012, 6:29 PM
# Storms
12 killed in severe US storms
Winds of up to 270 kph tore through neighbourhoods, destroying homes in the Midwest and killing at least 12 people.
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Mar 1st 2012, 1:50 PM
# Tornado
Workers escape wrath of tornado that hits farm in Derry
Similar tornado-like storms were spotted elsewhere in Derry earlier this week.
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Jun 9th 2011, 10:05 AM
# US
Death toll from huge US storms rises to 248
The southern states of Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky and Alabama were all hit with extensive damage reported and raw video showing the incredible size of some tornadoes.
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Apr 28th 2011, 6:30 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: The HSE offers its sympathy to the family of a woman who died shortly after giving birth to a healthy daughter; tornadoes and storms ravage the US; the super-injunction celebrities named.
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Apr 28th 2011, 8:13 AM