severe weather

(Newser) - Gabrielle made a relatively tame landfall—with top winds hitting the 50 mph mark—on North Carolina's coast  today at 11:45am, reports CNN. It's more a relief than a worry for the drought-stricken region, but storm surge flooding of up to 3 feet was possible. The storm was to...

(Newser) - A tornado on the Texas-Mexico border killed 10 and wounded over 70 as severe storms walloped the plains states late last night. The twister touched down in the small border town of Eagle Pass, where it destroyed an elementary school, more than 20 homes, and a sewer-treatment plant, according to...