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Live: Tornado Threat Shifts to Northern Texas, Arkansas
May 21, 2013; 8:03 PM ET
Nearly the same setup for tornadoes that focused on Oklahoma Monday is targeting north central Texas Tuesday afternoon.
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Austin to Memphis at Greatest Risk for Tornadoes Tuesday
May 21, 2013; 7:56 PM ET
Severe storms, some capable of producing tornadoes, will threaten communities across northeastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana and Arkansas into Tuesday night.
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Severe Storms to Reach DC, NYC, Albany Thursday
May 21, 2013; 7:40 PM ET
The same storm system responsible for producing violent thunderstorms in Oklahoma recently will reach the Atlantic Seaboard Thursday.
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More Storms for Recovery Efforts in Moore, Okla.
May 21, 2013; 7:32 PM ET
While additional strong thunderstorms will roll through through portions of tornado-ravaged Oklahoma Tuesday, the risk of tornadoes has diminished.
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Moore Tornado Makeup: Nature's Fury
May 21, 2013; 7:19 PM ET
The atmospheric severe weather engine began firing on all cylinders this past weekend and reached full speed Monday over Oklahoma.
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PHOTOS, VIDEOS: Massive Tornado Devastates Oklahoma Town
May 21, 2013; 6:51 PM ET
Preliminary reports are calling it an EF-4 tornado that has caused numerous fatalities and injuries in Moore, Okla.
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Kansas City, KS (1957)
Forty-five people killed and millions of dollars
in damage by tornadoes.
Ohio Valley (1860)
Tornado swarm in Ohio Valley hit Louisville,
KY, Cincinnati, OH, Chilicothe, OH, and
Marietta, OH. Damage totalled $1 million;
4 people killed in Cincinnati.
Memphis, TN (1983)
Freak lightning bolt strikes a man in his neck,
runs down his spine, and passes out of a pocket
containing keys. The bolt then struck 2 other
men nearby before also hitting a tree the
men were standing under at a golf course.
Miraculously all three men survived.
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