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What is the Fujita scale?
Reuters(Reuters) - The tornado that slammed into the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing more than 50 people with winds up to 200 miles per hour, was given a preliminary ranking of EF4, the second most powerful category on the Enhanced Fujita Scale....Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Weather Reports, National Weather Service, University of Chicago, Weather
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Central Florida tornado victims express sympathy for Oklahoma twister survivors
Central Florida residents have been transfixed by coverage of the monster tornado that ravaged Moore, Okla., but Becky Nolan can't watch the images of debris and tear-stricken faces. It's too painful for Nolan, whose husband and younger son died in a...
Tags: Lake County (Florida), Natural Disasters, Kissimmee, Tornadoes
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Global shares end higher as eyes turn to Fed
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock markets around the world edged higher on Tuesday amid signs of improving growth, even though questions about monetary policy limited gains. The Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 ended at all-time highs, while the...Tags: Julia Gillard, Pension and Welfare, Cyprus, Finland, Westpac Banking Corporation
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Dow, S&P end at records on Fed officials' reassurance
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Tuesday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 closing at new all-time highs as Federal Reserve officials' comments eased some concerns that the central bank could start reducing its stimulus program. Dow component Home Depot...Tags: HIV, Conservation, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), News Corp., Pain Therapeutics
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FACTBOX-Tornado damage and the Enhanced Fujita scale
ReutersMay 21 (Reuters) - The tornado that slammed into the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people, was upgraded on Tuesday to a rating of EF5, the category reserved for the most damaging twisters on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, the National Weather...Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, University of Chicago, Natural Disasters, Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011)
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Housing recovery boosts Home Depot results; outlook raised
Reuters(Reuters) - Home Depot Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly results and raised its sales and profit outlook for the year on Tuesday as the world's largest home improvement chain benefited from a nascent recovery in the U.S. housing market. The...Tags: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Manufacturing and Engineering, Marketing, Home Improvement, Lowe's Companies Inc.
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Storm damage reports
SPRINGFIELD, Mo From damage to a historic building in Lamar to a tree on a mobile home in Merriam Woods, reports of damage were scattered from Monday (5-20) night storms. KSPR News called emergency management directors across the Ozarks to see what...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering
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DONATE: Red Cross helping tornado victims across the Midwest
WASHINGTON, Monday, May 20, 2013 — The American Red Cross is helping people in the Midwest with shelter, food, relief supplies and emotional comfort after tornadoes over the last couple of days injured many people and destroyed homes. As many as...
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Bangladesh panel to recommend life in prison over building collapse
ReutersBy Serajul Quadir DHAKA, May 21 (Reuters) - A committee investigating a deadly collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh will recommend that nine people detained in connection with the disaster be sentenced to life in prison, the...Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Bangladesh, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Land Price
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Storms make a weekend mess in area
The Hutchinson News, Kan.Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes swept through Kansas over the weekend, leaving many residents cleaning up debris, but with no reports of injuries through Sunday evening. A strong thunderstorm blew through Hutchinson around 6:30 p.m. Sunday,...Tags: National Weather Service, Natural Disasters, Tornadoes
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Yuma second in nation for mobile homes
The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.Yuma is well-supplied with manufactured homes. According to a U.S. Census Bureau report, 29 percent of housing units in the Yuma metro area are mobile homes. That's plentiful enough for second in the nation, not too far behind Farmington, N.M. (where 32...Tags: Media Industry, Real Estate, Rentals, United States Census Bureau, Services and Shopping
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Twisters batter Oklahoma, killing 1, injuring 21, wrecking homes
This post has been updated, as indicated below.A series of tornadoes raked a broad swath of the Midwest on Sunday, destroying homes and a trailer park in Oklahoma, killing one person and injuring at least 21 others, officials said. As night fell, rescuers with flashlights picked through the rubble...Tags: National Weather Service, Mary Fallin, Natural Disasters, Tornadoes
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