Former president in South Louisiana to see 2008 hurricane damage
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- Former president in South Louisiana to see 2008 hurricane damage
- Weather service releases new details of Tuesday’s tornadoes
- Mena Tornado Recovery: Through a Relief Worker’s Eyes
- Tornado watch in effect until 2 pm
- School supplies being gathered for tornado victims
- Man Accused of Looting Tornado Damage
- Tornado touchdown last week confirmed
Former president in South Louisiana to see 2008 hurricane damage
KTBS
Bush will be in Louisiana today. Governor Bobby Jindal’s office says Jindal is hosting Bush and Former Secretary of State James Baker in Cameron Parish this morning. At the meeting they’ll evaluate hurricane damage and recovery progress in Southwest Louisiana following the 2008 hurricane season. The officials will talk to the media about their findings at a news conference from the South Cameron Memorial Hospital. From Jill Davies Assignments EditorRated:Not Rated.
Weather service releases new details of Tuesday’s tornadoes
Tampa Tribune
Each spent only minutes on the ground but the tornadoes damaged nearly 60 homes as well as shredding trees smashing fences and knocking down power linesA report from the National Weather Service says one tornado hit the sprawling Trinity area in southwest Pasco with winds of about 95 mph which would make it an EF-1 on the scale of 0 to 5. That tornado actually touched down first in Pinellas County traveling a tenth of a mile before reaching Pasco. At the time it touched down in Pinellas the weather service estimated its winds were 80 mph. It cut a path 50 yards wide knocking down a barn making a greenhouse vanish and damaging fencing and trees. Another tornado struck the Wesley Chapel community with winds of about 80 mph or an EF-0 on the scale.
Mena Tornado Recovery: Through a Relief Worker’s Eyes
KARK
Cindy Fuller the agency's Arkansas-klahoma Divisional Public Information fficer shares her observation of those pitching in to help: "n Saturday morning upon arrival at First Baptist Church of Mena where The Salvation Army set up their headquarters I walked several blocks of the storm-stricken area. Everywhere I looked neighbors were helping neighbors and families and friends were attempting to pick up the pieces of their lives left after a devastating and deadly tornado rocked their world Thursday night. " "The power of a tornado never ceases to amaze me. As we know the storm can destroy an entire block yet leave one home in the middle untouched or it can appear to skip a block or an entire neighborhood by lifting and touching back down.
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Tornado watch in effect until 2 pm
cala
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School supplies being gathered for tornado victims
Benton County Daily Record
comPosted on Wednesday April 15 2009Email this story | Printer-friendly version BENTNVILLE – A group of local high-school students is taking action to help young victims of the tornado that devastated Mena last Thursday. n Friday morning the Bentonville High School Family Career and Community Leaders of America group had already announced its intent to raise school supplies and other needed items for students at the middle school in Mena. The information about the supply drive was in Friday’s campus announcements. When the tornado occurred the students had been looking for a way to help families and students FCCLA member Faith Lopez said.
Man Accused of Looting Tornado Damage
WHNT
It is a mobile home in the Country Estates Trailer Park. DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris says that man is Mark Daniel Gilbert.
Tornado touchdown last week confirmed
Murray Ledger and Times
ne vacant mobile home was turned over several outdoor storage buildings were destroyed roofs damaged trees broken and uprooted and materials in yards damaged or blown away” Call said. The tornado began 3. 5 miles southwest of Dexter along a short stretch of Ky. Peak winds were measured at 85 mph. The width of the storm was measured at 75 yards and ran for about a quarter mile. Several homes lost shingles and siding with some structural damage reported.