Posted July 27th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.foxnews.com
Amongst the causalties, a 10 year old girl…
The missing included a 10-year-old girl who had been playing in the waters off Coney Island. A 10-year-old boy who was with her was rescued, police said.
Some authorities said the spate of swimmers being swept away seemed unprecedented. In the Long Island community of Long Beach, where two people drowned and another disappeared, Police Lt. Bruce Meyer said he “cannot recall there ever being back-to-back situations like this.”
The rough seas were due to a strong storm system that brought 8-foot waves to the area earlier this week, National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Connolly said
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Posted May 26th, 2008 by minortopics | via edition.cnn.com
Strong storms ripped through the Midwest over the weekend, generating strong tornadoes that killed 6 in Iowa and a toddler in Minnesota.
A tornado touched down at about 6 p.m. Sunday in the north-central Iowa town of Parkersburg before moving 10 miles east to New Hartford, said Bret Voorhees with the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
Video shot Monday in Parkersburg showed homes reduced to scattered boards.
Streets were lined with huge piles of debris that included crumpled vehicles, uprooted trees and unidentifiable material that had been part of houses 24 hours earlier.
We saw footage of some of the damage, and it was eerie how the tornado seemed to pick and choose it’s victims, with one house being completely flattened while another next door looked untouched.
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