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News Articles: severe weather

Damaged grain bins are shown at the Heartland Co-Op grain elevator on Aug. 11, 2020, in Malcom, Iowa. Some people are still recovering a year after the 2020 derecho caused $11 billion in damage across the Midwest.

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  • Weather

A Year Ago, The Midwest Was Hit With The Costliest Thunderstorm Event In U.S. History

Iowan Nick Bergus remembers being caught off guard by the derecho that pummeled his home state on Aug. 10, 2020, with hurricane-force winds, leaving billions of dollars in damage in its wake.

August 10, 2021
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By:
  • Josie Fischels
David Taylor, who has muscular dystrophy, relies on a ventilator to live. During the power outages across Texas in February, he had to be transported to a hospital before his ventilator's backup battery ran out.

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  • Health

Growing Power Outages Pose Grave Threat To People Who Need Medical Equipment To Live

Texas' power grid failure during a winter storm in February cut electricity to millions. As severe weather events become more frequent, those who use medical devices at home face a challenging future.

May 15, 2021
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By:
  • Charlotte Huff
A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle boat crew heads toward a capsized commercial lift boat April 13 searching for people in the water 8 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana.

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  • Weather

Commercial Boat Capsizes South Of Louisiana; Coast Guard Rescues 6

Severe weather may have caused a 129-foot lift boat to capsize in the Gulf of Mexico, about 8 miles south of Port Fourchon. It's unclear how many people remain at sea.

April 14, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo and
  • Jaclyn Diaz
This GOES-16 satellite image taken Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at 11:40 UTC and provided by THE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Tropical Storm Bertha approaching the South Carolina coast.

Tropical Storm Bertha Forms, Hits South Carolina Coast

Tropical Storm Bertha has made landfall on South Carolina’s coast shortly after it formed, becoming the second named storm before the official start of...

May 27, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Tropical Storm Arthur is crawling closer to the North Carolina coast on Monday, amid threats of some minor flooding and rough seas as the system moves off the Southeast seaboard.

Tropical Storm Arthur Crawls Closer To North Carolina Coast

Life-threatening surf and rip currents will spread along U.S. East coast beaches in the days ahead as Tropical Storm Arthur kicks up ocean swells...

May 18, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Emma, 78, right, and husband Charles Pritchett, 80, stand in front of their home the day after a tornado hit, Monday, April 13, 2020, in Chatsworth, Ga.

National Weather Service Confirms Multiple Tornadoes Across State

The National Weather Service confirmed multiple tornadoes touched down across the state during storms Easter Sunday evening into Monday. The Atlanta...

April 15, 2020
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By:
  • Sarah Rose

Kemp Declares Statewide State Of Emergency After Storms

Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency following storm damage that occurred across the state in the last 24 hours. The governor's office is...

April 13, 2020
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By:
  • Sarah Rose

Tornado, Severe Storm Risk For Georgia This Easter

The threat of strong tornadoes on Easter is creating added difficulties for communities sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic. An outbreak...

April 12, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Nestor rushed into Georgia on Saturday as a post-tropical cyclone after the former tropical storm spawned a tornado in Florida.

Nestor Heads Into Georgia After Tornados Damage Florida

Nestor rushed into Georgia on Saturday as a post-tropical cyclone after the former tropical storm spawned a tornado that damaged homes and a school in...

October 19, 2019
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  • Associated Press
Georgia farmers like Aries Haygood of A&M Farms have faced a number of challenges over the last few years, including trade policy, weather and labor shortages.

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  • Environment

Agricultural Markets Demand More Maintenance — But Georgia Farmers Face Weather, Labor Challenges

Farmers in Georgia have been impacted by a multitude of events in the last few years: hurricanes, stalled aid, trade policy and, on top of that, drought...

October 16, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
After Hurricane Michael destroyed much of Georgia's cotton crop last year, now drought-like weather is threatening the new crop, which is generally planted in May.

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  • Environment

Amid Trade War, Georgia Farmers Face Drought And Financial Doubt

From the devastation of Hurricane Michael to trade tariffs, Georgia farmers have faced months of uncertainty. After stalled disaster and tariff aid...

June 03, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
A spire was blown off a Hall County church during the storm.

4 Tornadoes Touched Down In Recent Georgia Storm

The National Weather Service confirmed on Tuesday that four tornadoes touched down in Georgia during a storm system last week.

April 23, 2019
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By:
  • Sophia Saliby

Severe Weather Alerts, Tornado Watch, Flash Floods Possible

Friday's weather started with severe storms rolling through Georgia from the west. Authorities said a woman was killed after strong storms knocked down...

April 19, 2019
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Leslie Harrington kneels down to help a former neighbor and family friend look for jewelry in her destroyed home along Seely Drive outside of Hamilton, Miss., after a deadly storm moved through the area on Sunday, April 14, 2019.

Strong Storms In South Kill At Least 8 And Injure Dozens

Powerful storms swept across the South on Sunday after unleashing suspected tornadoes and flooding that killed at least eight people, injured dozens and...

April 15, 2019
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  • Associated Press
Residents of Talbotton, Ga. pray together outside a home destroyed by a tornado the day after storms battered Alabama and Georgia.

Tornado Batters West Georgia After Killing People In Alabama

Communities in West Georgia have been declared in states of emergency by Gov. Brian Kemp following tornadoes that battered the region Sunday, and an...

March 05, 2019
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  • Grant Blankenship
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