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  • Denver, you just got pelted by a massive hail storm

    Denver, you just got pelted by a massive hail storm

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    Denver sounded like a shooting range on Thursday night as one of the largest hail storms in recent years pelted the city.

    The National Weather Service reported golf ball-sized hail and winds up to 60 miles per hour.

    Residents reported broken shingles, busted sidings and dented cars as hail slammed into neighborhoods. Pets and people unfortunate enough to be wandering around took a beating.

    Sirens wailed. Thunder crashed. Electricity went in and out.

    Some hail damage at Denverite reporter Rebecca Tauber’s apartment.

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  • This Hurricane Season Could Be a Doozy

    This Hurricane Season Could Be a Doozy

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    It’s that time of the year again—but warmer than average. Hurricane season is upon us and the National Weather Service is expecting “above-normal” hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin, which could portend a difficult six months for coastal states, the Caribbean, and eastern Central America.

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    Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30, and occurs when coastal Atlantic waters and the Gulf of Mexico warm up, prompting massive storm systems that can have devastating impacts on land.

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting between 17 and 25 named storms. Storms get named when their wind speeds achieve 39 miles per hour (62.75 kilometers per hour) or higher. According to a NOAA release, 8 to 13 of those named storms are expected to become hurricanes, or storms with wind speeds of 74 mph or higher (119 kmph). Four to seven of the storms are anticipated to be major hurricanes, with winds greater than 111 mph (178.64 kmph). The forecaster’s confidence in those ranges is 70%.

    Colorado State University’s seasonal hurricane forecasts predicts 23 named storms this year, with 11 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes, amounting to 115 total named storm days and 45 hurricane days. Those numbers are up from the 1991 to 2020 averages: 14.4 named storms per year, 7.2 hurricanes, and 3.2 major hurricanes. In other words, it may be time to invest in some plywood, batteries, and bottled water.

    “Severe weather and emergencies can happen at any moment, which is why individuals and communities need to be prepared today,” said Erik Hooks, FEMA’s deputy administrator, in the NOAA release. “Already, we are seeing storms move across the country that can bring additional hazards like tornadoes, flooding and hail. Taking a proactive approach to our increasingly challenging climate landscape today can make a difference in how people can recover tomorrow.”

    NOAA attributed this above-average activity to near-record warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic, as well as reduced trade winds and wind shear, and La Nina-like conditions in the Pacific.

    Human activity has made matters worse. Climate change—driven by humans burning fossil fuels—warms the global ocean and melts ice, causing sea levels to rise. This could make storm surges worse, especially in low-lying areas. You can stay informed about active storms via NOAA’s National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center portals.

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  • ‘It is outrageous:’ Senior living facility abandoned by management following storm, Mayor says

    ‘It is outrageous:’ Senior living facility abandoned by management following storm, Mayor says

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    HOUSTON – A senior living apartment complex in Houston is accused of abandoning its vulnerable residents after a severe weather outbreak in Houston on Thursday.

    During an update on the recovery following Thursday’s deadly storm in Houston, Mayor John Whitmire spoke about an issue that was brought to his attention.

    Whitmire said the city was informed about an assisted living facility, Independence Hall on Burress Street, whose management allegedly abandoned those living at the facility after the storm hit Thursday.

    Houston Firefighters responded and immediately transported at least two people to the hospital on Sunday, according to Fire Chief Samuel Pena.

    “They haven’t had energy, they haven’t had food, their insulin has been ruined,” Whitmire said. “We were notified of this and I can’t begin to tell you the response was so impressive by Houston Fire, Houston PD, the Health Department, the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, all the stakeholders ran to Independence Hall and that’s where I’m headed at the conclusion of this press conference.”

    Whitmire said they are going to hold the management accountable.

    “We’re going to hold the management responsible. If they want to do business and be licensed in the state of Texas in the City of Houston, they’re going to have to care for their clients,” he said.

    The mayor visited the site on Sunday evening alongside Houston Fire Department Chief Samuel Pena and acting Houston Police Chief Larry Satterwhite.

    He took KPRC 2′s Gage Goulding and Photojournalist Patrick Hardesty into one of the worst impacted units. The ceiling has collapsed in and many of the belongings inside were soaking wet.

    “This is not just from the storm. The units 260, have been neglected for years,” Mayor Whitmire said. “You have an absentee owner placing a manager that doesn’t have the resources to address these life safety issues.”

    Residents echoing the words of the Mayor. They say staff at Independence Hall left them high and dry after weather moved through the area on Thursday.

    Gage Goulding: “Did they do anything to help you? Did they bring you ice? Did they bring you food?”

    Wanda Fitzpatrick: “No. No food, no ice, no nothing. You need to come and see about us. You want our rent money. We want to live better than where we living.”

    Calling the situation deplorable, Whitmire said they haven’t been able to contact everyone living there. Houston Firefighters and police officers were going door to door and they weren’t leaving until every last resident was accounted for.

    Whitmire said there are approximately 260 units at the assisted living facility.

    The City of Houston already flagged Independence Hall in April, placing a red tag on the front of the building. Issues with electrical permits for several buildings was the cause and it appears the issues were never corrected.

    The Mayor now says he’s working with law enforcement to potentially pursue criminal charges.

    “We’re discussing the HPD, the criminal neglect, abandonment of the owner and leaving people living in these conditions,” he said.

    KPRC2 asked the management of Independence Hall for comment on this story. We have yet to receive a response.

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  • Deadly storms slam Houston yet again as nearly 1 million customers without power in Texas

    Deadly storms slam Houston yet again as nearly 1 million customers without power in Texas

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    Deadly thunderstorms blew out windows in high-rise buildings, downed trees and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the Houston area Thursday as Southeast Texas got pummeled for the second time this month. At least four people were killed due to the storms, Houston Mayor John Whitmire told reporters in a news briefing Thursday night.

    “We have a storm with 100 mph winds, the equivalent of Hurricane Ike, considerable damage downtown,” Whitmire said, adding that the region may have been hit by tornadoes as well. 

    At least two of the fatalities were caused by fallen trees, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters. Another was caused by a “crane that was blown over by the wind.”  

    Whitmire urged people to “stay at home.”

    “There’s trees across roadways across Houston,” Whitmire said. 

    Several downtown office buildings lost windows.

    “Glass all over the streets downtown, traffic lights are out,” Whitmire said. 

    Flash flood and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for multiple counties heading into the evening, according to Houston’s National Weather Service office.  

    “Take shelter now if you’re in the path of this storm. Head to the lowest floor!” the NWS office earlier warned on social media.

    Storms slam Houston again, over 1 million customers without power in Texas
    A portion of a building collapsed in Houston, Texas, when powerful thunderstorms slammed the region. May 16, 2024. 

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    The mayor said the city was working through a “backlog” of 911 emergency calls. The majority of those regarded gas leaks and downed wires, Peña said. 

    Streets were flooded and trees were down across the region. CBS affiliate KHOU-TV showed images of shattered windows on an office building in downtown Houston, with glass littering the street below. Video posted to social media showed a downtown street covered in debris.

    Video also appeared to show water being blown into Minute Maid Park, the home of the Houston Astros, despite the stadium’s roof being closed. The Astros hosted the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. 

    “If you’re still there after an Astros game do not go west through downtown,” Whitmire said. 

    In total, just under one million customers were without power in Texas as of late Thursday night, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us.

    Of that, more than 808,000 customers were without electricity in and around Harris County, which contains Houston. The county is home to more than 4.7 million people.

    “I ask everyone to be patient, look out for your neighbors,” Whitmire said. “It will take 24 hours for a lot of this power to be restored, some will require 48 hours.”

    Flights were grounded at Houston’s two major airports because of the weather. Sustained winds topping 60 mph were recorded at Bush Intercontinental Airport.

    The Houston Independent School District announced all schools would be closed Friday.   

    “Please avoid the roadways if possible, but if you’re out, please use caution and be on the lookout for debris,” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez wrote on social media. Gonzalez shared an image of vehicles attempting to traverse around a massive tree that had come crashing down into an intersection.        

    Heavy storms slammed the region during the first week of May, leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes.

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  • Here’s when hail, winds hit Dallas-Fort Worth even as thunder, lightning dazzle overnight

    Here’s when hail, winds hit Dallas-Fort Worth even as thunder, lightning dazzle overnight

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    The sun trying to break out from behind clouds above the Bosque County Courthouse in Meridian, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. More rain is expected across North and Central Texas Thursday with some parts getting up to 3-4 inches.

    The sun trying to break out from behind clouds above the Bosque County Courthouse in Meridian, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. More rain is expected across North and Central Texas Thursday with some parts getting up to 3-4 inches.


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    Many in Dallas-Fort Worth got a taste of storms to come as thunder rumbled and lightning flashed in the wee hours of Thursday, but the worst of the severe storms are expected to hit later in the day, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth office.

    “Some showers and storms may occur overnight [Wednesday into Thursday], but widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected across most of the area on Thursday and Thursday night,” the NWS forecast states. “While scattered strong storms are possible Thursday morning, the main timing for flooding and severe thunderstorms will be Thursday afternoon and evening.”

    The main threats from the new storms are hail and damaging winds with the slight possibility of tornadoes. Flooding is feared mostly in areas south of I-20 with 1 to 3 inches of rainfall expected across the region, and even higher totals in some areas. Parts of Central Texas may see rain totals of up to 3-4 inches.

    The timing of storms to hit Dallas-Fort Worth Thursday.
    The timing of storms to hit Dallas-Fort Worth Thursday. National Weather Service

    In addition to the heavy rainfall threat, a few strong to severe storms are expected on Thursday. The greatest potential for severe weather will be across the western zones to Central Texas from mid morning through the evening. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats, but we can’t rule out a tornado or two.
    In addition to the heavy rainfall threat, a few strong to severe storms are expected on Thursday. The greatest potential for severe weather will be across the western zones to Central Texas from mid morning through the evening. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats, but we can’t rule out a tornado or two. National Weather Service

    The weather disturbance began early Thursday morning, stretching from Wichita Falls all the way to Houston, according to Fort Worth meteorologist Matt Stalley. But the flashy show is but a prelude for the hammer dropping later in the day.

    “This sub-severe activity is likely to continue through the morning while eventually moving off to the northeast,” Stalley wrote on the NWS website. Outside of some small hail and brief heavy rainfall, this activity will be rather inconsequential compared to [the storms] later [Thursday].”

    Starting north and west of the Dallas-Fort Worth region, the new storms will intensify just after daybreak as it begins its move eastward from El Paso. By between 7 and 10 a.m., the NWS expects this roiling mass to slam into unstable air over North and Central Texas, likely giving it the lift that can spawn storms with feared ferocity.

    “This activity will be capable of very heavy rainfall with rates perhaps near 2” per hour, as well as large hail and damaging wind threats, the primary of which will be dependent on eventual convective mode,” Stalley wrote.

    Earlier in the week, parts of the Metroplex came under a flood watch as an already waterlogged region awaited even more rain. This pattern of storms is normal for North Texas this time of the year. Just days ago the region braced for strong storms with large hail and possible tornadoes in the mix. Threats of severe storms are serious for a region that, in the past 20 years, have seen the frequency and severity of storms increase.

    More rain is expected through Friday morning but things are bound to dry out by the weekend, according to the NWS forecast.

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  • NC traffic signals will get a new safety modification. Here’s why and what to expect

    NC traffic signals will get a new safety modification. Here’s why and what to expect

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    North Carolina state law requires drivers to treat intersections where traffic lights are not working as all-way stops.

    North Carolina state law requires drivers to treat intersections where traffic lights are not working as all-way stops.

    A new traffic light modification will improve driver safety on the road during power outages, the N.C. Department of Transportation says.

    Many traffic lights stopped working during severe thunderstorms that caused thousands of outages across the Charlotte area late last week, The Charlotte Observer reported.

    Instead of flashing yellow, NCDOT will modify traffic signals so they flash red during a malfunction, according to a news release from the department.

    “Drivers should treat this kind of flashing mode like a conventional all-way stop,” NCDOT says.

    NCDOT Western Region Signals Engineer Nick Zinser said the move will improve driver safety by “providing a consistent display when the signals are not operating normally.”

    The department will implement the change over the next year in more than 9,000 signalized intersections across the state, the news release says.

    What should NC drivers do if a traffic signal stops working?

    When a traffic signal at an intersection is not working due to a power outage or other malfunction, drivers are required to treat the intersection as an all-way stop, according to state law. This law does not apply when traffic is being directed by a law enforcement officer or another traffic control device.

    At an all-way stop, the first vehicle to reach the intersection should move forward first, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation. If two vehicles reach an all-way stop at the same time, the driver on the right should proceed first.

    When two facing vehicles approach an intersection at the same time, both drivers can continue straight or turn right, according to NCDOT. If one driver is going straight while the other wants to turn left, the driver who wants to turn left must yield.

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  • At least 3 killed as storms slam southeast U.S. after tornadoes bring devastation to Midwest

    At least 3 killed as storms slam southeast U.S. after tornadoes bring devastation to Midwest

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    Severe storms tore through the central and southeast U.S. late Tuesday and Wednesday, spawning damaging tornadoes, producing massive hail, and killing two people in Tennessee and another in North Carolina.

    The storm that rumbled across northeastern Tennessee brought high winds that knocked down powerlines and trees. Claiborne County Sheriff Bob Brooks said a 22-year-old man was in a car struck by one of the trees. Claiborne County Mayor Joe Brooks also confirmed the death in a social media post.

    Wednesday afternoon, a tornado emergency — the National Weather Service’s highest alert level — was issued for an area south of Nashville including the towns of Spring Hill, Chapel Hill and Eagleville.

    The National Weather Service had previously reported a likely tornado on the ground in nearby Columbia, about 45 miles south of Nashville.

    Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder confirmed in a statement at least one person died because of the storm, but no details on the cause of death were immediately provided.

    Molder said there was a “number of sightings of confirmed tornado touch-downs” in the area that resulted in “bodily injuries and property damage.”

    Rita Thompson, Marketing & Communications director with Maury Regional Health, said the hospital had received five patients. One died, another was in serious condition and three had injuries that were not life-threatening.

    The Maury County Office of Emergency Management in a statement urged “everyone to stay out of the areas hit” by the storm, adding that all schools in the county, which includes the city of Columbia, would be closed Thursday.

    Northeast of Nashville, a flash flood emergency was issued for Sumner and Robertson counties including the cities of Hendersonville and Gallatin. The National Weather Service said water rescues were ongoing in those areas and described the flooding from heavy thunderstorms as life-threatening.

    “Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order,” the weather agency alert said.

    The National Weather Service in Nashville on Wednesday evening issued a tornado watch for parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee until 3 a.m. CDT. The weather service continued issuing tornado warnings into the night, mostly in Tennessee, but also in Missouri, Alabama, Georgia and Texas.

    In North Carolina, a state of emergency was declared for Gaston County Wednesday evening following a large storm. First responders were working to clear roads of downed power lines and broken trees and were helping residents, officials said. The New Hope Fire Department responded to a tree down on a car. One person in the car was killed and another was taken to a hospital, officials said.

    More than 152,000 customers were without power in North Carolina and Tennessee Wednesday night, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us.

    Tornadoes were first reported after dark Tuesday in parts of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, according to the National Weather Service. The storms came a day after a deadly twister ripped through an Oklahoma town.

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    The Crowder family surveys their home destroyed by a tornado on May 7, 2024, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. The EF3 twister that struck claimed one life and destroyed dozens of homes in the community of just over 1,000 people.

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    The National Weather Service confirmed tornadoes touched down Tuesday in western Ohio: five in Warren County and one each in Darke, Mercer and Auglaize counties. The weather service said crews are still surveying areas of Franklin and Butler counties to determine if tornadoes struck there, as well. Radar indicated a tornado struck Jefferson County, but teams will have to evaluate the damage to determine its rating, said Jeff Craven, a weather service meteorologist in Pittsburgh.

    Crews on Wednesday were able to survey the damage caused by the strong storms that contained hail and heavy rains and knocked out power to thousands of utility customers.

    In Michigan, weather service meteorologist Nathan Jeruzal said the tornadoes there touched down one each in Kalamazoo, Cass and Branch counties — all in the southwestern part of the state. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency for four counties.

    Kalamazoo County’s Portage area was hard hit as a FedEx facility was ripped apart and more than a dozen mobile homes were destroyed. About 50 people temporarily were trapped inside the damaged facility because of downed power lines.

    More than a dozen homes were destroyed in a mobile home park in adjacent Pavilion Township and 16 people were injured, said Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller.

    Samantha Smith clutched a box Wednesday afternoon as she stepped from her mother’s partially wrecked home in Pavilion Township, about 137 miles west of Detroit. Inside the box were her grandmother’s ashes. Being able to recover the most cherished of items offered Smith a rare moment of relief amid the storm’s devastation.

    Her parents and brother were injured during the storm but survived.

    “I have thanked God probably a billion times since this happened yesterday,” she said. “My kids are healthy and good. We just gotta make back up what we lost.”

    Travis Wycoff ventured out Tuesday night after seeing on radar that a tornado had touched down in the Portage area, and he said he helped an elderly couple out of their partially collapsed home and freed a service dog from a home.

    “There were a lot of people running through the streets trying to find people and their pets,” Wycoff said. “It was just a lot of chaos.”

    In southern Indiana, the National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down early Wednesday, damaging homes in a subdivision north of the city of Sellersburg, located about 12 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky.

    The Clark County Emergency Management Agency said the storm damaged 24 structures.

    Candice Holmes, a resident of the Lewis & Clark subdivision north of Sellersburg, said she, her husband and son sought shelter in their bathroom when they heard the approaching storm and “the wind just picked up all at once.”

    “It was definitely a scary moment. … And I’m glad we’re alive,” Holmes told WDRB-TV.

    Tornadoes were also confirmed in Pennsylvania just outside Pittsburgh, in central Arkansas and in northern West Virginia. The West Virginia twister, which started early Wednesday in far eastern Ohio, was at least the 11th tornado this year in the state that sees two tornadoes in an average year.

    Baseball-sized hail was reported Wednesday in areas just southwest of St. Louis, Missouri. Heavy downpours caused flash flooding and at least one water rescue near Sullivan, a town that was struck by a small tornado just two days earlier. Damaging hail also was reported in the Kansas City area.

    Tuesday’s storms came a day after parts of the central U.S. were battered by heavy rain, strong winds, hail and twisters. Both the Plains and Midwest have been hammered by tornadoes this spring.

    Across the U.S., the entire week is looking stormy. The Midwest and the South are expected to get the brunt of the bad weather through the rest of the week, including in Indianapolis, Memphis, Nashville, St. Louis and Cincinnati — cities where more than 21 million people live. It should be clear over the weekend.

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  • Damaging winds, hail ‘larger than golf balls’ threaten Charlotte area, NWS says

    Damaging winds, hail ‘larger than golf balls’ threaten Charlotte area, NWS says

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    Severe storms with damaging straight-line winds are expected in the Charlotte region on Wednesday, with a chance of hail “larger than golf balls,” according to the National Weather Service.

    A tornado or two “cannot be ruled out,” according to a severe weather alert by the NWS office in Greer, South Carolina, at 5:46 a.m. Wednesday.

    The tornado threat “is low, but it’s not zero,” NWS meteorologist Doug Outlaw told The Charlotte Observer Wednesday morning. “But the main threat for Charlotte will be straight-line wind damage.”

    Charlotte has a slight risk of tornadoes from 4 p.m. until about midnight, Outlaw said. The chance of straight-line wind damage, however, has increased since Tuesday night, he said.

    The warning area includes Mecklenburg and surrounding counties, the Carolinas mountains, Upstate South Carolina and the N.C. foothills.

    “Areas that receive multiple rounds of storms will see a threat for excessive rainfall and flash flooding, especially (Wednesday night),” according to the weather service bulletin.

    Overnight storms

    More bad weather is expected overnight, according to the weather service hazardous weather outlook bulletin.

    “A complex of strong to severe storms is then expected to move across the area overnight into early Thursday,” according to the alert. “This system will pose a threat for more widespread strong to damaging wind gusts and perhaps a brief tornado.

    The threat continues through Thursday, meteorologists said in the alert.

    “Scattered storms could redevelop Thursday afternoon, potentially posing another threat of isolated severe weather and locally heavy rainfall,” according to the NWS bulletin.

    Weather system spawned deadly tornado

    Storms are expected to move into the North Carolina mountains late this afternoon from the west and northwest, Outlaw said.

    The storms are part of a severe weather system that spawned a deadly tornado in Oklahoma on Tuesday, he said, although the system is losing strength on its eastward trek.

    “The energy from that system is spreading out and slowly dissipating,” he said.

    Still, the system will be strong enough to bring damaging winds to the Carolinas, Outlaw said. Storms are expected across Upstate South Carolina and much of North Carolina, he said.

    The severe weather system hovered along the Tennessee-Kentucky border Wednesday morning and from Nashville to southern Missouri, Outlaw said.

    Charlotte forecast

    Showers are likely in Charlotte after 5 p.m. Wednesday, with a thunderstorm possible, according to the NWS Charlotte forecast at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Skies should be partly sunny, with the high near 91 degrees, the forecast showed.

    Showers have a 40% chance of continuing overnight, and a 70% chance of persisting most of Thursday, NWS meteorologists said.

    Showers and thunderstorms are possible again after 2 p.m. Friday, with sunny to mostly sunny skies predicted Saturday through Tuesday, the forecast showed.

    The NWS predicts highs to drop to 86 on Thursday, 80 on Friday and 75 on Saturday, before increasing to 78 on Sunday and 79 on Monday and Tuesday.

    This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

    This story was originally published May 8, 2024, 9:57 AM.

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  • X-Men ’97’s New Costumes Go Back to the ’80s

    X-Men ’97’s New Costumes Go Back to the ’80s

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    The wait is almost over. X-Men ‘97‘s three-part finale continues tomorrow when “Tolerance Is Extinction, Pt. 2” drops on Disney+.

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    Marvel’s animated series has continued the tales of the X-Men from the ‘90s cartoon, adding in timely relevance with great aplomb. Here’s a short tease of the next installment, featuring a fashion shake-up as well as more hints about the story, which finds humanity needing to trust in the X-Men once more. As tends to be the case, they may be the best hope the world has to survive.

    Marvel Animation’s X-Men ‘97 | Official Clip ‘Trust In The X-Men’ | Disney+

    To avoid early anxiety about what is actually going to happen in the next episode, let’s just geek out for a moment about the costumes here. We see Jean reach for her mask without her Dolly Parton-sized wig, Wolverine grab his red-tinged gloves, Storm put on her crown, and Cyclops don his visor. We see you, Marvel: using the old costumes for the main team from the 1980s Uncanny X-Men era. It’s just really cool to see the show pay homage to the comics and iconography in this way.

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    “Tolerence Is Extinction, Pt. 2,” the second piece of X-Men ‘97‘s three-part finale, starts streaming May 8 only on Disney+.

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  • Storm chaser saves Texas family of 4 after tornado destroys home

    Storm chaser saves Texas family of 4 after tornado destroys home

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    WEST TEXAS – A storm chaser not only captured a massive tornado touching down in Hawley, Texas, on Thursday, but ended up rescuing a family of four whose home was destroyed by it.

    In the harrowing, live video from Freddy McKinney, he yells at the family to “Hurry, get inside!” as they run for their lives, begging him for help.

    They sped towards the hospital, which was miles away.

    Kasey and Wes Lambert, along with their 7-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter, have a variety of lacerations, bruises and broken bones, but are otherwise okay.

     “We saw it hit our friend’s house and we went into the closet,” said Kasey Lambert. “Sat down and grabbed hands. What did we do? We prayed, ‘Please keep us safe.’ Bricks are falling on us. I look up. Our house is crashing down.”

    She tried to hold onto both of her children, but the wind was too powerful.

    “Lane was sucked out and thrown 25 feet,” Lambert said. “I remember screaming for him. I thought he was dead. I thought he was gone and I had already begun mourning. And I had the only fear I ever have as a mom is not being able to rescue my child in a dangerous time. And that’s exactly what happened.”

    When the tornado had passed over their home, Lambert said they were able to quickly find Lane and run to McKinney for help. If he wasn’t there to take them to the hospital, she said she’s not sure her son would have survived because of the bleeding.

    The Lamberts said they are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of love and support from the community as they heal and cleanup what’s left of their home.

    Several other homes in Hawley were damaged or destroyed by the tornado. The National Weather Service believes it was likely a strong EF3 or a weak EF4, but the agency will need a few more days to review the data before making a final determination.

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  • Texas family describes harrowing escape from devastating tornado

    Texas family describes harrowing escape from devastating tornado

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  • Grant Morrison’s Manifesto for the X-Men Is a Fascinating Read

    Grant Morrison’s Manifesto for the X-Men Is a Fascinating Read

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    The X-Men find themselves, perhaps almost always, on the precipice of great change. But right now they really do feel like they’re on the edge of something new again. In the comics, after years rejuvenated by the Krakoan Age, they’re ready to rise from the ashes of tragedy once more. On the big screen, we’re ready to bid farewell to the Fox X-Men era in Deadpool & Wolverine this summer. And on TV, mutantkind rides high with X-Men ‘97‘s re-imagining of an animated classic.

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    If anything, there are so many parallels in 2024 to the turn of the 21st century, when Grant Morrison was preparing to take on writing a new generation of X-Men comics with what would eventually become New X-Men in the summer of 2001. Alongside Frank Quitely and other artists, New X-Men boldly redefined what the X-Men’s stories were about for the modern age, emboldened further by the cultural moment the X-Men found themselves in. While the ‘90s were very good to the X-Men in terms of comics sales for the most part—and of course you had ancillary support in wider culture from the explosions of things like X-Men: The Animated Series and the iconic Jim Lee trading cards—mutantkind hit the mainstream even harder with the release of the first X-Men movie in 2000.

    The herald of a new age of superhero moviemaking, X-Men was, in Morrison’s eyes, equally a shot in the arm and warning alike of what had to change in the comics, so they could try and match the audience the movie had enraptured all over again. “Let’s aim for the big audiences. Let’s push books we can be proud of on every level. Books that kids will dig for their sheer gee-whizz, kinetic strut, which college kids will buy for the rebel irony and adults will love for the distraction, just like the movies and the TV shows—just like when Stan [Lee] was doin’ it!!!” Morrison wrote in their pitch bible for New X-Men—which has floated around online for a few years now, but becomes especially potent reading in the crossroads Marvel’s mutants find themselves in in 2024, as a comics reset looms and a future in Marvel’s vaunted cinematic universe looms. “I believe we have a rare opportunity to bust some self-imposed barriers and run screaming through the streets if we just cut loose a little and do work aimed at the mainstream, media-literate audience of kids, teenagers, and adults with disposable income.”

    In this part pitch bible—including some early descriptions of story arcs and characters that would go on to appear in the book, like “Charlie X,” an early identity for Cassandra Nova—part manifesto, Morrison charismatically weaves an argument for a truly 21st century vision of the X-Men, galvanized by the embrace of the franchise’s core concepts and characters in the movie. “To make the X-Men feel fresh once more, we need to take a closer, harsher look at what’s not working in this book and the comics field in general,” they write in part. “The recent X-Men stuff has been written in an old-fashioned, over-dense style for one, and we need to update, streamline, and demystify the storytelling techniques considerably to appeal to modern sensibilities.”

    Image: Frank Quitely, Tim Townsend, Hi-Fi, and Saida/Marvel Comics

    It’s full of Morrison’s thoughts on what they thought worked and was worth revisiting in X-Men—pointing to Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s legendary run on Giant Sized and eventually Uncanny X-Men in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s as a touchstone (“they had the freedom to create new material, reconceptualize the old stuff which still worked and ignoring the outmoded elements which had sapped the original series of its vitality”)—and what had to be left behind in the ‘90s. “In the last decade or so, the tendency at Marvel has been intensely conservative; comics like X-Men have gone from freewheeling, overdriven pop to cautious, dodgy retro,” Morrison argued. “…The comic has turned inwards and gone septic like a toenail… X-Men, for all it was still Marvel’s bestseller, had become a watchword for undiluted geekery before the movie gave us another electroshock jolt.”

    To Morrison, the movie represented so much of what they wanted to bring to New X-Men’s cultural and aesthetic presence. Beyond a feeling of contemporary cool that had defined the Claremont era of the franchise, mutant stories that still reflected these heroes less inwardly as superheroes, but people of the modern world, it was also important to them that X-Men felt less like a superhero comic, and more like a sci-fi epic, something that resonates in New X-Men’s eventual approach to things like the Sentinels or its grasp on the Shi’ar Empire, but also how it divided mutant culture as something distinct from humanity, on both a societal and evolutionary level. Above all though? Morrison adored the ideas behind those movie suits.

    “The movie had it almost right: I think we should go for hardcore bike style exo-rubber uniforms, maybe military pants and wrestling style boots… the look’s brutalist and military and I think the X-Men should reflect that to stay on the cutting edge of cool,” Morrison writes, before adding that not everything the movie did design wise quite worked for them. “I’d like to see some yellow in paneling or detailing on the costumes—if only to avoid the dull black leather look of every film superhero—but it should be pop art dayglo yellow, the kind cyclists and bikers wear to be seen… X-Men is a soap opera about super-people in the same way that Dallas was a soap about oil people. The oil only provided window-dressing and an excuse to look great.”

    In hindsight, Morrison’s bold bet paid off. While not every aspect of their run on New X-Men escaped controversy, the book endures as one of the definitive 21st century X-Men texts, an influence that is still felt in the comics today—and elsewhere, in things like Deadpool & Wolverine’s use of Cassandra Nova, or X-Men ‘97‘s examination of the Genoshan genocide. As the X-Men once again find themselves thrust towards the potential of a mainstream embrace arguably not seen since the early aughts, Morrison’s words resonate—and perhaps make for a fine set of watchwords as we see where Marvel Studios and Marvel Comics alike take mutantkind’s evolution next.

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  • Elite team of Seattle-area athletes looks to WNBA Draft for inspiration

    Elite team of Seattle-area athletes looks to WNBA Draft for inspiration

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    Youth basketball players inspired by WNBA Draft

    Athletes in the Seattle area are buzzing about the Storm and Iowa breakout star Caitlyn Clark, with young female athletes telling FOX 13 it’s building a positive momentum around the future of women’s sports.

    SEATTLE – Young athletes are catching the wave of excitement following the WNBA Draft on Monday night.  

    Athletes in the Seattle area are buzzing about the Storm and Iowa breakout star Caitlyn Clark, with young female athletes telling FOX 13 it’s building a positive momentum around the future of women’s sports.

    The young athletes say the Draft is very inspiring, and they look up to the older players, hoping to incorporate some of the skills that they see into their own games in order to take them to college and possibly the WNBA.

    For young basketball players like Clara Stowe and Shayda Cordis, the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball teams are the best way to sharpen their skills. 

    “The last hour and 30 minutes, we do team breakdowns,” said Cordis, a point guard/guard from Lacey.

    The club is sponsored by Nike and players must try out to make the elite teams.  

    “Tonight is training,” said Cordis.  

    “It starts out with having fun, learning how to find a love for the game,” said Maurice Hines, a coach and trainer. 

     The club could later provide a stepping stone for college recruitment. 

    “We are really centered around just building that community, and we spend so much time together. It’s a really close-knit family,” said Stowe, a forward from Issaquah. 

    The teams typically practice three days a week, focusing on skill development, team dynamics and game strategy.   

    “These kids really don’t take too much time off. They are always in the gym to be on these teams. You have to be driven, you have to be wanting to be here,” said Hines. 

    Many are hoping to be the next Caitlyn Clark, who was just drafted to the Indiana Fever.  

    “I love Caitlyn Clark, she shoots the ball very well,” said Cordis. 

    “She knows how to execute. She knows how to take really far shots,” said Stowe. 

    Stowe says Jewell Loyd of the Seattle Storm also helps her team, inspiring them locally.  

    “She gives us our shoes, she helps us with a bunch of our jerseys and stuff, she’s really great,” she said.  

    “The 8th and 7th grade teams are Jewel Loyd’s teams. They are team Loyd. She actually helps out a lot,” said Hines.  

    Some of the players say they watched the WNBA draft before heading to practice.  

    “It inspires me to get in the gym every single day and put up plenty of shots,” said Cordis.  

    The young ladies say they hope to be part of the magic one day themselves. 

    “My goal is to make it D1,” said Cordis. 

    “I want to play D1 in college. That’s my goal. I’m trying to get there,” said Stowe.  

    The coach says the teams will hit the road to play other elite teams across the US this spring and summer. Try-outs generally take place in the fall.  

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  • Saturday super soaker: Heavy rain causes treacherous roadways in New York City, Tri-State area

    Saturday super soaker: Heavy rain causes treacherous roadways in New York City, Tri-State area

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    NEW YORK (WABC) — Heavy rain in the Tri-State Area created an absolute mess of a Saturday. Flood waters across New York City made some roadways treacherous.

    As the worst of the rain moved out on Saturday evening, the powerful winds and flooding will linger into Sunday.

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    A car was stuck in flooding on the Cross Island Parkway. The flooding has largely receded, but roads in College Point were like ponds at the rainfall’s peak.

    In the area near Bell Parkway, some drivers were turning around instead of trying to make it through the flooding. MTA uses on their routes were taking it slow and were still making waves.

    In New Jersey, emergency management teams have a close eye on whether the Saddle River will crest. They say, by their expectation that will be between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday.

    Anthony Carlo has more on flooding concerns in Lodi, New Jersey.

    Lodi OEM tells Eyewitness News that what the area is dealing with the most right now is urban flooding. Because of the intense rainfall the area is seeing, drivers have had to tread carefully.

    One man who lives in an apartment near the river says he has lost two cars due to flooding, but trying to move his car now creates more issues.

    New York City officials say they were prepared for the drenching downpours.

    MTA leaders said they don’t expect the rain to overwhelm the subway system completely, but they say they will be ready to handle any spot emergencies.

    “We will have people in place at various locations across the system to make sure if there are any issues, we are able to respond, we’ll have folks out there with pumps, they are even going out today to do prep work to make sure that those pumps are functioning as they should,” said Demetrius Crichlow, SVP of NYC Transit Department.

    The MTA is hoping to prevent flooded tracks that could cause delays for commuters.

    The MTA says they will deploy trench covers across the subway system and inspect catch basins.

    Officials with the Department of Buildings are asking property owners, contractors and crane operators to take precautionary measures during the day. Along with the heavy rain, there could be potential wind gusts of up to 40 mph.

    They say if sites are not secured, DOB will take enforcement action.

    The storm will also stir up strong coastal winds that could contribute to some coastal flooding and beach erosion.

    Some areas further north and west of the city are under a Winter Weather Advisory for the chance of a few inches of wet snow.

    The soaking rainstorm will be a quick mover and should move out late Saturday night to make way for a clearer Sunday.

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  • Angleton advised to prepare for severe storms Saturday night

    Angleton advised to prepare for severe storms Saturday night

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    ANGLETON, Texas – After the Houston area faced severe weather Friday evening, the City of Angleton is advising its citizens to prepare for another night of intense conditions.

    In a Facebook post shared Saturday evening, the City of Angleton Office of Emergency Management gave a timeline for the anticipated storms and an update on how officials expect the city to be impacted.

    The storms are supposed to start around midnight tonight and last as late as Sunday afternoon.

    The post acknowledged that many Angleton citizens are still without power after Friday’s storms.

    “We understand it is difficult without power, but [Texas-New Mexico Power] and the City of Angleton Office of Emergency Management are working to support our community,” the post read.

    The post also said that TNMP has two 6-man teams and 7 contractor teams working to restore power to the community. Even with that manpower, the issues with power likely won’t be fixed right away.

    “Due to the level of damage received, getting the proper supplies is taking some time, and they are making their way throughout town,” the post read.

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  • Police confirm 2 dead in fierce storm that damaged homes and businesses in Ohio and Kentucky

    Police confirm 2 dead in fierce storm that damaged homes and businesses in Ohio and Kentucky

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    Police in Ohio confirmed two deaths resulting from a fierce storm system that unleashed suspected twisters and damaged homes and businesses in parts of Ohio and Kentucky on Thursday.Video above: Aerial footage show damage left from storms across southeast Indiana, northern KentuckyChief Deputy Joe Kopus of the Logan County Sheriff’s Department in Logan County in Bellefontaine, Ohio, confirmed the fatalities in an email early Friday to The Associated Press. He said there likely would be more fatalities discovered, noting there was heavy damage in Lakeview, Midway, Orchard Island and Russel’s Point.The Indiana State Police said there are “many significant injuries” after a tornado tore through the community of Winchester.“There have been many, many significant injuries, but I don’t know the number. I don’t know where they are. I don’t know what those injuries are,” Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter told reporters just before midnight Thursday. “There’s a lot that we don’t know yet.”Earlier in the night state police said they were investigating reports of deaths but at the news conference Carter said there were “no known fatalities.”State officials called on Indiana Task Force One to help with search efforts in Winchester, a town of 4,700 people located nearly 70 miles northeast of Indianapolis, according to a post by the rescue team on X. The team is one of 28 Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency-sponsored Urban Search and Rescue teams in the United States.“I’m shaken; it’s overwhelming,” Winchester Mayor Bob McCoy said. “I heard what sounded like a train and then I started hearing sirens.”Video below shows reported tornado moving through southeast IndianaHe and his wife were hunkered in a closet during the twister, which hit about 8 p.m.“I’ve never heard that sound before; I don’t want to hear it again,” McCoy said.The suspected tornado damaged a Walmart store and a Taco Bell in Winchester, Randolph County Sheriff Art Moystner told FOX59/CBS4. Travel throughout the county is restricted to emergency management workers only, he said.At about the same time as the tornado hit Winchester, another suspected twister touched down about 75 miles to the east in Ohio. The tornado hit near the southern end of Indian Lake, impacting the villages of Lakeview and Russells Point, said Sheri Timmers, a spokesperson for Logan County, home to the villages.“As far as we know, we have lots of injuries. We don’t know the extent of the injuries,” Timmers said. “An RV park was impacted.”Multiple buildings in the Indian Lake area were damaged, Timmers said, but the full extent of the destruction was still being assessed. Whether anyone was missing in the aftermath, was not immediately known.“They’re right now doing some searching,” she said.Amber Fagan, president and chief executive of the Indian Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, called the village of Lakeview “completely demolished,” saying homes, campgrounds and a laundromat were hard-hit by the tornado.“There’s places burning,” she said. “There’s power lines through people’s windows.”A shelter has been opened for anyone displaced.In Ohio’s Huron County, emergency management officials posted on Facebook that there was a “confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado” near Plymouth — some 75 miles northeast of Indian Lake.To the west of Winchester, Indiana, in Delaware County, emergency management officials said initial assessments suggested that up to half of the structures in the small town of Selma were damaged by a possible tornado.“We are relieved to report that only minor injuries have been reported thus far, with one individual transported to the hospital for treatment,” the Delaware County Emergency Management Agency said in a news release. About 750 people live in Selma.Video below: Roof ripped off home in Hanover, IndianaEarlier, storms damaged homes and trailers in the Ohio River communities of Hanover and Lamb in Indiana.The Ohio governor’s office said they did not have any information about fatalities in the state.Jefferson County Sheriff Ben Flint said storms destroyed three or four single-family homes and four or five other structures and demolished several uninhabited campers along the river.“We were fortunate that no one was injured,” Flint told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.Sgt. Stephen Wheeles of the Indiana State Police earlier said another suspected tornado struck Jefferson County, damaging several homes and downing trees and power lines.He posted photos on X showing one home with its roof torn off and another missing roof shingles as well as an image of a baseball-sized hailstone.Around 2,000 Duke Energy customers in Hanover lost power at one point during the storms, the company reported.In Kentucky, Trimble County Emergency Management Director Andrew Stark said the storms damaged at least 50 structures, including homes.“We have a whole bunch of damage,” Stark told the Courier Journal of Louisville.Video below: Strong hail moves through Vevay, IndianaKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear issued a statement saying a tornado touched down along the Indiana state border in Gallatin and Trimble counties and there were reports of a couple of minor injuries. He urged Kentuckians to stay aware of the weather as more storms were expected across the state Thursday evening and overnight.“It does appear that there is some really significant damage, especially to the town of Milton in Trimble County,” Beshear said. “We think there are over 100 structures that are potentially damaged.”The state’s emergency operations center was activated to coordinate storm response, Beshear said.Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb posted on Facebook Thursday night that the Indiana Department of Homeland Security is monitoring the current weather situation.“Severe weather has impacted Hoosiers all across the state, and we have emergency response personnel in the impacted areas,” he wrote.The Indiana Department of Homeland Security posted on Facebook that their staff are on scene in Randolph County, home to Winchester, working with locals and that the State Emergency Operations Center has been activated to an enhanced staffing level to respond to the storm.A Facebook post on the Winchester Community High School page said all the schools in that school district would be closed on Friday. Another post said the high school had electricity and was open for emergency use for people who “need somewhere warm and dry.”Large pieces of hail also was reported in parts of the St. Louis area Thursday afternoon.There were unconfirmed reports of tornadoes in Jefferson County, Missouri, and Monroe County, Illinois, but no immediate reports of damage.Severe weather was possible into Thursday night from northeast Texas to Indiana and Ohio, the National Weather Service said on X.

    Police in Ohio confirmed two deaths resulting from a fierce storm system that unleashed suspected twisters and damaged homes and businesses in parts of Ohio and Kentucky on Thursday.

    Video above: Aerial footage show damage left from storms across southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky

    Chief Deputy Joe Kopus of the Logan County Sheriff’s Department in Logan County in Bellefontaine, Ohio, confirmed the fatalities in an email early Friday to The Associated Press. He said there likely would be more fatalities discovered, noting there was heavy damage in Lakeview, Midway, Orchard Island and Russel’s Point.

    The Indiana State Police said there are “many significant injuries” after a tornado tore through the community of Winchester.

    “There have been many, many significant injuries, but I don’t know the number. I don’t know where they are. I don’t know what those injuries are,” Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter told reporters just before midnight Thursday. “There’s a lot that we don’t know yet.”

    Earlier in the night state police said they were investigating reports of deaths but at the news conference Carter said there were “no known fatalities.”

    State officials called on Indiana Task Force One to help with search efforts in Winchester, a town of 4,700 people located nearly 70 miles northeast of Indianapolis, according to a post by the rescue team on X. The team is one of 28 Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency-sponsored Urban Search and Rescue teams in the United States.

    “I’m shaken; it’s overwhelming,” Winchester Mayor Bob McCoy said. “I heard what sounded like a train and then I started hearing sirens.”

    Video below shows reported tornado moving through southeast Indiana

    He and his wife were hunkered in a closet during the twister, which hit about 8 p.m.

    “I’ve never heard that sound before; I don’t want to hear it again,” McCoy said.

    The suspected tornado damaged a Walmart store and a Taco Bell in Winchester, Randolph County Sheriff Art Moystner told FOX59/CBS4. Travel throughout the county is restricted to emergency management workers only, he said.

    At about the same time as the tornado hit Winchester, another suspected twister touched down about 75 miles to the east in Ohio. The tornado hit near the southern end of Indian Lake, impacting the villages of Lakeview and Russells Point, said Sheri Timmers, a spokesperson for Logan County, home to the villages.

    “As far as we know, we have lots of injuries. We don’t know the extent of the injuries,” Timmers said. “An RV park was impacted.”

    Multiple buildings in the Indian Lake area were damaged, Timmers said, but the full extent of the destruction was still being assessed. Whether anyone was missing in the aftermath, was not immediately known.

    “They’re right now doing some searching,” she said.

    Amber Fagan, president and chief executive of the Indian Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, called the village of Lakeview “completely demolished,” saying homes, campgrounds and a laundromat were hard-hit by the tornado.

    “There’s places burning,” she said. “There’s power lines through people’s windows.”

    A shelter has been opened for anyone displaced.

    In Ohio’s Huron County, emergency management officials posted on Facebook that there was a “confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado” near Plymouth — some 75 miles northeast of Indian Lake.

    To the west of Winchester, Indiana, in Delaware County, emergency management officials said initial assessments suggested that up to half of the structures in the small town of Selma were damaged by a possible tornado.

    “We are relieved to report that only minor injuries have been reported thus far, with one individual transported to the hospital for treatment,” the Delaware County Emergency Management Agency said in a news release. About 750 people live in Selma.

    Video below: Roof ripped off home in Hanover, Indiana

    Earlier, storms damaged homes and trailers in the Ohio River communities of Hanover and Lamb in Indiana.

    The Ohio governor’s office said they did not have any information about fatalities in the state.

    Jefferson County Sheriff Ben Flint said storms destroyed three or four single-family homes and four or five other structures and demolished several uninhabited campers along the river.

    “We were fortunate that no one was injured,” Flint told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

    Sgt. Stephen Wheeles of the Indiana State Police earlier said another suspected tornado struck Jefferson County, damaging several homes and downing trees and power lines.

    He posted photos on X showing one home with its roof torn off and another missing roof shingles as well as an image of a baseball-sized hailstone.

    Around 2,000 Duke Energy customers in Hanover lost power at one point during the storms, the company reported.

    In Kentucky, Trimble County Emergency Management Director Andrew Stark said the storms damaged at least 50 structures, including homes.

    “We have a whole bunch of damage,” Stark told the Courier Journal of Louisville.

    Video below: Strong hail moves through Vevay, Indiana

    Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear issued a statement saying a tornado touched down along the Indiana state border in Gallatin and Trimble counties and there were reports of a couple of minor injuries. He urged Kentuckians to stay aware of the weather as more storms were expected across the state Thursday evening and overnight.

    “It does appear that there is some really significant damage, especially to the town of Milton in Trimble County,” Beshear said. “We think there are over 100 structures that are potentially damaged.”

    The state’s emergency operations center was activated to coordinate storm response, Beshear said.

    Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb posted on Facebook Thursday night that the Indiana Department of Homeland Security is monitoring the current weather situation.

    “Severe weather has impacted Hoosiers all across the state, and we have emergency response personnel in the impacted areas,” he wrote.

    The Indiana Department of Homeland Security posted on Facebook that their staff are on scene in Randolph County, home to Winchester, working with locals and that the State Emergency Operations Center has been activated to an enhanced staffing level to respond to the storm.

    A Facebook post on the Winchester Community High School page said all the schools in that school district would be closed on Friday. Another post said the high school had electricity and was open for emergency use for people who “need somewhere warm and dry.”

    Large pieces of hail also was reported in parts of the St. Louis area Thursday afternoon.

    There were unconfirmed reports of tornadoes in Jefferson County, Missouri, and Monroe County, Illinois, but no immediate reports of damage.

    Severe weather was possible into Thursday night from northeast Texas to Indiana and Ohio, the National Weather Service said on X.

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  • Multiple suspected tornadoes leave trail of damage across Midwest

    Multiple suspected tornadoes leave trail of damage across Midwest

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    A severe storm front hit the Midwest Thursday, spurring multiple suspected tornadoes in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky which damaged homes and knocked out power to thousands, authorities said.

    Storm damage in Indiana was reported in the east central city of Winchester, according to Indiana State Police, but it was unclear if there were any fatalities or injuries. 

    Joseph Nield, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis, said it was highly likely a tornado caused significant damage in the Winchester area, based on radar data and reports from storm spotters and local officials.

    “It appears that is the most significant damage that we’ve had reported to us,” he said.

    A Facebook post on the Winchester Community High School page said all the schools in that school district would be closed on Friday. Another post said the high school had electricity and was open for emergency use for people who “need somewhere warm and dry.

    Preliminary assessments indicated that “up to 50%” of structures Selma, Indiana, a small town located about 25 miles west of Winchester, had sustained tornado and storm damage, the Delaware County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management reported. Delaware County said that only minor injuries had been reported so far, and only one person was taken to a hospital.

    Officials were aware of a suspected tornado that had struck western Ohio’s Logan County northwest of Columbus on Thursday evening, Helen Norris, director of the Logan County Emergency Management Agency, told CBS News in an email.

    Photos posted to social media showed what appeared to be extensive residential damage in the Logan County community of Indian Lake.

    Earlier in the night, the Logan County Sheriff’s Office reported that the county had been under a tornado warning.

    The suspected tornado was also believed to have caused damage in neighboring Mercer County, Ohio. The Mercer County Emergency Management Agency told CBS News that three people in the town of Celina sustained non-life-threatening injuries, two of whom were hospitalized. 

    As of Thursday night, about 34,000 customers were without power in Ohio, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us.

    Storms also damaged homes and trailers in the Ohio River community of Hanover, Indiana.

    The sheriff’s office for Indiana’s Jefferson County, which includes Hanover, reported on Facebook Thursday evening that “tornadoes touched down in several locations,” damaging “multiple homes and structures.” It’s unclear if there were any injuries. 

    Gayle Liter and his wife told CBS affiliate WKLY that their Hanover home, which they had just moved into about three months ago, was destroyed by the tornado.

    “Total destruction, the inside, everything,” Liter said.

    Multiple suspected tornadoes leave trail of damage across Midwest
    A home destroyed by a suspected tornado in Jefferson County, Indiana. March 14, 2024. 

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    Sgt. Stephen Wheeles of the Indiana State Police posted photos of the damage to Jefferson County on social media showing one home with its roof torn off and another missing roof shingles, as well as an image of a baseball-sized hailstone.

    Around 2,000 Duke Energy customers in Hanover lost power at one point during the storms, the company reported.

    In Kentucky, Trimble County Emergency Management Director Andrew Stark said the storms damaged at least 50 structures, including homes.

    “We have a whole bunch of damage,” Stark told the Lousiville Courier Journal.

    Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear issued a statement saying a tornado touched down along the Indiana state border in Gallatin and Trimble counties and there were reports of some minor injuries.

    He urged Kentuckians to stay aware of the weather as more storms were expected across the state Thursday evening and overnight.

    “It does appear that there is some really significant damage, especially to the town of Milton in Trimble County,” Beshear said. “We think there are over 100 structures that are potentially damaged.”

    The state’s emergency operations center was activated to coordinate storm response, Beshear said.

    Large pieces of hail also were reported in parts of the St. Louis area this afternoon.

    On Wednesday night, a supercell thunderstorm spun up a tornado as severe weather moved through Alta Vista, Kansas. The hail, some larger than softballs, battered parts of northern Kansas. 

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  • Powerful storm buries Colorado under nearly 4 feet of snow and spawns tornadoes in central US

    Powerful storm buries Colorado under nearly 4 feet of snow and spawns tornadoes in central US

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    A potent storm is unleashing snarling snow, tornadoes and massive hail in the central U.S. Thursday for the second consecutive day.Tornado-warned thunderstorms were popping up in parts of the Plains and Ohio Valley at the same time heavy snow was bringing parts of Colorado to a standstill.Nearly 4 feet of snow fell from Wednesday to Thursday afternoon in the mountains west of Denver, and there were multiple reports of over half a foot of snow in the city.The snow prompted the closure of more than 50 miles of I-70 in Colorado and many schools, businesses and government offices in the state. More than 800 flights to or from Denver International Airport were canceled as of Thursday afternoon, according to FlightAware. More than 100,000 customers were without power as of Thursday afternoon, most of them in the Denver area, according to poweroutage.us.The same system fired up severe thunderstorms from Oklahoma and Kansas to Illinois Wednesday. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Kansas late Wednesday as storms tore across the state.At least one “large and extremely dangerous tornado” occurred near Volland, Kansas, Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.Nearby severe thunderstorms produced hail the size of softballs and large enough to earn it the social-media moniker “gorilla hail” – an informal term popularized by storm chasers in recent years.Here’s what to expect through the end of the week.More than a month’s worth of snow for DenverHeavy snow will continue over Colorado through Thursday, before snowfall rates start to ease overnight.Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour hit the Boulder and Denver areas Thursday afternoon and will continue into the overnight hours.Denver could record the most snow in three years and more than a month’s worth of snow as 12 to 18 inches are possible from the multiday storm. Over 20 inches could pile up in the far western portion of the metro area, close to the Front Range foothills.Travel is expected to get more difficult Thursday outside the foothills as heavy snow falls through the evening. Travel in the foothills will remain nearly impossible the entire day.”Don’t travel into the foothills! If you do, be prepared to be stranded for an extended period of time,” the weather service said Thursday.Snow will slowly taper off in Colorado Friday, leaving the highest peaks buried under up to 4 feet of snow by storm’s end.Damaging winds, hail and tornadoes possibleTens of millions of people are at risk for severe thunderstorms on Thursday as the system tracks east and expands its reach across more than 1,000 miles of the US.Strong thunderstorms Thursday morning affected areas from Missouri through Illinois, and additional damaging storms roared to life Thursday afternoon in the Plains.An area from Texas to Ohio is under a Level 2 of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms able to produce damaging wind gusts, large hail and tornadoes.A higher Level 3 of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms will center on parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. The risk for tornadoes will also be highest in this area, but a tornado or two cannot be ruled out in any area where severe thunderstorms develop Thursday.Hail as big as baseballs could also unload considerable damage in several states. Some of the strongest storms could potentially produce hailstones bigger than a softball or grapefruit.Parts of Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma are at the greatest risk for incredibly dangerous hailstones, including Springfield, Missouri, and Little Rock, Arkansas. The same storms could also produce tornadoes and will likely be active Thursday night after dark, increasing the danger.Nighttime tornadoes are twice as likely to be deadly as those occurring during the day, a 2022 study found.The best way to stay safe during a nocturnal tornado threat is to have multiple ways to receive severe weather warnings. Make sure emergency alerts are enabled on your smartphone. Charge devices ahead of time and set phones or alarms on a loud volume so you’re not caught unaware.

    A potent storm is unleashing snarling snow, tornadoes and massive hail in the central U.S. Thursday for the second consecutive day.

    Tornado-warned thunderstorms were popping up in parts of the Plains and Ohio Valley at the same time heavy snow was bringing parts of Colorado to a standstill.

    Nearly 4 feet of snow fell from Wednesday to Thursday afternoon in the mountains west of Denver, and there were multiple reports of over half a foot of snow in the city.

    The snow prompted the closure of more than 50 miles of I-70 in Colorado and many schools, businesses and government offices in the state. More than 800 flights to or from Denver International Airport were canceled as of Thursday afternoon, according to FlightAware. More than 100,000 customers were without power as of Thursday afternoon, most of them in the Denver area, according to poweroutage.us.

    The same system fired up severe thunderstorms from Oklahoma and Kansas to Illinois Wednesday. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Kansas late Wednesday as storms tore across the state.

    At least one “large and extremely dangerous tornado” occurred near Volland, Kansas, Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.

    Nearby severe thunderstorms produced hail the size of softballs and large enough to earn it the social-media moniker “gorilla hail” – an informal term popularized by storm chasers in recent years.

    Here’s what to expect through the end of the week.

    More than a month’s worth of snow for Denver

    Heavy snow will continue over Colorado through Thursday, before snowfall rates start to ease overnight.

    Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour hit the Boulder and Denver areas Thursday afternoon and will continue into the overnight hours.

    Denver could record the most snow in three years and more than a month’s worth of snow as 12 to 18 inches are possible from the multiday storm. Over 20 inches could pile up in the far western portion of the metro area, close to the Front Range foothills.

    Travel is expected to get more difficult Thursday outside the foothills as heavy snow falls through the evening. Travel in the foothills will remain nearly impossible the entire day.

    “Don’t travel into the foothills! If you do, be prepared to be stranded for an extended period of time,” the weather service said Thursday.

    Snow will slowly taper off in Colorado Friday, leaving the highest peaks buried under up to 4 feet of snow by storm’s end.

    Damaging winds, hail and tornadoes possible

    Tens of millions of people are at risk for severe thunderstorms on Thursday as the system tracks east and expands its reach across more than 1,000 miles of the US.

    Strong thunderstorms Thursday morning affected areas from Missouri through Illinois, and additional damaging storms roared to life Thursday afternoon in the Plains.

    An area from Texas to Ohio is under a Level 2 of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms able to produce damaging wind gusts, large hail and tornadoes.

    A higher Level 3 of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms will center on parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. The risk for tornadoes will also be highest in this area, but a tornado or two cannot be ruled out in any area where severe thunderstorms develop Thursday.

    Hail as big as baseballs could also unload considerable damage in several states. Some of the strongest storms could potentially produce hailstones bigger than a softball or grapefruit.

    Parts of Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma are at the greatest risk for incredibly dangerous hailstones, including Springfield, Missouri, and Little Rock, Arkansas. The same storms could also produce tornadoes and will likely be active Thursday night after dark, increasing the danger.

    Nighttime tornadoes are twice as likely to be deadly as those occurring during the day, a 2022 study found.

    The best way to stay safe during a nocturnal tornado threat is to have multiple ways to receive severe weather warnings. Make sure emergency alerts are enabled on your smartphone. Charge devices ahead of time and set phones or alarms on a loud volume so you’re not caught unaware.

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  • “CBS Evening News” headlines for Thursday, March 14, 2024

    “CBS Evening News” headlines for Thursday, March 14, 2024

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  • Two rare tornadoes touch down in Central California as storms pummel state

    Two rare tornadoes touch down in Central California as storms pummel state

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    A tornado touched down in Kings County Saturday afternoon — the second tornado in two days to hit Central California.

    The tornado touched down in the south end of Corcoran around 4:37 p.m., said meteorologist Carlos Molina with the National Weather Service’s Hanford office. The tornado moved eastward and than dissipated by the time it got to U.S. Route 99, he said.

    The tornado comes less than a day after a funnel cloud briefly touched down in the county of Madera, about 30 minutes north of Fresno. ABC7 reported the tornado touched down near an elementary school, forcing students to shelter in the cafeteria.

    “This is the first time I’ve ever actually observed two tornadoes back to back,” said Molina, noting moisture in the area from a winter storm had brought ideal conditions for such an event.

    “Usually, for Central California, we normally would get one, possibly two tornadoes across our area between March and April,” he said.

    The back-to-back tornadoes come less than a month after two tornadoes touched down within a minute of each other along San Luis Obispo County’s coast.

    Officials said at the time they were the first tornadoes to hit San Luis Obispo County since 2004 and the strongest since before 1950 with winds of 95 mph.

    Elsewhere in the state, a blizzard pounded the Sierra Nevada on Saturday with gusts of up to 190 mph and almost 2 feet of snow in some places. A 75-mile stretch of Interstate 80 was shut down and ski resorts were force to close amid the dangerous conditions.

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