Recalling a need to see it to believe it event when a house survived a tornado
Randi Mann
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On Sunday, March 3, 2019, 41 tornadoes broke out across the Southeastern United States.
Over six hours, tornadoes ranging from EF0 to EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, raged across Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina causing 23 deaths and 103 injuries.
The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) slowly saw the threat of these tornadoes come to life. On February 28th, they issued a severe thunderstorm warning across a large region of southeastern US, from northern Louisiana to northwestern Georgia.
The devastating 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami that destroyed 370,000 homes
Randi Mann
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On Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at 3:34 am, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Chile for three minutes.
The earthquake was felt strongly in six Chilean regions, in which 80 per cent (over 13 million people) of the population resides.
The earthquake triggered a tsunami that destroyed coastal towns across south-central Chile. The tsunami wave even impacted areas in California and Japan.
House that was uprooted into the streets of Pelluhue after the tsunami. Courtesy of Wikipedia
The earthquake caused a blackout for 93 per cent of Chileans. President Michelle Bachelet declared a state of catastrophe as the army was deployed to assist affected areas.
Move aside sharks, a snow-nado once popped up in New Mexico
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New Mexico is the 47th state to join the United States. They re known for their annual hot air balloon festival, White Sands National Monument, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, a research center for America s first atomic bomb, to name a few. They are not known for snow or tornadoes. And no places are known for both of those things at once.
On Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, a snow-tornado was spotted in the Eastern Navajo Nation in Torreon, New Mexico.
How celebrities reacted to extreme cold during the 2016 NBA All-Star Game
Randi Mann
Sunday, February 14th 2021, 11:33 am - The next day it felt like -1.
On Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, Toronto hosted the NBA All-Star Game. It was the first time the event took place outside of the United States.
As the best NBA players, celebrities, and fans made their way to Toronto, the city had something up her sleeve; -23°C temperatures.
Well, the temperature clocked in at -23°C, but it actually felt like -34.
Toronto issued an extreme cold weather alert.
Toronto welcomed many NBA greats, including Kobe Bryant, who played his 18th and final All-Star Game, as he retired after that season.