
krqe.com - A blast off wind took part of the roof off a school gym in Los Alamos Wednesday afternoon causing significant damage but no reported injuries. Debris landed on the Barranca Mesa Elementary School library and a pre-school section of the building. Five cars in the parking lot also were damaged. School officials said the wind seemed to come out of nowhere about 1:30 p.m. lifting the top layer of the gym roof.
Friday, May 24, 2013 |
wusa9.com - A parking deck collapse at Montgomery Mall left one person dead and another critically injured on Thursday. Officials expect a long investigation as they try to figure out exactly what happened. Thursday afternoon, the Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department tweeted out that its units responded to Westfield Montgomery Mall "for major structure collapse." Later, Montgomery County Fire officials said they got a call at 1:47 p.m. at the location at 7125 Democracy Blvd. They told us a key section of the parking deck collapsed and they were trying to rescue two adults.
Friday, May 24, 2013 |
CNN - Dan Sligh called out to his wife, who had been sitting on the passenger seat beside him. No answer. When a section of a bridge over the Skagit River in Washington State collapsed Thursday evening, plummeting into the current dozens of feet below, it took the couple with it. As they pounded onto the rivers surface, the impact dislocated Slighs shoulder.
Friday, May 24, 2013 |
CBS News - Andrew Fatzinger, a 21-year-old Florida man, was arrested after a dramatic police chase that involved K-9 officers, a helicopter - and a quick beer stop, CBS Tampa Bay reports. The incident began when police were called to a potential looting early Sunday morning. Their investigation led to the discovery of Fatzinger, who was reportedly caught destroying the home with mustard and illegible writing on the walls, according to the station. The Florida Sun-Sentinel reports the victims of the looting were out of town during the break-in.
Friday, May 24, 2013 |
WKRC Cincinnati - A Villa Hills woman called Local 12 on Monday to let us know that a chronic petty thief who has victimized her for years, has come clean-sort of. Local 12 news reporter Joe Webb has a story of how the Lord moves in mysterious ways. Dee and Leo Samad have a nice backyard that they open up to friends and neighbors. Theres a beer tap in the bar and cold cans in the fridge. Its out in the open and subject to the honor system. But as its said, theres no honor among thieves. "There for awhile my husband kept saying,I know I put a case of beer in there and theres only 5 or 6 cans left. But what are you going to do? We put locks on it."
Friday, May 24, 2013 |
Fox News - The mayor of the Oklahoma City suburb that was devastated by a massive tornado Monday says he wants safe-room shelters built in all new homes. Moore Mayor Glen Lewis, on Wednesday, said he will propose an ordinance in the next couple of days at the Moore City Council that would modify building codes to require the construction of reinforced shelters in every new home in the town of 56,000. Lewis says he is confident hell get the four votes needed on the six-member council. The measure could be in force within months.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
Reuters - A miniature bookcase with childrens books spilling out is among the few furnishings still standing amid the tornado-torn rubble of what once was the Briarwood Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma. Pink and green pencils and sparkling colored stickers are scattered amid twisted piles of metal, wood and bricks. Unlike the Plaza Towers elementary school, where seven children died in a powerful 1.3 mile wide tornado on Monday, no one died at the Briarwood school.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
Reuters - The people of central Oklahoma know all too well the destructive power of a tornado, but when a big one rolled toward the town of Moore again on Monday, residents had few basements and storm shelters to run to when the alarm sounded, officials said. Two elementary schools that were hit by the EF-5 tornado - the most powerful category - did not have "safe rooms" where students could shelter from the storm, and no applications for safe rooms had been made, Oklahoma Emergency Management Director Albert Ashwood told reporters.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
Insurance Journal - A new assessment by the National Weather Service indicates peak winds in the tornado that hit the Newcastle/Moore Okla., area on May 20 reached the 200 mph to 210 mph range, putting it into the classification of an EF5 event. The NWS previously assessed the tornado as an EF4, with wind speeds up to 200 mph. The maximum width of the 17-mile path of the tornado was 1.3 miles, the NWS said.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
Insurance Journal - A storm system carrying high wind, hail and Iowas first tornadoes in nearly a year moved through the state Sunday, damaging some homes and knocking out power to thousands. No one was injured. Iowa had gone 358 consecutive days without a confirmed tornado, a striking statistic in a state that has averaged 47 a year since 1980. In 2012 the state recorded 16 tornadoes, seven on one day — April 14. In 2011 Iowa endured 51 tornadoes that injured 16 people.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |















