Storms and tornado rip through Kansas

Storms and tornado rip through Kansas

A tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas damaged multiple buildings, injured several people and left more than 6,500 people without power, officials said Saturday. Officials said the suspected twister moved though parts of southeast Wichita and Andover on Friday evening. Andover Fire Chief Chad Russell said during a news conference early Saturday morning that 50 to 100 buildings were damaged in Sedgwick County, though it was not immediately known how many buildings were damaged in…

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Blue Ridge Parkway wildfire now estimated at 370 acres, 50% contained

Blue Ridge Parkway wildfire now estimated at 370 acres, 50% contained

April 30, 2022 Credit: WLOS TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A wildfire burning near the Blue Ridge Parkway has grown to an estimated 370 acres and is now 50% contained, officials with the U.S. Forest Service said on Saturday. Officials say the fire, officially named the Barnett Branch Fire, has been burning in rough terrain of the Pisgah National Forest off the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Pisgah Inn since April 27. The growth in…

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More evacuations expected near dangerous Southwest wildfires

More evacuations expected near dangerous Southwest wildfires

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters battled destructive wildfires in the Southwest as more residents prepared to evacuate Friday into the weekend in northern New Mexico where strong winds and dangerously dry conditions have made the blazes hard to contain. The biggest fire in the U.S. grew to more than 117 square miles (303 square kilometers) through the afternoon northeast of Santa Fe. Gusty winds prevented any aerial attacks by midmorning and crews…

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NC State team studies unique tornado threat

NC State team studies unique tornado threat

By Brian Shrader, WRAL anchor/reporter Raleigh, N.C. — North Carolina is no stranger to tornado danger. A quick tornado spawned from a band of storms March 31, bringing 100-mile-per-hour winds to Research Triangle Park. The storm damaged the roof of Pfizer’s office building and took down trees. No one was hurt, but the storm reminded the Triangle of the severe weather threats we face. Most tornadoes in the United States form in isolated storms called…

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Stiff winds fan wildfires in Southwestern US

Stiff winds fan wildfires in Southwestern US

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters labored to slow the advance of destructive wildfires in the Southwestern U.S. as residents braced for dangerously dry, warm and windy conditions in northern New Mexico and adjacent areas that have made the blazes hard to contain. At least 166 homes have been destroyed in one rural county in northeast New Mexico since the biggest fire burning in the U.S. started racing through small towns east and…

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Slight risk for severe weather in North Texas later today

Slight risk for severe weather in North Texas later today

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Expect Friday’s weather to be warm, humid and windy. Morning clouds will break giving way to a partly cloudy afternoon. Hang onto your hats, because winds gusts will be up to 35mph.  There is a chance for some severe weather today. If it happens it will be toward the end of the day in counties to the northwest and along the Red River. Large hail and damaging winds will be the…

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AG Stein sues contractor who allegedly scammed local residents after Hurricane Florence

AG Stein sues contractor who allegedly scammed local residents after Hurricane Florence

April 28, 2022 RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — A contractor who came to the area following Hurricane Florence in 2018 is being sued by the State. On Thursday, Attorney General Josh Stein filed a lawsuit against Dennis Daugherty, his Illinois-based company Green Lantern Services, and his North Carolina company Green Lantern Roofing and Restoration for defrauding North Carolinians who were attempting to repair storm damage after Hurricane Florence. “Dennis Daugherty saw North Carolinians struggling to rebuild…

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Gusty winds, dryness could fan spring US wildfires again

Gusty winds, dryness could fan spring US wildfires again

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More of the dry, windy weather that helped fan rare spring wildfires from New Mexico to Nebraska is expected to threaten the progress that firefighters have made in controlling some of the fires, officials said Thursday. A swath of the country stretching from Arizona to the Texas panhandle is expected to be hit the hardest by the return of the bad firefighting weather that has generated unusually hot and fast-moving fires…

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Big progress on wildfires, but dangerous winds on the way

Big progress on wildfires, but dangerous winds on the way

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters have been making significant progress Wednesday on the biggest wildfires burning unusually hot and fast for this time of year in the western United States. But forecasters from the Southwest to the southern High Plains warned of the return the next two days of the same gusty winds and critical fire conditions that sent wildland blazes racing across the landscape last week. Some of the nearly 1,000 firefighters battling the…

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One hurricane name from 2021 will never be used again

One hurricane name from 2021 will never be used again

Tropical storms and hurricanes that begin with the letter ‘I’ have had more names retired than any other letter. WASHINGTON — Ida has been retired from the list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the devastation and death caused by Hurricane Ida in 2021.  The World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee announced Wednesday that Imani will be used in Ida’s place moving forward. The names given to tropical storms and hurricanes are repeated every six…

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Weather IQ: How do tornadoes in the Carolinas form?

Weather IQ: How do tornadoes in the Carolinas form?

Meteorologist Brittany Van Voorhees breaks down what a quasi-linear convective system is and why the storms can be so sudden. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — QLCS stands for a quasi-linear convective system. It’s a complex term that can be broken down into this: A line of strong thunderstorms that is not perfectly straight. This is often referred to as a squall line. Most often in the Charlotte area, these squall lines form ahead of a cold front…

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Weather IQ: Why are QLCS tornadoes so dangerous?

Weather IQ: Why are QLCS tornadoes so dangerous?

Meteorologist Brittany Van Voorhees breaks down what a quasi-linear convective system is and why the storms can be so sudden. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — QLCS stands for a quasi-linear convective system. It’s a complex term that can be broken down into this: A line of strong thunderstorms that is not perfectly straight. This is often referred to as a squall line. Most often in the Charlotte area, these squall lines form ahead of a cold front…

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Houston-based non-profit takes lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey to Ukraine

Houston-based non-profit takes lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey to Ukraine

CrowdSource Rescue was born as Hurricane Harvey hit Houston. Now they’re applying those lessons learned to the war in Ukraine. KYIV, Ukraine — A Houston-based disaster non-profit is currently on the ground in Ukraine. CrowdSource Rescue is helping Ukrainians on the ground thanks to lessons they learned during Hurricane Harvey. They say the same spirit that helped Houston rally together during a natural disaster is fueling Ukraine today. According to its website, CrowdSource Rescue was born…

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CrowdSource Rescue helps Ukrainians with lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey

CrowdSource Rescue helps Ukrainians with lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey

CrowdSource Rescue was born as Hurricane Harvey hit Houston. Now they’re applying those lessons learned to the war in Ukraine. KYIV, Ukraine — A Houston-based disaster non-profit is currently on the ground in Ukraine. CrowdSource Rescue is helping Ukrainians on the ground thanks to lessons they learned during Hurricane Harvey. They say the same spirit that helped Houston rally together during a natural disaster is fueling Ukraine today. According to its website, CrowdSource Rescue was born…

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Wildfires tear across several states, driven by high winds

Wildfires tear across several states, driven by high winds

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters across the country are battling growing wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up flames from Arizona to Florida — including a wildfire in rural southwestern Nebraska that has killed one person, injured at least 15 firefighters and destroyed at least six homes, an official said. Nearly a dozen new large fires were reported over the weekend across the nation — four in New Mexico, three in Colorado and…

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Southwest wildfire outlook grim as flames char New Mexico

Southwest wildfire outlook grim as flames char New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Bulldozers were busy Monday scraping through New Mexico’s high country as firefighters scouted more rugged terrain, looking for places where they could wield tools to dig lines that stop what has grown into the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. Nearly a dozen new large fires were reported over the weekend across the nation — four in New Mexico, three in Colorado and one each in Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota and…

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Bexar County cold front brings chance of severe weather across San Antonio

Bexar County cold front brings chance of severe weather across San Antonio

San Antonio braces for potential severe threat of weather and cool front. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images Residents of the Bexar County area may want to think twice before hitting the roads this afternoon on Monday, April 25. As of this writing, there is a marginal risk for isolated strong to severe storms, according to the National Weather Service.  “We have a cold front moving across our area as we speak, and as the frontal boundary pushes…

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Nebraska wildfires kill ex-fire chief, hurt 15 firefighters

Nebraska wildfires kill ex-fire chief, hurt 15 firefighters

By The Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Wind-driven wildfires sweeping through parts of Nebraska killed a retired fire chief and injured at least 15 firefighters, authorities said Sunday. The man who died Friday night was a retired Cambridge fire chief who was working with firefighters as a spotter in Red Willow County in the southwestern corner of the state. That fire had burned more than 78 square miles (202 square kilometers) in Red Willow, Furnas…

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Emergency declaration for multiple wildfires in New Mexico

Emergency declaration for multiple wildfires in New Mexico

By The Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed emergency declarations as 20 wildfires continued to burn Sunday in nearly half of the state’s drought-stricken 33 counties. One wildfire in northern New Mexico that started April 6 merged with a newer fire Saturday to form the largest blaze in the state, leading to widespread evacuations in Mora and San Miguel counties. That fire was at 84 square miles…

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Four months after tornado, Kentucky focuses on rebuilding

Four months after tornado, Kentucky focuses on rebuilding

By ADRIAN SAINZ and BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. — Sundays at the Bullock home in rural Kentucky were filled with lasting memories: big family dinners, cornhole, basketball and karaoke. Those gatherings ended the night of Dec. 10, when a massive tornado obliterated their Dawson Springs house, trapping Chris Bullock, 17-year-old son Stevie and miniature poodle Dewey under a crumbled brick wall in the basement. Her husband pulled them from the rubble with minor…

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"A very chaotic situation': Crews tackle growing wildfires

"A very chaotic situation': Crews tackle growing wildfires

By FELICIA FONSECA and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Destructive fires in the U.S. Southwest have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and put numerous small villages in New Mexico in the path of danger, as wind-fueled flames chewed up wide swaths of tinder dry forest and grassland and plumes of smoke filled the sky. “It’s a very chaotic situation out there,” Stewart Turner, a fire behavior analyst, said during a…

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Ike Dike: Texas coast flooding project pending approval from Congress

Ike Dike: Texas coast flooding project pending approval from Congress

Experts say the Ike Dike is needed to protect the Port of Houston and the continent’s largest petrochemical complex from deadly, devastating storm surge. HOUSTON — Hurricane season will be here again in just a few months and due to climate change the storms are more frequent and more severe than ever before.  That’s why an extraordinary project called the “Ike Dike” is back in the spotlight. Officials say it’s the key to saving the…

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Ike Dike: A $29 billion plan to defend Texas coast from powerful hurricanes

Ike Dike: A $29 billion plan to defend Texas coast from powerful hurricanes

Experts say the Ike Dike is needed to protect the Port of Houston and the continent’s largest petrochemical complex from deadly, devastating storm surge. HOUSTON — Hurricane season will be here again in just a few months and due to climate change the storms are more frequent and more severe than ever before.  That’s why an extraordinary project called the “Ike Dike” is back in the spotlight. Officials say it’s the key to saving the…

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Jarvis helps Hurricanes rally from 2 down to beat Jets 4-2

Jarvis helps Hurricanes rally from 2 down to beat Jets 4-2

April 22, 2022 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seth Jarvis scored on a contact-filled rebound at 8:21 of the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes overcome a two-goal deficit and beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Thursday night. Teuvo Teravainen and Jaccob Slavin also scored in the rally for the Hurricanes, who remained tied with the New York Rangers for the Metropolitan Division lead. Captain Jordan Staal added an empty-net goal in the final minute….

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Research shows climate change added fuel to the 2020 hurricane season, the most active on record

Research shows climate change added fuel to the 2020 hurricane season, the most active on record

By Aimee Wilmoth, WRAL weather executive producer The rainfall from the most active hurricane season on record was made worse due to our climate in crisis, according to new research. The 2020 hurricane season included an unprecedented 30 named storms, of which 11 of those made landfall in the United States. New research published in the journal of Nature Communications found that three-hour tropical rainfall totals were up to 10% higher when compared to tropical…

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Hurricane Season: Get tax free emergency supplies this weekend in Texas

Hurricane Season: Get tax free emergency supplies this weekend in Texas

This weekend in Texas, residents can get tax-free supplies on things like portable generators, hurricane shutters and batteries. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Hurricane season begins Wednesday, June 1, and now is the time to start preparing in case of an emergency. This weekend in Texas, residents can get tax-free supplies on things like portable generators, hurricane shutters and batteries. The 2022 Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 23,…

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Wind will be a force to reckon with on Southwest wildfires

Wind will be a force to reckon with on Southwest wildfires

By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Fire managers across the Southwest are reckoning with strong winds that forecasters say could lead to explosive growth in wildfires this week. Hundreds of people were evacuated in numerous blazes that have scorched structures and signaled an early start to the fire season. A wildfire on the outskirts of Flagstaff continued its run Wednesday though dry grass and scattered Ponderosa pines around homes into volcanic cinder fields,…

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NC State researchers forecast another active Atlantic hurricane season

NC State researchers forecast another active Atlantic hurricane season

By Kat Campbell, WRAL meteorologist Raleigh, N.C. — North Carolina State University researchers are forecasting a busy Atlantic hurricane season that starts next month. In research published on Wednesday, NC State researchers are forecasting an above-normal season with the possibility of 17 to 21 named storms, 7 to 9 hurricanes and 3 to 5 major hurricanes. Dr. Xie was one of my professors when I studied meteorology at NC State. He evaluates sea-surface temperatures, hurricane…

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Wilmington council approves $7M stormwater project to reduce New Centre Dr. flooding

Wilmington council approves $7M stormwater project to reduce New Centre Dr. flooding

The Wilmington City Council approved a massive stormwater project at its meeting Tuesday night to address flooding in a major problem area of the city. April 19, 2022 Cars drive through flood water at New Centre Drive in Wilmington during Tropical Storm Hermine on Sept. 2, 2016 WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Wilmington City Council approved a massive stormwater project at its meeting Tuesday night to address flooding in a major problem area of the…

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A tornado, an Easter Sunday on a cement slab and a promised resurrection

A tornado, an Easter Sunday on a cement slab and a promised resurrection

The congregation of a Salado, Texas church held Easter services where their church once stood and promised to rebuild. SALADO, Texas — Reduced to a little more than the cement slab upon which it once stood, the First Cedar Valley Baptist Church still played host to Sunday services in Salado. And on Easter Sunday, the 200 worshipers, bringing their own lawn chairs to serve as pews, received a promise that their tornado-ravaged building will have…

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Round Rock family continues to rebuild business damaged by tornado

Round Rock family continues to rebuild business damaged by tornado

The Amburgeys had their food truck totaled. While they wait for their new truck, they are working out of a truck someone let them borrow. AUSTIN, Texas — A few weeks ago, a tornado tore through Round Rock. Dozens of people suffered damage to their homes and businesses.  Ambur Fire was one of the businesses damaged in the tornado. It had to close down for about two weeks.  “There was a 75-foot utility pole, and…

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Tornado causes housing crunch in poor, rural Alabama county

Tornado causes housing crunch in poor, rural Alabama county

By The Associated Press EUTAW, Ala. — Only 7,600 or so people live in impoverished Greene County, and hundreds of them are clustered in a public housing community called Branch Heights. Officials are now trying to find housing for more than 100 residents who were displaced when a tornado hit the neighborhood late Wednesday. The hunt is complicated by the fact that the rural area, located about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Birmingham, doesn’t…

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Eastern North Carolina marks 11 years since deadly tornado outbreak

Eastern North Carolina marks 11 years since deadly tornado outbreak

April 16, 2022 (WWAY) — It’s been 11 years since the greatest one-day tornado outbreak on record for North Carolina. 30 tornadoes touched down on April 16, 2011, with 13 of those being classified as strong (EF2 or greater). In all, 24 people died across North Carolina with more than 400 injuries being reported, and over 900 homes and businesses being destroyed. The Cape Fear saw multiple tornadoes on that day. The strongest being two…

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5,000 under evacuation orders as New Mexico wildfire rages

5,000 under evacuation orders as New Mexico wildfire rages

Douglas Siddens’ mother was among those who made it out with just the clothes on her back when a deadly, wind-fueled wildfire ripped through a mountain community in southern New Mexico. The RV park where she lived was reduced to “metal frame rails and steel wheels,” said Siddens, who managed the site “I had like 10 people displaced. They lost their homes and everything, including my mom,” he said. The fire has destroyed more than…

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New Mexico village seeks prayers as deadly wildfire rages

New Mexico village seeks prayers as deadly wildfire rages

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press With towering pine trees and cool mountain breezes, a pocket of southern New Mexico draws thousands of tourists and horse racing fans every summer. It’s also a community that knows how devastating wildfire can be. It was a decade ago that fire ripped through part of the village of Ruidoso, putting the vacation spot on the map with the most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history when more…

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2 dead, more than 200 homes charred in New Mexico wildfire

2 dead, more than 200 homes charred in New Mexico wildfire

Firefighters took advantage of a brief break in the weather but gusty winds were expected to return Friday to southern New Mexico where a wildfire has claimed two lives and charred more than 200 homes. The fire has forced the evacuation of about 5,000 people in the mountain community of Ruidoso, where the remains of a couple were found near a burned home as they tried to flee. New Mexico State Police confirmed the blaze…

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Above-average hurricane season predicted as experts say climate change is creating stronger storms

Above-average hurricane season predicted as experts say climate change is creating stronger storms

By Keenan Willard WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter The latest report on this year’s hurricane season predicts another above-average number of storms will form in the Atlantic Ocean. Experts in North Carolina say the report comes as climate change is creating more powerful hurricanes, and making their behavior more dangerous as well. One of the first reports on the 2022 hurricane season has been released by Colorado State University. Researchers expect 19 named storms and…

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Pregnant Texas woman loses baby after Salado tornado

Pregnant Texas woman loses baby after Salado tornado

A tornado with a maximum wind speed of around 165 miles per hour hit Bell County and into the Salado area on Tuesday, April 12. Survey teams have confirmed it was a high-end EF-3 tornado, according to the National Weather Service. In Texas, the powerful tornado in Bell County – northeast of Austin – injured 23 people and damaged 61 homes and two churches, County Judge David Blackburn said Wednesday, April 13 during a news…

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Gov. Abbott issues disaster declarations for Williamson, Bell counties after Tuesday's tornado

Gov. Abbott issues disaster declarations for Williamson, Bell counties after Tuesday's tornado

Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell said 15 structures were damaged, but added no serious injuries were reported in the county. WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott issued disaster declarations for Williamson and Bell counties after a tornado touched down in those areas on Tuesday. According to a release from Abbott’s office, residents who experienced damage as a result of Tuesday’s severe weather are encouraged to report damages to the Texas Division of…

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Cat swept away by Texas tornado shows up the following day, family says

Cat swept away by Texas tornado shows up the following day, family says

Dobby was sucked away by the tornado on Tuesday. The Califano family said he made his way back home on his own Wednesday. SALADO, Texas — Tuesday evening, a tornado swept through a Salado neighborhood. The Dallas/Forth Worth National Weather Service confirmed a high-end EF-3 twister with max winds around 165 mph had moved through the area. One Salado family’s cat got whisked away in a matter of seconds. Knealie Califano heard there was a…

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Destructive wildfires rage in New Mexico, Colorado

Destructive wildfires rage in New Mexico, Colorado

Firefighters scouted the drought-stricken mountainsides around a New Mexico village as they looked for opportunities to slow a wind-driven wildfire that a day earlier had burned at least 150 homes and other structures while displacing thousands of residents and forcing the evacuation of two schools. Homes were among the structures that had burned, but officials on Wednesday did not have a count of how many were destroyed in the blaze that torched at least 6.4…

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Cat swept away by Salado tornado shows up the following day, family says

Cat swept away by Salado tornado shows up the following day, family says

Dobby was sucked away by the tornado on Tuesday. The Califano family said he made his way back home on his own Wednesday. SALADO, Texas — On Tuesday evening, a tornado swept through a Salado neighborhood. The Dallas/Forth Worth National Weather Service confirmed a high-end EF-3 twister with max winds around 165 mph had moved through the area. One Salado family’s cat got whisked away in a matter of seconds. Knealie Califano heard there was…

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VIDEO: Williamson County tornado that traveled to Salado clocks in as EF-3

VIDEO: Williamson County tornado that traveled to Salado clocks in as EF-3

The storm eventually reached max winds of around 165 mph in Bell County. JARRELL, Texas — A tornado that touched down in northern Williamson County Tuesday evening that gained strength as it traveled to Salado has been classified as EF-3 strength. Winds were around 100 mph in Williamson County and 165 mph in Bell County. The storm’s track is estimated to be about 13 miles long with a duration of about 30 minutes. Viewers in…

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Williamson County issues disaster declaration after tornado touches down near Florence

Williamson County issues disaster declaration after tornado touches down near Florence

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — Leaders in Williamson County have issued a weeklong disaster declaration in the area following a damage assessment after a tornado touched down in the area Tuesday. “We are grateful that we did not have any serious injuries due to the storm in our county, but our prayers are with the families in Bell County who did experience tremendous loss,” said County Judge Bill Gravell. The declaration makes it possible for the…

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Round Rock residents await home repairs weeks after severe weather

Round Rock residents await home repairs weeks after severe weather

For Round Rock residents, the cleanup process after severe tornadoes has been tiring. One neighbor said she’s been waiting weeks on an engineer to come out. AUSTIN, Texas — Katy Dunn is one of many Round Rock residents still trying to pick up the pieces of her torn-apart Round Rock home.  “This is, like, not even the worst of it. All the insulation came and littered the garage,” said Dunn.   A tornado touched down in…

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Hurst, Mansfield ISD, and Hurricane Harbor fined by state environment regulators

Hurst, Mansfield ISD, and Hurricane Harbor fined by state environment regulators

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has fined 20 entities a total of $473,275 for violating state environmental regulations, including three in North Texas. The city of Hurst was fined for an unauthorized discharge of untreated polluted water into a creek, TCEQ found killed at least 78 fish. Hurst has since corrected the problem by replacing sewer mains, disposing of dead fish, and containing the contaminated water. The city was…

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Bell County judge says residents could be without power for days after tornado hits

Bell County judge says residents could be without power for days after tornado hits

Assessments are underway to evaluate the damage of a tornado that touched down in southern Bell County Tuesday night, leaving a wake of uprooted trees, downed power lines and buildings reduced to rubble. The first calls to emergency services came in at about 5:30 p.m. The tornado, roughly 1/4 mile wide, traveled about 8 miles up from northern Williamson County line on Co. Rd. 228 and traveled northeast along F.M. 2843. Bell County Judge David…

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Wind whips destructive wildfires in New Mexico, Colorado

Wind whips destructive wildfires in New Mexico, Colorado

Firefighters scouted the drought-stricken mountainsides around a New Mexico village on Wednesday as they looked for opportunities to slow a wind-driven wildfire that a day earlier had burned at least 150 homes and other structures while displacing thousands of residents and forcing the evacuation of two schools. Homes were among the structures that burned Tuesday, but officials did not have a count of how many were destroyed in the blaze that torched at least 6.4…

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