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.
WINCHESTER, Va. -
A family in Virginia had much bigger problems than just losing power. They lost their home in last month's big storm.
Angela Williams was alone inside her mobile home in Winchester, Virginia when the big storm hit.
She says "...to me it looked like a tornado."
Next a tree and then another smashed into her house. The hallway started collapsing and then room by room the ceiling came crashing down.
"So I run back to the front door try to open it and there's a whole tree there," says Williams. She was trapped. "I remember screaming and laying in the hallway thinking - stop, please, just stop," she recalls.
A neighbor called 9-1-1 and Williams is safe, but that is not where this story ends.
Williams' husband had an old friend who hadn't seen in years. But in the week leading up to the storm he ran into that friend three times. After the storm came through he called them up.
He said 'Meet me at your old place'. He wanted to do them a favor. What he did was buy them the place next door.
"I thought he was joking, really," says Williams. But this was no joke.
The Good Samaritan insisted he remain anonymous.
"He's not doing it for a pat on his back. For everybody in America to find out he's a rich dude that's nice. He's doing it for the goodness of his heart," says Williams.
Even though they've only been there a few days - generosity makes the new place feel like home sweet home.
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