International Business News - Tornado http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Forecasters say a tornado has blown out windows and knocked down trees and power lines near a state park in the Florida Panhandle. According to the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, a tornado was seen touching down just before 8:30 a.m. CDT Wednesday. It happened in a subdivision near St. Andrews State Park in Panama City. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/tornado-touches-down-near-fla-park-no-one-hurt.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:56:35 EDT Spain's Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz have won the Olympic sailing gold medal in the fast Tornado catamaran class. Australians Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby took the silver in the wind and rain Thursday. Argentina's Santiago Lange and Carlos Espinola won the bronze. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/113324-spain.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/spain-wins-gold-sailings-tornado-class.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/spain-wins-gold-sailings-tornado-class.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:07:13 EDT Caterpillar Inc. has rebuilt a Mississippi plant that makes parts for the company's machinery less than six months after the facility was struck by a tornado. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/caterpillar-rebuilds-mississippi-facility.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:54:00 EDT In a July 9 story on doubts raised about a tornado video recently used by news organizations, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that it was shot by the storm chaser who said it was doctored footage of a twister in Nebraska four years ago. He was not the camera operator for any video referenced in the story. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/correction-tornado-video-story.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:30:27 EDT A storm chaser accused of doctoring old tornado video and selling it under the pretense that it was taken last week in Nebraska denied wrongdoing Thursday, suggesting that professional jealousy was behind the allegation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89069-tornado-video.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/ap-tv-organizations-pull-questioned-video.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/ap-tv-organizations-pull-questioned-video.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:30:51 EDT Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88215-midwest-tornado.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/tornado-damages-homes-in-northern-north-dakota.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/tornado-damages-homes-in-northern-north-dakota.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:03:59 EDT Residents of this town nearly wiped off the map by a tornado are extending assistance to another Kansas community struck by a twister a year later. Greensburg, in southwest Kansas, was mostly destroyed by a tornado that rated 5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale--the highest level measured--on May 4, 2007. Chapman in north-central Kansas was struck by a lower-scale EF3 tornado earlier this month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/slammed-by-tornadoes-2-kansas-towns-form-bond.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:10:56 EDT As residents in Hugo begin to move on from last week's tornado, some say they noticed a few bizarre things amid all the damage. Jason Akins said the twister unwound a roll of toilet paper in his bathroom--draped it across the countertop, then rewound it in the sink. The toilet paper didn't even rip. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/tornado-oddities-toilet-paper-unwinds-and-rewinds.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:29:21 EDT Roy Crump III says there's only one way he can describe why he is alive and graduating as one of the valedictorians at Enterprise High School, with a chance to shake hands Thursday night with first lady Laura Bush. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080529/first-lady-to-speak-at-ala-school-hit-by-tornado.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 17:24:03 EDT A tornado that leveled half a town in northeast Iowa and killed seven people was the strongest to hit the state in 32 years, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/56615-severe-weather.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/iowa-tornado-rated-states-strongest-in-32-years.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/iowa-tornado-rated-states-strongest-in-32-years.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 23:10:46 EDT A large tornado skipped through several northern Colorado towns on Thursday, destroying dozens of homes, flipping tractor-trailers and freight rail cars, and killing at least one person. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/53268-tornado-colorado.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/tornadoes-rip-through-colorado-kansas-1-killed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/tornadoes-rip-through-colorado-kansas-1-killed.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 02:09:25 EDT A large tornado skipped through several northern Colorado towns on Thursday, destroying dozens of homes, flipping tractor-trailers and freight rail cars, and killing at least one person. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/53141-tornado-colorado.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/large-tornado-reported-on-ground-in-colorado.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/large-tornado-reported-on-ground-in-colorado.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 22:04:34 EDT You're in your house, your car, maybe your mobile home, and you've just heard a tornado warning announced for your area. What should you do now? Just as importantly, what shouldn't you do? Here are some dos and don'ts: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/dos-and-donts-when-a-tornado-is-approaching.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:13:24 EDT You're in your house, your car, maybe your mobile home, and you've just heard a tornado warning announced for your area. What should you do now? Just as importantly, what shouldn't you do? Here are some do's and don'ts: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/dos-and-donts-when-a-tornado-is-approaching.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:08:07 EDT Tornadoes that tore through Arkansas last week picked up homes, cars and everything in between _ including a check from 1971. Gene Floyd of Sulphur Rock went to check on his camper Sunday at his hunting camp near Evening Shade and said everything looked normal, until he saw something lying on the ground. It was a check, fold in half, showing only a few stains to give away its age. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/man-finds-check-from-1971-after-arkansas-tornadoes.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 17:21:09 EDT