Tornados

World Socialist Web Site
View In: TornadosOn May 20, 2022, an EF3 tornado touched down in the city of Gaylord in northern Michigan, carving a path of destruction 200 yards wide and 16 miles long. The tornado killed two people and injured over 40 others.

Yale Universities Climate Connections
View In: TornadosNew video brings together informed perspectives of academic scientists, veteran professional and broadcast meteorologists, and others to address uncertainties. The post Grappling with scientific understanding of tornadoes and climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Paul Beckwith, Climate Systems Scientist
View In: TornadosJun 9, 2022 I was on an island in cottage country on Saturday May 21st, 2022 when Canada’s first Derecho since 1999 passed over me like a freight train. Fortunately, there were no tornados or downbursts in my immediate vicinity, … Continue reading →

World Socialist Web Site
View In: TornadosThe House Committee on Oversight and Reform has accused Amazon of obstructing its investigation into the deadly collapse of the company’s DLI4 warehouse facility in Edwardsville, Illinois during a massive tornado storm in 2021.

Yale Universities Climate Connections
View In: TornadosSummerlike storms wreak unseasonable havoc from Great Lakes eastward. The post At least 11 dead in wake of Michigan tornado, Canada derecho appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: TornadosThe wreckage and loss of life from this storm is yet another symptom of how our fossil fuel addiction heats the planet and drives disasters.

Common Dreams
View In: Tornados“We aren't asking, we demand change. Kentucky needs Build Back Better now.”

ZeroHedge News
View In: Tornados60 Million People In Path Of Severe Storms, Isolated Tornados Across Northeast  Severe thunderstorms, including the possibility of damaging winds, large hail, and even tornadoes, are forecasted for much of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic on Monday afternoon.  The National Weather Service Storm Predictio...

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: TornadosThey weren't “lost” to a storm—they were killed by a deliberate corporate culture that routinely cuts corners on worker safety to put more profit in corporate pockets.

Popular Resistance
View In: TornadosThe weekend of December 10-11, 2021, saw a reported 30 tornadoes hitting several states from Arkansas to Illinois; as of this writing, 74 people are confirmed dead and several buildings severely damaged or totally demolished. All the cases of death and destruction are devastating; however, the most tellin...

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: TornadosHow long will we tolerate the corporate executive 'risk taking' that puts only workers at real risk?

Grist
View In: TornadosThe US has completely failed to adapt to extreme weather events. Here is what it needs o do. Great article.

View In: TornadosDevastation from tornadoes that slammed parts of the United States this month will push the insurance industry's 2021 bill for weather-related claims well above the predicted $105 billion, industry experts said, and premiums should rise on worries that climate change will drive more severe weather.

The Guardian
View In: TornadosDerecho, often described as an inland hurricane, hit the north-central US on 15 December, separately from Kentucky tornadoesThe National Weather Service’s (NWS) storm prediction center has described the multiple tornadoes and thunderstorms that struck the Great Plains and upper midwest last week as th...

The Guardian
View In: TornadosRebuilding hard-hit cities like Mayfield and Dawson Springs will take years after at least 74 in the state died in the stormsJimmy Galbreath counted his blessings too soon. His home in Mayfield, Kentucky, was battered but not broken last week by a tornado, and the 62-year-old former scrap iron worke...

The Guardian
View In: TornadosThose who died in an Amazon warehouse in Illinois and a Kentucky candle factory were sacrificed to the altar of profitWhy did eight workers at a Kentucky candle factory and six workers at an Illinois Amazon warehouse die this week? They were killed when a powerful tornado destroyed their workplaces...

Yale Universities Climate Connections
View In: Tornados Records were blown to smithereens amid Upper Midwest tornadoes, 1930s-style dust storms, and springlike warmth. The post Plains mega-cyclone shreds December weather history appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

In These Times
View In: TornadosGrief, anger, and demands for answers after tornadoes kill at least 14 U.S. workers.

Popular Information
View In: TornadosOn Saturday morning, Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos had something on his mind that he needed to share with the world. He was extremely excited to send several very wealthy people into space for 10 minutes. Bezos reported that everyone was “happy.” Though he was not flying into spac...

World Socialist Web Site
View In: TornadosRachel Cope’s brother, Clayton Lynn Cope, was killed in an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois while trying to alert his coworkers to seek cover as a tornado barreled down upon the facility.

Grist
View In: TornadosSome jumped to connect last week's twisters with global warming. Scientists aren't so sure.

The Daily Poster
View In: TornadosLawmakers and corporate lobbyists stymied legislation to protect employees’ jobs when they flee an unsafe workplace.

Jacobin Magazine
View In: TornadosIn the months before workers were reportedly barred from abandoning their job site or threatened with termination if they fled this weekend’s deadly tornadoes, corporate lobbying groups were fighting legislation to prohibit retribution against employees who seek to leave work out of fear for their safety...