Historic family photo returned after traveling for miles in the wind during tornadoes

Historic family photo returned after traveling for miles in the wind during tornadoes

By WLEX News New Albany, Ind. — Communities in western Kentucky have been forever changed by the recent tornado. Dozens lost their lives, thousands of homes were destroyed, and towns are left unrecognizable. Winds from the storms were so powerful, that items from affected areas flew away for hundreds of miles. Remnants of the storm brought a piece of Dawson Springs, Kentucky, to the driveway of Katie Posten, in New Albany, Indiana. Crossing the bridge over…

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Family photo returned after it travels hundreds of miles from deadly severe weather

Family photo returned after it travels hundreds of miles from deadly severe weather

Winds from the storms in Kentucky were so powerful, items from the affected areas flew away for hundreds of thousands of miles. Remnants of the storm brought of piece of Dawson Springs, Kentucky to Albany, Indiana. Show Transcript mhm. Crossing the bridge over the Ohio River is one way to get from Kentucky to indiana. That’s where Katie Posten lives in New Albany. The windows getting so cold, there are no signs of damage in…

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What caused tornado outbreak? Warm weather a key factor, relationship to climate change unclear

What caused tornado outbreak? Warm weather a key factor, relationship to climate change unclear

MAYFIELD, Ky. — The calendar said December but the warm moist air screamed of springtime. Add an eastbound storm front guided by a La Nina weather pattern into that mismatch and it spawned tornadoes that killed dozens over five U.S. states. Tornadoes in December are unusual, but not unheard of. But the ferocity and path length of Friday night’s tornadoes likely put them in a category of their own, meteorologists say. One of the twisters…

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EXPLAINER: Was tornado outbreak related to climate change?

EXPLAINER: Was tornado outbreak related to climate change?

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The calendar said December but the warm moist air screamed of springtime. Add an eastbound storm front guided by a La Nina weather pattern into that mismatch and it spawned tornadoes that killed dozens over five U.S. states. Tornadoes in December are unusual, but not unheard of. B ut the ferocity and path length of Friday night’s tornadoes likely put them in a category of…

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Decades-old family photo from Kentucky found over 150 miles away in Indiana after tornado outbreak

Decades-old family photo from Kentucky found over 150 miles away in Indiana after tornado outbreak

NEW ALBANY, Ind. — A decades-old family photo from a home in Kentucky turned up more than 150 miles away in Indiana on Saturday after apparently being whipped up into the debris of deadly tornadoes that tore through the region. “Walked out to my car in New Albany, Indiana and found this picture stuck to the window,” Katie Posten wrote in a post on Facebook. Walked out to my car in New Albany, IN and…

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How to help tornado victims: American Red Cross, Western Kentucky relief fund accepting donations

How to help tornado victims: American Red Cross, Western Kentucky relief fund accepting donations

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Disaster-aid and humanitarian groups are mobilizing to help tornado victims and setting up dedicated funds for donations to support their efforts. Here’s a look at some of the relief being provided and ways to donate. American Red Cross The American Red Cross is making it easy to send a quick $10 donation simply by texting “REDCROSS” addressed to the number, 90999. Other donations can be made by calling 800-733-2767 or visiting redcross.org…

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Search crews 'crawl over casualties to get to live victims' after devastating tornadoes

Search crews 'crawl over casualties to get to live victims' after devastating tornadoes

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Rescuers combed through fields of wreckage after a tornado outbreak roared across the middle of the U.S., leaving dozens dead and communities in despair. A twister carved a track that could rival the longest on record as the stormfront smashed apart a candle factory, crushed a nursing home and flattened an Amazon distribution center. “I pray that there will be another rescue. I pray that there will be another one or two,”…

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Deadly tornadoes: What we know about rescue efforts at candle factory, Amazon facility, nursing home

Deadly tornadoes: What we know about rescue efforts at candle factory, Amazon facility, nursing home

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A devastating tornado outbreak has killed dozens of people in the Midwest, and the most significant damage was seen at an occupied candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon warehouse in Illinois and a nursing home in Arkansas. Search and rescue teams are scouring the rubble at these sites in hopes of finding survivors but didn’t yet have a number for how many have died. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he fears tornadoes…

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At least 50 people are likely dead following tornadoes in Kentucky, governor says

At least 50 people are likely dead following tornadoes in Kentucky, governor says

At least 50 people are likely dead after multiple tornadoes barreled through southwestern Kentucky late Friday, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. “We believe our death toll from this event will exceed 50 Kentuckians, probably end up closer to 70 to 100 lost lives,” Beshear said at a briefing Saturday morning, calling the storms that hit the state “the most severe tornado event in Kentucky’s history.” Preliminary investigations indicate four tornadoes may have hit the state,…

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2 killed when reported tornado rips through Arkansas nursing home

2 killed when reported tornado rips through Arkansas nursing home

At least two people were killed Friday night when a reported tornado ripped through an Arkansas nursing home, and emergency crews in southern Illinois were also responding to reports of injuries at an Amazon warehouse after a roof collapsed amid storms there. Craighead County Judge Marvin Day told The Associated Press that a tornado struck the Monette Manor nursing home at about 8:15 p.m., trapping 20 people inside as the building collapsed. Five people had…

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Hawaii faces life-threatening flooding after some areas see more than a foot of rain in 48 hours

Hawaii faces life-threatening flooding after some areas see more than a foot of rain in 48 hours

HONOLULU — Relentless rain in Hawaii has left parts of the state under the threat of “significant and life-threatening flooding,” the National Weather Service in Honolulu said Monday night, with some areas already tallying more than a foot of rain over a 48-hour span. Sheets of drenching rain came down as low-lying roads pooled with water, forcing drivers to navigate the flooded roadways. The western Hawaiian Islands are under a flood watch through Tuesday afternoon,…

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Storm sweeps Hawaii, brings threat of ‘catastrophic’ floods

Storm sweeps Hawaii, brings threat of ‘catastrophic’ floods

By CALEB JONES, Associated Press HONOLULU — A strong storm packing high winds and extremely heavy rain flooded roads and downed power lines and tree branches across Hawaii, with officials warning Monday of potentially worse conditions ahead. The National Weather Service said the storm brings the threat of “catastrophic flooding” in the coming days as a low pressure system slowly moves from east to west and lingers on the edge of the archipelago. “Now is…

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Wildfire burns into central Montana town, destroys houses

Wildfire burns into central Montana town, destroys houses

By AMY BETH HANSON, Associated Press HELENA, Mont. — A late-season wildfire pushed by strong winds ripped through a tiny central Montana farming town overnight, burning several homes and grain elevators that had stood for more than a century, authorities said. Officials were assessing the damage in Denton on Thursday morning while crews continued to fight the fire. The fire burned “around 25 structures to include grain elevators and bridges,” the Fergus County Sheriff’s Office…

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Hurricane season ends quietly after nearly breaking records in September

Hurricane season ends quietly after nearly breaking records in September

By Zach Maloch, WRAL meteorologist Another Atlantic hurricane season has come and gone — and while it officially ended on Nov. 30 — the lull in activity since early-October made it feel like hurricane season ended early. Despite its very quiet end, the Atlantic hurricane season brought 21 named storms: seven becoming hurricanes and four becoming major hurricanes. Of the seven hurricanes, the first five formed at near-record pace matching 1966, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2005…

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