Flooding kills 2 in Oklahoma, including a child, as severe storms threaten millions in multiple states

Flooding kills 2 in Oklahoma, including a child, as severe storms threaten millions in multiple states

Severe weather threatened more than 45 million Americans on Easter Sunday, as a treacherous string of thunderstorms continued to strike parts of the southern and midwestern United States, causing flooding and at times tornado risks across a substantial block of the country from East Texas to southeastern Iowa and Illinois. In Oklahoma, people braced for…

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Tornado watch for Evansville, Indiana

Tornado watch for Evansville, Indiana

Evansville weather radar Severe thunderstorms are making their way into the Tri-State late Friday night into early Saturday. The National Weather Service has said that strong storms and tornadoes are possible. Here’s a quick recap of what forecasters said in advance of the storm system. Check back here for updates as they become available. 9:15…

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Powerful storm barrels east across U.S.

Powerful storm barrels east across U.S.

Powerful storm barrels east across U.S. – CBS News Watch CBS News The National Weather Service is warning of just about every kind of danger, including tornadoes, hail, thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds as a large storm system moves across the U.S. Meteorologist Lonnie Quinn has the latest forecast. Be the first to know Get browser…

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Job cuts at NOAA drive concerns about extreme weather forecasts, as climate change worsens natural disasters

Job cuts at NOAA drive concerns about extreme weather forecasts, as climate change worsens natural disasters

Andy Hazelton learned he’d been fired the same way everyone else did. Like hundreds of his colleagues at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, he received a mass email from the head of the agency at around 3:45 p.m. on Feb. 27 confirming his termination, effective immediately. “They gave us ’til 5,” said…

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