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Tornado devastation puts focus on safe rooms
2013-05-23 21:55:00| American School & University
Some safe-rooms have been built in Missouri, but most are in rural areas. Safety at School read more
200 mph winds, 12 miles of devastation: What makes a tornado?
2013-05-21 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A tornado, often known as a twister in the US, is a spinning column of air that joins a cloud (normally the moisture-rich cumulonimbus) and the ground. Yesterday's tornado in Moore, Oklahoma was said to be at least two miles wide - the biggest are about three miles wide. The accumulated debris at its heart, including cars, simply adds to the devastating force with which it smashes through everything in its path. Their speed across the ground and the duration of the 'touchdown' are other factors...
Australia flooding: No end in sight to the devastation
2013-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: THE devastation caused by the cyclonic weather will continue for days, with thousands of homes inundated, entire communities isolated and the possibility that Brisbane could run out of drinking water. Four people have died in the disaster, all in Queensland. A three-year-old boy hit by a falling gum tree while watching floodwaters in Brisbane is the latest victim. His 34-year-old pregnant mother remained in a critical condition in hospital on Tuesday night with several broken bones and severe...
Winter storm brings devastation to Syria and neighbors
2013-01-09 15:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The worst winter storm in two decades has hit the eastern Mediterranean this week, bringing destruction and death to Syria and its neighbors who are already dealing with a refugee crisis from the country's civil war. Opposition activists in Syria, where war has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and cut off access to food, fuel and power for cities and towns, say dozens of people have died there in four days of relentless extreme weather. At least 17 people have also died...
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