Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:24 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:24:10 GMT
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph.
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph.
Friday, April 19 2013 6:11 PM EDT2013-04-19 22:11:38 GMT
Tornado Watch for DC Region until 10pm. Be prepared. Tornadoes can form from severe thunderstorms with little or no advanced warning. Know your safe room in your home, at school, and at work. Do not use highway overpasses as shelters. Remain alert for the issuance of warnings.
Tornado Watch for DC Region until 10pm. Be prepared. Tornadoes can form from severe thunderstorms with little or no advanced warning. Know your safe room in your home, at school, and at work. Do not use highway overpasses as shelters. Remain alert for the issuance of warnings.
Wednesday, March 20 2013 5:29 AM EDT2013-03-20 09:29:18 GMT
A weak storm tracking over the Florida Peninsula Wednesday will turn northward along the East Coast Wednesday night into Thursday morning, producing a bit of wet snow in some areas.
A weak storm tracking over the Florida Peninsula Wednesday will turn northward along the East Coast Wednesday night into Thursday morning, producing a bit of wet snow in some areas.
Monday, March 18 2013 6:54 AM EDT2013-03-18 10:54:45 GMT
ACCUWEATHER - The heavy snow invading the Northeast Monday will graze the Interstate 95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to New York City to Boston, but eventually rain will win out over the snow.
ACCUWEATHER - The heavy snow invading the Northeast Monday will graze the Interstate 95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to New York City to Boston, but eventually rain will win out over the snow.
WASHINGTON -
When the storms hit DC, Victor Alcalde didn't lose his power or air conditioning, but he almost lost something more precious. His daughter Carolina was riding her motorcycle home near Meriden Hill Park. But as the storm struck, she was critically injured after being hit by a falling tree.
Victor says he will never forget the 3 a.m. call her received from a doctor saying "Your daughter has been in an accident, I have bad news for you, and that made it even worse." Later that morning, she says he finally heard her voice. Victor says "I was able to talk to her, she was looking to speak to me so I knew she was alive and she was talking that she was knocked down."
Carolina is in intensive care at GW Hospital. Victor says his daughter is paralyzed from the waist down with a severed spinal cord, five broken ribs, a fractured shoulder blade and trauma to her lungs. In response the accident, Carolina's friends have bonded together in person and online. Together those friends helped form "Camp Caro" on Facebook and CampCaro.com to keep Carolina's friends updated on her condition.
Victoria says, "For a lot of people she's their rock, so now it's about being her rock." An online fundraiser is under way on wepay.com to help with what Victoria says are expected to be astronomical health care costs.
"They estimate that the first year costs for someone with this kind of injury are $250 thousand dollars and $770 thousand dollars."
Carolina's father Victor says the most important thing right now is that he still has his daughter, adding "We know that she will fight for her recovery, we know that." So while the storm destroyed many things, it didn't come close to destroying the love that has made Carolina Alcalde's life so central, to the lives of so many others.
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