August 30, 2016
Grand Forks, N.D. (AP) — The National Weather Service (click here) says a tornado that caused damage in the Hillsboro area had wind speeds up to 140 mph.
The agency rated the Saturday twister in Traill County an EF-3 on the enhanced Fujita scale. An EF2 or higher rating is considered a significant tornado.
The tornado smashed bins at a grain elevator complex, destroyed a garage and uprooted trees on one area farmstead, and heavily damaged a home and a metal building at another farmstead. No one was hurt.
Storms on Saturday spawned two other weaker tornadoes in Grand Forks County. One with wind speeds estimated at 70 mph touched down in an open field near Arvilla. Another with wind speeds up to 110 mph uprooted trees and demolished a barn in the Pleasant View Township area....
August 29, 2016
By Eric Elwell
The return of much-needed rain (click here) in the region has eased drought conditions and brought about unusual spring-like severe storms resulting in a record breaking number of tornadoes for August in Ohio and Indiana.
There were over two dozen tornadoes across the two states with eleven tornadoes touching down on Wednesday. This broke a record in Ohio for the number of August, single-day tornadoes. The previous record was seven touchdowns on Aug. 28, 2006. This tornado outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak for the month of August in the United States since 1950 that was not produced by a tropical storm or hurricane. According to data from the Storm Prediction Center, Ohio has had 31 tornado touch-downs this year. That is quite the uptick in the number of tornadoes when we’ve only had 27 tornado touch downs in the last two years combined....
August 29, 2016
By Don Haney
Tornado east of Climax, MN
Grand Forks, N.D. (AP) — The National Weather Service (click here) says a tornado that caused damage in the Hillsboro area had wind speeds up to 140 mph.
The agency rated the Saturday twister in Traill County an EF-3 on the enhanced Fujita scale. An EF2 or higher rating is considered a significant tornado.
The tornado smashed bins at a grain elevator complex, destroyed a garage and uprooted trees on one area farmstead, and heavily damaged a home and a metal building at another farmstead. No one was hurt.
Storms on Saturday spawned two other weaker tornadoes in Grand Forks County. One with wind speeds estimated at 70 mph touched down in an open field near Arvilla. Another with wind speeds up to 110 mph uprooted trees and demolished a barn in the Pleasant View Township area....
By Eric Elwell
The return of much-needed rain (click here) in the region has eased drought conditions and brought about unusual spring-like severe storms resulting in a record breaking number of tornadoes for August in Ohio and Indiana.
There were over two dozen tornadoes across the two states with eleven tornadoes touching down on Wednesday. This broke a record in Ohio for the number of August, single-day tornadoes. The previous record was seven touchdowns on Aug. 28, 2006. This tornado outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak for the month of August in the United States since 1950 that was not produced by a tropical storm or hurricane. According to data from the Storm Prediction Center, Ohio has had 31 tornado touch-downs this year. That is quite the uptick in the number of tornadoes when we’ve only had 27 tornado touch downs in the last two years combined....
By Don Haney
Tornado east of Climax, MN
Grand Forks (KFGO) - A stormy night Sunday (click here) across portions of Northeastern North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota. Strong thunderstorms dumped torrential rain, hail and several tornadoes, prompting a number of warnings and advisories.
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks says a tornado tracked through a farm yard and destroyed a barn northwest of Gary, in Norman County around 10 p.m. Tornadoes also briefly touched down four miles east of Beltrami and east of Nielsville, both in Polk County. There were no reports of any damages from either twister. Both were reported around 8 p.m. One inch hail and 60 mph winds were reported in Fertile.
The weather service says heavy rain, as much as 4 to 4.5 inches, fell in a line roughly from Fertile, in Polk County across eastern Norman County through western Mahnomen County.
The video in this article validates the scary reality.
By Kara Kenny
Hancock County, Ind. -- A pregnant mother (click here) is demanding answers after she and her baby were locked out of a McDonald’s during a tornado warning
Jené Winchester was driving on I-70 in Hancock County Friday morning on her way to drop off her 18-month old daughter Olivia at her grandmother's.
At approximately 9 a.m., Winchester received a tornado warning alert on her cellphone, telling her to seek shelter immediately.
The Indiana Department of Homeland Security says during a tornado, you should “get out of your vehicle and go into a strong building if possible.”...
August 29, 2016
A tornado touched down in LaSalle, Ont. on August 24. It damaged houses and businesses in LaSalle. Another part of that system damaged businesses in nearby Windsor, but Environment Canada has not confirmed whether it was the same twister. The morning after the storm, cleanup efforts were underway.
A tornado touched down in LaSalle, Ont. on August 24. It damaged houses and businesses in LaSalle. Another part of that system damaged businesses in nearby Windsor, but Environment Canada has not confirmed whether it was the same twister. The morning after the storm, cleanup efforts were underway.
The tornado that touched down in a Windsor, Ont. (click here) industrial park last week has temporarily halted vehicle production at a FCA plant in Illinois.
An estimated 4,000 workers will be out of work for a week at FCA's Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois because of supply issues.
The plant receives parts from a Windsor supplier, which was severely damaged by one of the tornadoes.
"FCA U.S. will monitor the recovery efforts and will make a decision regarding future production actions next week," according to a statement from the company....
American Baptist Home Mission Societies (click here)
August 30, 2016
An estimated 4,000 workers will be out of work for a week at FCA's Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois because of supply issues.
The plant receives parts from a Windsor supplier, which was severely damaged by one of the tornadoes.
"FCA U.S. will monitor the recovery efforts and will make a decision regarding future production actions next week," according to a statement from the company....
August 30, 2016
Valley Forge, PA (ABNS)—In response to recent natural disasters (click here) in Louisiana and Indiana, American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) Disaster Relief Office has distributed Emergency Disaster-relief grants from American Baptist Churches USA’s One Great Hour of Sharing funds.
More specifically, $10,000 was released to American Baptist Churches of the South (ABCOTS) in response to torrential rain and flooding in the Baton Rouge, La., area, while $5,000 was released to American Baptist Churches of Indiana and Kentucky (ABC-IN/KY) in response to tornadoes in the Kokomo, Ind., area....
...How you can help
Both Louisiana churches have requested monetary donations to meet housing needs, as it remains undetermined as to when families will be permitted to return to homes. In addition, damage to many personal vehicles indicates a need for assistance with transportation costs.
Donations designated to “One Great Hour of Sharing/Southern floods/Storms” and/or to “One Great Hour of Sharing/Indiana/Kentucky tornado” can be mailed to the attention of Kim Wilkins at American Baptist Home Mission Societies, P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA, 19482-0851. One hundred percent of donations go to relief efforts; no dollars are retained for administrative costs. For more information, contact Wilkins at 1-800-222-3872, x2413, or kim.wilkins@abhms.org....
