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Tornado risk threatens 5 US states: Check map as hazardous weather warning issued, know what to expect

Tornado risk threatens 5 US states: Check map as hazardous weather warning issued, know what to expect

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Millions of Americans face the risk of severe thunderstorms that may produce tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds in a matter of hours. US tornado warning: Severe thunderstorms are forecasted for millions in the Northern Plains, with risks of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds. (Unsplash) Meteorologists have released hazardous weather forecasts indicating that the conditions are conducive to severe storms in parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota. In a social media post on X, Meteorologist Max Velocity stated: “Tornado threat is increasing across the Northern Plains today!” “A few supercells will develop between 3-7pm, producing a risk of giant hail, damaging winds, and a tornado or two. I wouldn’t rule out a strong tornado.” Tornado warning: Here’s what one should expect Hail: Isolated supercells capable of producing stones of 2 inches or larger early in the event Wind gusts: Localized gusts reaching 90 mph in a straight line once the system organizes overnight Tornado risk: Localized but significant risk on Wednesday afternoon near a secondary surface low along the ND/SD …

500 Homes Destroyed as Triple Tornadoes Ravage Mississippi—Is Your State Next?

500 Homes Destroyed as Triple Tornadoes Ravage Mississippi—Is Your State Next?

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3 min readMississippiMay 7, 2026 11:28 PM IST Powerful storms that spawned at least three tornadoes tore through several Mississippi counties, damaging around 500 homes, uprooting trees and injuring at least 17 people, authorities said Thursday. There were no reports of deaths after the tornadoes cut across the state’s southwest late Wednesday evening, said Scott Simmons, a spokesperson for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. He said 12 of those hurt were transported from a hard-hit trailer park in the small community of Bogue Chitto, about an hour’s drive south of the state capital in rural Lincoln County. Most of the two dozen homes at Gene’s Mobile Home Supply were flattened into heaps of splintered boards and twisted metal. People picked through the debris Thursday morning under cloudy skies as a chain saw buzzed in the background. Krystal Miller and six others — including babies as young as 4 weeks old — grabbed a Bible and sheltered in their home’s hallway when the tornado sent the building cartwheeling through the air. “We just flipped, and it …

Jupiter’s Earth-Sized Storms Might Be Caused by Magnetic Tornadoes, Study Claims

Jupiter’s Earth-Sized Storms Might Be Caused by Magnetic Tornadoes, Study Claims

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Magnetic vortices descending from Jupiter’s ionosphere into its deep atmosphere are believed to trigger the formation of ultraviolet-absorbing anticyclonic storms, according to a study published on November 26 in Nature Astronomy. These storms, appearing as dark ovals, span the size of Earth and have been observed primarily in Jupiter’s polar regions. The phenomenon was first detected in ultraviolet (UV) light by the Hubble Space Telescope in the 1990s and later confirmed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2000. Research Unveils Tornado Dynamics The study, published in the Nature journal, was led by Troy Tsubota, an undergraduate researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with Michael Wong from UC Berkeley, Amy Simon of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and others. The findings suggest these dark ovals are formed by swirling magnetic tornadoes generated due to friction between Jupiter’s immense magnetic field lines and those in its ionosphere. These tornadoes are thought to stir aerosols, creating dense patches of UV-absorbing haze in the stratosphere. The Role of the Io Plasma Torus The study highlights that Jupiter’s magnetic …

Tornadoes strike in Florida as Hurricane Milton approaches

Tornadoes strike in Florida as Hurricane Milton approaches

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Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm, is churning toward Florida’s west coast. The Tampa Bay area, home to more than 3.3 million people, is facing the possibility of widespread destruction after avoiding direct hits from major hurricanes for more than a century. A jogger trots as rain falls ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)(AP) Follow AP’s coverage of tropical weather at https://apnews.com/hub/hurricanes. Here’s the latest: What has made Hurricane Milton so fierce and unusual? With its mighty strength and its dangerous path, Hurricane Milton powered into a very rare threat flirting with experts’ worst fears. Warm water fueled amazingly rapid intensification that took Milton from a minimal hurricane to a massive Category 5 in less than 10 hours. It weakened, but quickly bounced back. And when its winds briefly reached 180 mph, its barometric pressure, a key measurement for a storm’s overall strength, was among the lowest ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico this late in the year. At its most fierce, Milton …

At least 21 dead in Memorial Day weekend storms that devastated several US states | World News

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A series of powerful storms swept over the central and southern US over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, killing at least 21 people and leaving a wide trail of destroyed homes, businesses and power outages. The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky and were just north of an oppressive, early season heat wave setting records from south Texas to Florida. Forecasters said the severe weather could shift to the East Coast later Monday and warned millions of people outdoors for the holiday to watch the skies. Kentucky Governor. Andy Beshear, who earlier declared a state of emergency, said at a Monday press conference that four people had died in four different counties. Also read | Deadly storms in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas: Everything you need to know The death toll of 21 also included seven deaths in Cooke County, Texas, from a Saturday tornado that tore through a mobile home park, officials said, and eight deaths across Arkansas. Two people died in Mayes County, Oklahoma, which is east of Tulsa, authorities …

Severe weather: 9 dead in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas as powerful storms hit Central US

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Powerful storms killed at least nine people and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where drivers took shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. Powerful storms wreak havoc in Central US as 9 killed in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas Five of the deaths were in Texas, near the Oklahoma border, where a tornado Saturday night plowed through a rural area near a mobile home park, officials said. Storms also caused damage in Oklahoma, where guests at an outdoor wedding were injured. Tens of thousands of residents were without power across the region. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! “It’s just a trail of debris left. The devastation is pretty severe,” Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington told The Associated Press. Officials said multiple people were transported to hospitals by ambulance and helicopter in the Texas county of Denton, but they did not immediately know …

Tornado watch: Rare ‘high risk’ issued for central Oklahoma, southern Kansas

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Forecasters say millions of people in the central United States are bracing for powerful storms on Monday, including long-track tornadoes, hurricane-force winds, and baseball-sized hail. The high risk areas include parts of Kansas and much of Oklahoma, including Sulphur and Holdenville, which are still recovering from last month’s tornado. The bad weather left four dead and thousands without electricity at the time. A rare ‘high-risk’ tornado watch has been issued for central Oklahoma and southern Kansas(REUTERS) Rare ‘high risk’ issued for Oklahoma, Kansas As rare “high risk” has been issued for central Oklahoma and southern Kansas, the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center notes that nearly 10 million people reside in the areas under threat of severe weather conditions. Following the alert, public schools in Oklahoma and other metro-area districts cancelled all after-school events. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! “It’s the highest level of threat we can assign. And it’s a day to take very, very seriously,” said Bill Bunting, …

Karan Singh Grover: Devi is just like her mother, they are both tornadoes

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On Valentine’s Day this year, one of the first Bollywood couples to share mushy pictures and wish each other was Karan Singh Grover and Bipasha Basu. The couple, who got married in 2016, are raising their daughter Devi together, who was only 5 days old when the actor had to leave to shoot for the first schedule of his latest release, the action film Fighter. As Karan Singh Grover celebrates his birthday today, here’s an excerpt from a recent chat where the actor talked about parenting, how attached he is to his wife Bipasha and how hard her postpartum period was. It’s been more than a year since Devi was born. Does she keep you guys on your toes? Oh yeah. I wish I had like 20 toes. Thankfully we have great help, but she`s nonstop, she is just like her mother actually. They are both tornadoes as soon as they wake up. So we are always on our toes. Everything is about Devi and everything is around Devi. It`s quite divine actually, to see …