Tag: Severe weather

SEATTLE (AP) — A thaw-out is coming for frozen Seattle and Portland, Oregon, but not before another round of snow that could compound problems for a region more accustomed to winter rain than arctic blasts.…

SEATTLE (AP) — Severe weather sweeping parts of the U.S. brought frigid temperatures to the Pacific Northwest, heavy snow to mountains in Northern California and Nevada and unseasonable warmth to Texas and the Southeast.  Emergency…

A powerful storm system swept across the Great Plains and Midwest Wednesday evening, leaving much of eastern Allen County without power well into the wee hours this morning. Power remained out in Moran this morning…

SHARON SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — Several tornadoes touched down in western Kansas during storms that swept through the state but there were no initial reports of injuries or major damage, according to the National Weather…

Floods? Tornadoes? Fires? … No problem. Allen County’s new Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has got you covered. The center and its upgrades were made possible thanks to $120,000 in federal CARES Act money, and comes…

WICHITA, Kansas — Tornadoes aren’t forming at the same pace as usual this year, creating one of Kansas’ quietest storm seasons in recent memory. In fact, there hasn’t been a single documented tornado in any…

DALLAS (AP) — Crews searched today through the rubble of homes and businesses torn apart by a tornado that ripped through the Dallas area the night before, and one person was killed by a falling…

Long before tornado warnings were issued Monday afternoon in Coffeyville and Pittsburg, Allen County Emergency Management Coordinator Jason Trego was participating in a conference call with the National Weather Service out of the Wichita region.…

Spring is approaching — yes, really — which means the threat of severe weather soon will be upon our neck of the woods. March 5 is the designated day for the statewide tornado drill. All…