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  • Tornadoes tear through central US

    Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted Sunday night on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas and a second confirmed one was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, the ...

  • Residents Escape Burning Tulsa Home

    TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa Fire was called out to a house fire in the 1300 block of North Maplewood early Monday. Just after midnight, firefighters arrived to find smoke pouring from windows in the home. Tulsa Fire says all seven residents inside made it out, but one may have suffered from smoke inhalation. EMSA treated the resident at the scene. There is no word on if that person was taken to ...

  • Small Earthquake Shakes Near Stroud

    STROUD, Oklahoma - A small earthquake rumbled in central Oklahoma, Sunday afternoon. It happened just before 9 p.m. The 2.8 magnitude quake shook about eight miles south southwest of the town of Stroud, Okla., about 45 miles east of the Oklahoma City metro, at a depth of about five miles. No damage or injuries have been reported with this earthquake. According to the United States ...

  • More storms expected after rash of tornadoes

    And the destructive weather isn't over. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes could pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest through ...

  • Powerful Storms Strike Parts of Iowa Oklahoma and Kansas

    (Reuters) - A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had ...

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The Ice Storm [DVD]

The Ice Storm [DVD]

In The Ice Storm we are shown with painful clarity just how cold the human heart can be and how we dont have to look very far to grasp this notion. In fact, we only have to glance in our own backyards, and we might be shocked at what we find. Set to an ethereal, haunting score ... ...

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  • Oklahoma tornadoes - in pictures

    A massive storm front swept north through the central US, from Texas to Minnesota, creating tornadoes and bringing with it hail and blinding rain, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. One man was killed and 21 injured in Oklahoma, despite forecasters warning of a storm since last ...

  • Oklahoma City Metro Transit bus in collision

    An Oklahoma City Metro Transit bus has collided with a pickup near downtown Oklahoma City Monday. Two injuries are reported. The accident is at SW 3 and S Western ...

  • Elderly man confirmed dead in tornado outbreak

    SHAWNEE, Okla. — Authorities have confirmed a 79-year-old man is the single fatal victim of Sunday’s tornado outbreak across Oklahoma. The most damaging systemspawned tornadoes in Cleveland County and Pottawatomie County. The tornado decimated the Twin Lake Trailer Park in Shawnee. One resident, an elderly man, died in the storm. The victim’s name has not been released. ...

  • Lanes reopening near Shawnee but delays expected

    Lanes reopening near Shawnee but delays expected Officials say drivers should expect delays on Interstate 40 in Shawnee as crews continue to clean up ...

  • Reconnecting Oklahoma Tornado Victims With Their Lost Photos

    TULSA, Oklahoma - News On 6 has gotten dozens of calls and emails across Green Country about finding photos and other documents from as far away as Shawnee. Those items tend to blow away when tornadoes hit, but one Oklahoman has found a way to get them back to the owners using Facebook. After every tornado we all find things some in the cleanup and other things simply blow into our own ...

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