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US tornado season: quietest start in 60 years
Information released by NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center shows that the US has had its quietest start to the tornado season since detailed records began in 1953.
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Severe thunderstorms spawned a number of tornadoes across the US Plains on Sunday, killing at least 17 people and leaving a trail of damage.
Information released by NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center shows that the US has had its quietest start to the tornado season since detailed records began in 1953.
A fast-moving storm results in multiple tornadoes across Midwest America, killing at least six people and flattening a part of Illinois.
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Rescue workers looking for people trapped in the rubble left after a tornado crashed through Oklahoma say they are 98 per cent sure there are no more bodies or survivors to find.
A two-mile tornado rips through Moore, Oklahoma, overturning cars, flattening buildings and destroying neighbourhoods.
Oklahoma’s tornado disaster turned dozens of children into eye-witnesses to a natural disaster – with pupils from two destroyed schools telling how they had to cling to desks to protect themselves.
President Barack Obama declares a major disaster in Oklahoma after a powerful tornado wrecks schools and other buildings.
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