Slimantics: A community comes together
A couple of miles down Lee-Stokes Road, where Pleasant Hill Baptist Church sits on a hill above a cluster of modest brick homes where Lacy Road runs into Pleasant Hill Road, church pastor Bill Hurt wearily tended his flock, scattered but unharmed after a pair of Monday tornadoes plowed through East Columbus.
Right mix of conditions brewed tornado outbreak
Weather from nearly all parts of the country combined to brew this week’s killer tornadoes.
Forecasters downplay 3rd-day dire predictions
Ruth Bennett died clutching the last child left at her day care center as a tornado wiped the building off its foundation. A firefighter who came upon the body gently pulled the toddler from her arms.
3 killed in Alabama storms, many without power
The Alabama Emergency Management Agency reported three deaths from strong storms and possible tornadoes that swept through the state Monday night and early Tuesday.
Tornadoes kill 16 in Arkansas, 1 in Oklahoma
Three years after a tornado devastated the Little Rock suburb of Vilonia, its residents again huddled in storm cellars as the most powerful twister this year carved an 80-mile path of destruction through suburbs north of the state capital, killing at least 16 people.
No pets: Tornado shelters face dilemma with animal lovers
Jerry Starr thought he was taking the safe approach when a twister was reported heading toward his suburban neighborhood outside Oklahoma City last May. He grabbed his teenage daughter Dyonna and his dog and drove to the local City Hall, which serves as a public storm shelter.
5 tornadoes confirmed from weekend storms
The National Weather Service confirms at least five tornadoes struck Mississippi as a storm system moved across the state Friday and Saturday.
Storms sweep across Midwest, kill six in Illinois
As a powerful tornado bore down on their Illinois farmhouse, Curt Zehr’s wife and adult son didn’t have time to do anything but scramble down the stairs into their basement.
Uninjured, the pair looked out moments later to find the house gone and the sun out and “right on top” of them, Zehr said.
County supervisors approve six weather sirens
Lowndes County supervisors unanimously approved installation of six warning siren, which will be funded almost entirely by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency during their meeting Monday.
Storm chasing critical, profitable and dangerous
While most people take shelter when a tornado approaches, a growing throng heads for the prairies, be they scientists hoping to protect the public from a twister’s fury or amateurs armed with little more than a smartphone, a digital camera and a desire to sell 15 seconds of video to the nightly news.
Pressing needs test GOP’s smaller government stand
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says a government that works properly can be best-equipped to help and protect the public. Republican believers in a less-is-more
Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
MOORE, Okla. — With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: “We are currently holding all students
Tornado debris study could lead to better warnings
Photos and mementoes that were snatched up and blown hundreds of miles during a Southern tornado outbreak two years ago are giving researchers new insight on how debris is carried by the storms and how it could threaten the public.
Snowstorm heads east after South twisters; 3 dead
An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation’s midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South began punching its way toward the Northeast today, slowing holiday travel.
Adopt-A-family program offers help rebuilding homes in storm-ravaged areas
Mississippi churches are “adopting” storm-impacted families through a grassroots, interfaith initiative for a year-long journey of faith, partnership and recovery.
Riding out the storm: Caledonia grapples with weather preparedness
Caledonia Water Superintendent Benny Coleman and office manager Cathy Brown were in the water department’s metal building on Jan. 10, 2008, when the tornado ripped through town. From their refuge in the office closet, they could only huddle in the darkness and pray.
Community project headed by MUW instructor brings life to storm-ravaged town
The idea is simple: Provide decorative, hand-painted “love signs” for residents and business owners, indicating that even though things are a mess right now, they will return.
Community project headed by MUW instructor brings life to storm-ravaged town
The idea is simple: Provide decorative, hand-painted “love signs” for residents and business owners, indicating that even though things are a mess right now, they will return.
Relay for Life has special meaning for Caledonia Tornadoes
The 54 members of Caledonia schools’ Relay For Life team don’t have to look far for reminders of what they’re marching for.