Security cam shows tornado rip up North Central High School

Security cam shows tornado rip up North Central High School

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Newly released security camera footage shows the moment a powerful tornado struck a South Carolina high school over the weekend.  The EF-2 struck around 10:30 on January 11 at North Central High School near the city of Camden.  The video, taken from multiple cameras, shows what it was like inside and around the school when the 130 mile an hour winds came through. The video shows debris flying around a classroom and…

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Puerto Rico Relief: Trump Declares Major Disaster After Series Of Earthquakes

Puerto Rico Relief: Trump Declares Major Disaster After Series Of Earthquakes

Weeks after a powerful earthquake and dozens of aftershocks rocked Puerto Rico, citizens whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the quakes will be granted access to some financial relief, officials announced on Thursday. President Trump “declared that a major disaster exists” in the southern regions of Puerto Rico and “ordered Federal assistance to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts,” the White House said in a statement. The announcement of the disaster declaration comes on…

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Orton Plantation announces hurricane debris prescribed burn

Orton Plantation announces hurricane debris prescribed burn

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Smoke from a prescribed burn at Orton Plantation in Brunswick County could be seen at least as far away as the Pine Valley area of Wilmington on March 10, 2016. (Photo: Jessica Viox) WINNABOW, NC (January 17, 2020) – Orton Plantation will conduct some small controlled burns in January and February. According to a press release, these small burns will address Hurricane Dorian debris clean up and will be…

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Heavy Rain Increases Chance For Flash Flooding Across North Texas

Heavy Rain Increases Chance For Flash Flooding Across North Texas

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – While the risk for severe weather is slim, heavy rain is causing ponding on roadways and flash flooding in some parts. The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning from just after 6:30 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. Problems along streets and highways had already been a problem the warning was issued. (credit: CBSDFW.COM) Police and firefighters in Fort Worth spent part of the morning blocking off the intersection at Rosedale and Loop…

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This San Antonio bar is selling a 'Koala Cocktail' to raise money for the Australia wildfires

This San Antonio bar is selling a 'Koala Cocktail' to raise money for the Australia wildfires

Published 7:05 am CST, Thursday, January 16, 2020 The Green Lantern, a speakeasy-style bar on the North Side, is selling a new drink through the end of February with the proceeds going to the Australian Red Cross and the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital. The Green Lantern, a speakeasy-style bar on the North Side, is selling a new drink through the end of February with the proceeds going to the Australian Red Cross and the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital….

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Kershaw County students return to class after tornado rips through school

Kershaw County students return to class after tornado rips through school

CAMDEN, S.C. — Students and faculty of North Central High School returned for the first day of class on Wednesday, after a tornado ripped through the school’s campus over the weekend. All of the nearly 500 students that attend the school are now being housed at the school district’s former technology training center in Camden. RELATED: Tornado destroyed South Carolina school in less than a minute Described by many as a “new normal,” students and…

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Months After Blowing Deadline, Trump Administration Lifts Hold On Puerto Rico Aid

Months After Blowing Deadline, Trump Administration Lifts Hold On Puerto Rico Aid

Updated at 5:27 p.m. ET The Trump administration is releasing its hold on billions of dollars of aid to Puerto Rico after a months-long delay. But it is still unclear exactly when those funds will reach the hurricane-ravaged island. The tranche of money, more than $8 billion, is allocated through a Department of Housing and Urban Development disaster recovery fund. It was supposed to be released months ago to help the island rebuild in the…

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Surveillance video shows tornado flipping cars in South Carolina high school parking lot

Surveillance video shows tornado flipping cars in South Carolina high school parking lot

LORIS, South Carolina — Surveillance video from a high school in South Carolina shows the moments when a tornado swept through flipping the cars in the parking lot. The EF-1 tornado with 90 mph winds swept across Loris High School on Monday, January 13, according to the National Weather Service. Video from a security camera at the school shows the twister lifting up and turning over several cars in the parking lot while flinging minor…

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Tornado Tosses Cars, Damages Fields At SC High School

Tornado Tosses Cars, Damages Fields At SC High School

A small tornado tossed around cars and damaged athletics fields outside a South Carolina high school Tuesday, according to National Weather Service officials.  No one was hurt when the twister, with winds estimated as strong as 90 mph, spun past Loris High School during class hours. The school is located in eastern South Carolina, near the North Carolina state line. Photos and video showed cars tossed atop each other outside the school, which did not…

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As Caddo Mounds Reopens, Tornado Survivors Heal Together

As Caddo Mounds Reopens, Tornado Survivors Heal Together

“When I pulled myself up out of the mud, one of the first things I saw were the mounds were still there,” Williams says. Caddo Mounds was closed for nine months after the tornado struck. It reopened on Saturday – a major milestone for both the site itself, and survivors like Williams. They didn’t know it then, but the tornado folded them into another Caddo tradition of sorts: “shaho.” “Shaho is a Caddo word for…

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Greg Abbott Seeks Federal Recovery Funds For Tornadoes That Struck Last Fall

Greg Abbott Seeks Federal Recovery Funds For Tornadoes That Struck Last Fall

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is asking President Donald Trump to issue a presidential disaster declaration, which would help Texas residents who are still recovering from tornadoes that struck in October. A presidential disaster declaration would free up millions more federal dollars for people rebuilding in Dallas, as well as counties in South and Central Texas. Jesus Jimenez covers weather and climate for The Dallas Morning News. He says Abbott’s Monday letter to Trump asked for…

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Army Corps to award 2 Pender Co. beaches $237M for storm damage

Army Corps to award 2 Pender Co. beaches $237M for storm damage

Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Surf City Dunes January 2019 (Photo: Town of Surf City/Facebook) NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH, NC (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers will award $281 million to a North Carolina city and county heavily impacted by Hurricanes Matthew and Florence. State Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr announced in a statement Monday that the Corps will release $237 million to Surf City/North Topsail Beach and $44.5 million to Carteret County…

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