Tornado Toll

Rescuers uncovered widespread damage in Alabama on Monday caused by two back-to-back tornadoes that ripped across the southern state, with the death toll of 23 expected to rise further.

Emergency personnel in China mounted rescue efforts amid scenes of carnage today as the toll from hurricane-force winds and a tornado rose to at least 98 dead, with hundreds more injured.

The death toll from a typhoon that struck China on the weekend has risen to 19, with four people missing, the official Xinhua news agency reported today.

The body of a baby blown away by a tornado was found Tuesday in northern Mexico, raising the death toll from the twister to 14.

A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, killing at least 31 and forcing frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark on Tuesday.

At least five people were killed and dozens more hurt as severe storms and violent tornadoes battered the US Midwest Sunday, and officials warned the toll would rise.

The death toll from tornadoes and severe flooding that struck Oklahoma on Friday and Saturday has risen to 18, including 12 adults and six children, with the bodies of seven people still unidentified, the state's chief medical examiner said.

The death toll from deadly tornadoes that struck Oklahoma on Friday has risen by one to 14, with a child added to a tally that now includes nine adults and five children, the state's chief medical examiner said on Monday.

Nine people have died in the Oklahoma City area after a violent burst of tornadoes and thunderstorms overnight.

At least six people were killed and 100 injured when tornadoes ripped through north-central Texas after dark and authorities said the death toll could rise as rescuers search through the rubble of destroyed homes.

A toddler found in a field after violent tornadoes died on Sunday after being taken off life support, ending a hopeful tale for survivors in the Midwest and South picking through the storms' devastation. The girl's death brings the overall toll from Friday's storms to 39 across five states.

Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung into buildings and communications crippled after dozens of tornadoes chain-sawed through a region of millions, levelling small towns along the way.

Residents of stricken towns across six Midwestern and southern US states picked through the debris Thursday in the aftermath of a string of destructive tornadoes that left 13 people dead.

Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that killed at least 116 people when it blasted much of this Missouri town off the map and slammed straight into its hospital.It was the nation's deadliest single twister in nearly 60 years and the second major tornado dis...

Rescuers uncovered widespread damage in Alabama on Monday caused by two back-to-back tornadoes that ripped across the southern state, with the death toll of 23 expected to rise further.

Emergency personnel in China mounted rescue efforts amid scenes of carnage today as the toll from hurricane-force winds and a tornado rose to at least 98 dead, with hundreds more injured.

The death toll from a typhoon that struck China on the weekend has risen to 19, with four people missing, the official Xinhua news agency reported today.

The body of a baby blown away by a tornado was found Tuesday in northern Mexico, raising the death toll from the twister to 14.

A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, killing at least 31 and forcing frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark on Tuesday.

At least five people were killed and dozens more hurt as severe storms and violent tornadoes battered the US Midwest Sunday, and officials warned the toll would rise.

The death toll from tornadoes and severe flooding that struck Oklahoma on Friday and Saturday has risen to 18, including 12 adults and six children, with the bodies of seven people still unidentified, the state's chief medical examiner said.

The death toll from deadly tornadoes that struck Oklahoma on Friday has risen by one to 14, with a child added to a tally that now includes nine adults and five children, the state's chief medical examiner said on Monday.

Nine people have died in the Oklahoma City area after a violent burst of tornadoes and thunderstorms overnight.

At least six people were killed and 100 injured when tornadoes ripped through north-central Texas after dark and authorities said the death toll could rise as rescuers search through the rubble of destroyed homes.

A toddler found in a field after violent tornadoes died on Sunday after being taken off life support, ending a hopeful tale for survivors in the Midwest and South picking through the storms' devastation. The girl's death brings the overall toll from Friday's storms to 39 across five states.

Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung into buildings and communications crippled after dozens of tornadoes chain-sawed through a region of millions, levelling small towns along the way.

Residents of stricken towns across six Midwestern and southern US states picked through the debris Thursday in the aftermath of a string of destructive tornadoes that left 13 people dead.

Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that killed at least 116 people when it blasted much of this Missouri town off the map and slammed straight into its hospital.It was the nation's deadliest single twister in nearly 60 years and the second major tornado dis...