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Tornado Tears Through Oklahoma Town, Damaging 40 Homes
Apr 27 2026 // Raeann Hunt scrambled to her cellar as a tornado bore down on her Oklahoma community. “It is headed right for us,” she recalled thinking, as she peeked outside, unable to contain her curiosity. Huddled inside...
Destructive Winds and Tornadoes Leave Trail of Damage Across Midwest
Apr 20 2026 // A trail of damaged homes and buildings dotted a wide swath of the U.S. after a burst of destructive winds and reported tornadoes tore off roofs, uprooted trees and rendered rural roads impassable with debris. No deaths...
Midwest States Reel From Severe Storms
Apr 17 2026 // Floodwaters from record rainfall in Wisconsin inundated streets Wednesday, trapping drivers and forcing officials to close sections of a highway, as other Midwestern states worked to rebuild after storms. Cars were...
Confronting the escalating threat of severe convective storms in 2026
Apr 17 2026 // Severe convective storms, which include hail, tornadoes, and straight-line winds, have evolved from secondary concerns to primary drivers of annual insured property losses. Today, a single extreme hailstorm can generate...
Severe Storms Damage Communities From the Plains to the Midwest
Apr 16 2026 // A day after severe storms damaged communities in the Plains and the Midwest, forecasters warned that storms could bring giant hail, tornadoes and severe wind gusts to the regions again in the coming days. Authorities in...
NYC Heat Builds as Midwest Faces Bigger Storm Threat
Apr 16 2026 // While New York and the East Coast bake under an early-season heat spell, the Great Plains, Midwest and parts of the Northeast were pounded by wind and hail Wednesday and face a larger threat Friday. Sporadic power outages,...
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