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Giant Tornado Sweep Over Romania, Reportedly Leaving 12 People Injured

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According to local media reports citing prefect George Jakob, a tornado ripped the roofs off ten houses in the village of Drazhna and turned over a passenger bus, injuring about 12 people. A giant tornado has swept over Romanian cities, causing damage to houses and cars, Storm News reported. A video of the vortex was captured by a passing car. Weather forecaster centres warned people about the “yellow”... 

Baseball-Sized Hail Storm Hits Nebraska

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Baseball-sized hail has pounded homes and cars across Nebraska, as powerful thunderstorms swept the Midwest, wreaking extensive damage, severe flooding and even reportedly tornado touchdowns in some areas. Hailstones the size of baseballs pummeled the state with devastating effect Tuesday, producing a social media storm flooded with images of the aftermath of the freak hail, showing cracked windshields... 

Several casualties reported following massive tornado outside Oklahoma City

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Several casualties including children have been reported after a historic tornado swept through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, devastating hundreds of buildings including two schools. Meteorologists reported winds up to 200 miles per hour. A severe storm has generated baseball-sized hail, high winds and at least 28 tornadoes in the Midwest, including Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa. Residents remain... 

Rare Tornado Hits New York City

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A tornado has hit New York City and caused some damages, the National Weather Service says. The powerful twister, which originated at sea, disrupted power lines and uprooted several trees in a beachfront area of New York. ­Videos made by eyewitnesses showed a swirling air column moving towards the shore. Lizann Maher, a worker at Kennedy’s Restaurant at the edge of Jamaica Bay told AP that... 

One killed, scores injured as tornado rips through Japan

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This picture whows a tornado sweeping through Tsukuba city in Ibaraki prefecture, north eastern Tokyo on May 6, 2012 A massive tornado has swept through eastern Japan, killing a teenager and injuring dozens of others. The twister ripped roofs of buildings, smashed windows and toppled heavy billboards. ­The 14-year-old died of injuries received when the roof of a house collapsed. The raging vortex... 

Storms devastate five US states, killing 39

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The parents and their three children, all 2 or under, including one buckled in a car seat, held hands on the hallway floor of their neighbor’s mobile home, praying a fast-approaching storm would show them mercy. Mother Nature answered with a fierce tornado, which violently swept them up, separated them and deposited them about 100 yards away. Four of their limp bodies were found soon thereafter.... 

Violent tornadoes hit Oklahoma and Kansas

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At least six people have been killed in Oklahoma and Kansas as a new round of tornadoes struck the central and southern US, barely 48 hours after the deadliest twister in modern history hit the town of Joplin, Missouri, killing 122. Authorities in Dallas evacuated the airport and a baseball stadium on Tuesday night when the violent storms moved east, wreaking havoc across a region already suffering... 

Powerful storms kill 116 in central US

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A neighborhood struck by the tornado in Joplin, Missouri. A tornado steamrolled over Joplin, Mo., on Sunday night, knocking out a hospital and killing dozens of people across the city, according to various reports. Joplin, which was in the direct path of the tornado, was left isolated and in the dark after the destruction, with telephone connections largely cut off and many homes without electricity... 

US storms kill 313 across 9 states

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Severe tornadoes in the US have left at least 313 people dead across several central and southern states. A massive spring storm system tearing through central and southern United States, has left over 300 people dead across nine states, emergency officials say. At least 204 people died in the State of Alabama alone, many in Tuscaloosa, a city of over 83,000 where a massive tornado devastated the city,... 
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