Tornado kills 7-year-old in Missouri
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- Tornado kills 7-year-old in Missouri
- Kansas tornado reached wind speeds up to 200 mph officials say.
- Hurricane Rita results in $5.8 billion in claims in Texas Louisiana
- In Florida a Company Finds a New Way to Sell Hurricane Insurance
- Moat shapes hurricane’s power
Tornado kills 7-year-old in Missouri
USA Today – Mar 6, 2007
— A tornado struck southern Missouri killing a 7-year-old girl and damaging homes and businesses Thursday and another apparent twister struck an Alabama high school authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries at Enterprise High School state and weather officials said. Police were trying to determine if any students were trapped inside the southeast Alabama school state Rep. In Missouri Howell County Sheriff Robbie Crites identified the young victim as Elizabeth Croney… In Missouri Howell County Sheriff Robbie Crites identified the young victim as Elizabeth Croney. Her mother father and two brothers were injured when a tornado hit their mobile home in a rural wooded area near West Plains Crites said. In Caulfield Rick Jarvis heard the storm ripping through his gas station around dawn. His home next door suffered just minor damage but the twister shredded the business ripping down its roof and back wall. “It sounded like a herd of horses tearing up stuff. When I came out it was done” said Jarvis 48.
Kansas tornado reached wind speeds up to 200 mph officials say.
Free with registration – Kansas City Star – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 6, 2007
(06-MAR-07) Kansas City Star (Kansas City M). 6–The tornado that ripped through Linn County was the most powerful recorded across the country this year the National Weather Service said today. And it’s the earliest i.
Hurricane Rita results in $5.8 billion in claims in Texas Louisiana
International Herald Tribune – Mar 6, 2007
8 billion in claims in Texas Louisiana – International Herald Tribune. 8 billion (€4. 43 billion) in claims in Texas and Louisiana an insurance group reported Tuesday.
In Florida a Company Finds a New Way to Sell Hurricane Insurance
New York Times – Mar 6, 2007
In January Florida’s Legislature went into special session to deal with the insurance crisis and decided to force down prices for all companies including Mr. Buchmueller’s by perhaps 20 percent. But many insurance experts say that if hurricane damage is heavy in the next few years the state will probably have to make up for the price cut and possibly a lot more in claims costs by issuing bonds and passing on potentially enormous expenses to all policyholders. Florida regulators welcomed Mr. Buchmueller’s company as a new source of coverage. They approved his plan in mid-January and he has started selling policies through independent agents across the state.
Moat shapes hurricane’s power
Australian IT – Mar 6, 2007
module-subheader –> FLYING research aircraft into the intense hurricanes of 2005 has given scientists new insight into how the massive storms suddenly gain and lose strength according to a new study. The findings could allow meteorologists to forecast accurately changes in the power of hurricanes just as they now can predict their directions according to University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor Robert Houze. By collecting data inside the centre of deadly Hurricane Rita and other storms of 2005 the heaviest hurricane season ever researchers led by Professor Houze discovered that the violent wall around the still eye could be interrupted and destroyed by an outer ring of dry air or "moat" that develops as the hurricane intensifies and its eye tightens. In a summary of their research published in the journal Science Professor Houze and his associates said they observed how the moat can form around the eyewall where the storm’s heaviest winds were. The moat takes shape as outer rings of clouds spin into a second external eyewall. Together the two formations then subsume the original eyewall effectively widening the storm and slowing its spin at least temporarily the scientists say. As the new eyewall takes shape though the storm can re-intensify.