Author: WeatherPreppers

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Is this latest weather disaster a sign of things to come? The tornadoes we saw over the weekend were unlike any of the weather events we normally see in December. Tornadoes are not unheard of this time of year, but they can happen when the conditions are exactly right.  And that’s what we saw Friday night into Saturday.  So is climate change to blame? Researchers say it’s hard to pin any individual weather…

Help is now pouring in from around the country including right here in the Carolinas. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Over the course of a weekend, life as thousands of people across the US knew it was reduced to miles of rubble and debris after a string of tornadoes ripped through communities in 5 states. Help is now pouring in from around the country including right here in the Carolinas. “It just breaks my heart,” said Bud Frank, a…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lowe’s announced Monday that it will donate $1 million to support immediate relief and recovery efforts after tornadoes cut through Kentucky and the surrounding areas.  The $1 million donation will assist Lowe’s disaster relief partners including the American Red Cross and Lowe’s nonprofit Pro customers, helping these organizations and others provide emergency shelter, critical relief supplies, food, blood center operations and comfort to those affected by the deadly tornadoes. “It’s heartbreaking to…

Survivors of one of the tornadoes that cut a path of destruction through the Midwest and South are grappling with ruins all around them in Mayfield, Kentucky. MAYFIELD, Ky. — Judy Burton’s hands shivered as she gazed up at what had been her third-floor apartment. She could see her clothes still hanging in the closet, through the building’s shredded walls. Across the street, her church was boarded up. A few blocks away, the spire was…

Kentucky’s governor expects the statewide death toll to reach 50, and at least 14 people died in four other states: Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri. MAYFIELD, Ky. — Residents of a Kentucky town devastated by a tornado could be without heat, water and electricity in chilly temperatures for a “long time,” the mayor warned Monday, as officials struggled to restore services after a swarm of twisters leveled neighborhoods and killed dozens of people in five…

When Carla Cope saw that a storm was taking aim at the warehouse where her son was working, she picked up the phone to warn him. EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A third day of searching ended at the Amazon Delivery Warehouse in Edwardsville as crews turned their efforts at the site from rescue to cleanup and recovery. Police told 5 On Your Side there are no reports of more people missing. Six people died Friday night…