BOISE, Idaho (AP) — After another dry winter across much of the West, fire officials are poised for a tough wildfire season that will be even more challenging because federal budget cuts mean fewer firefighters on the ground, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Monday.
Make an online donation for Indiana tornado relief to the Salvation Army.
The search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado, the fire chief said Tuesday.
President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.
Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.
Witnesses give a first-hand account of the tornado that ripped through the Moore, Okla., area on May 20, 2013.
This is the longest the U.S. has gone into May without registering an EF1 or stronger tornado, which are the types that can cause damage.
At least 20 children are among the 51 people killed after a tornado slammed Oklahoma, the office of the state's chief medical examiner said, according to CNN.
Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation's midsection, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, Kan.
One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened
_20130516123929_60_45.JPG "Photos: Deadly tornadoes strike Texas"){kind=small}
A powerful storm crushed buildings as it tore through North Texas, leaving some as just piles of planks and rubble. Trees and debris were scattered across
Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless.
More tornadoes from global warming?
Aerial photos of OKC tornado damage
Photos: OKC suburbs ravaged by tornado
