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- Tropical Storm Andres Could Grow Into Hurricane, Brush Mexico
Forecasters are expecting Tropical Storm Andres to grow into the Pacific season's first hurricane Tuesday.
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- McPherson Co. Damage Caused By EF-1 Tornado
Damage in city of McPherson was caused by straight line winds.
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- Tropical Storm Andres Strengthens Off SW Mexico
Tropical Storm Andres is strengthening off the southwestern coast of Mexico early this morning and forecasters say the coming days could see it become a hurricane.
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- Severe Storms, Heavy Rains For Parts Of KAKEland Later Today
Some parts of southern and eastern Kansas are under the gun for severe storms and heavy rains tonight and into parts of tomorrow.
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- Season's 1st Tropical Depression Forms In Pacific
The first tropical depression of the Pacific hurricane season has formed off the coast of Mexico.
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- Midwest Storms Cause Flooding, Spawn Tornadoes
Another round of storms in the Midwest has damaged homes and businesses, flooded streets and knocked out power to thousands.
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- Season's First Tropical Depression Forms in Pacific
The first tropical depression of the Pacific hurricane season has formed off the coast of Mexico.
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- KAKEland StormChasers Chase Funnel Cloud in Cowley County
Residents of Cowley and Sumner Counties endure tornado warnings and funnel clouds as KAKEland StormChasers follow storm.
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- Heavy Rain In Central Kansas; Damage Reported In SW Kansas
Baseball and golf ball size hail blanketed Southwest Kansas overnight. Storms now rolling out of South Central and Southeast Kansas.
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- Lightning Kills 10-Year-Old Boy
Indianapolis police say a 10-year-old boy was killed by lightning at a campground while he and his father walked to their car to seek shelter from a thunderstorm.
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- Strong Storms Moving Out Of KAKEland
Storms have moved into Southeast Kansas.
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- Microburst Causes Millions In Damage In South Hutchinson
Severe storms swept across south-central Kansas damaging buildings, causing power outages and downing tree limbs.
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- 2009 Marks Lowest Number Of Weather Watches In 17 Years
The National Weather Service announced only 100 severe weather and tornado watches went out for May 2009.
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- Hurricane Season Begins Today
Hurricane season is officially here, though the first tropical depression formed Thursday and has since dissipated.
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- Season's First Tropical Depression Forms In Atlantic
National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami say a tropical depression has formed off the mid-Atlantic coast, but it's not expected to threaten land.
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- Storm Blacks Out Parts Of Dallas-Ft Worth Area
A severe thunderstorm in Texas has knocked out power to some residents of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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- A Stormy Pattern Returning to Kansas?
The abnormally quiet few weeks might be about to change- and the KAKEland StormChasers are getting ready.
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- Threat Of Lightning Not Often Realized
A study of lightning injuries and fatalities between 1959 and 1994 showed Kansas as ranking 25th for fatalities with 56 deaths. However, the state was second in lightning damage reports with 1,182.
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- KAKE Welcomes A New Family Member
Meteorologist Tanner Swift welcomes a daughter.
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- Kansas Asks For Financial Assistance From Spring Blizzard
Kansas officials are asking a federal agency for assistance to defray costs associated with the winter storm that hit the state in late March.
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- Federal Officials Get Ready For Hurricane Season
Federal disaster officials say when it comes to preparing for hurricanes, they're redoubling efforts to close gaps, but say they can't do it all.
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- Lightning Strikes Spark Several House Fires
Fire crews battle flames at scene after scene. As thunderstorms moved across West Wichita cloud to ground lightning turned out to be a real big danger.
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- Central Kansas Hit By Strong Storms
Wichita area hit with hail, heavy rain and lightning
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- Tornado Touches Down In Oklahoma
No damage or injuries have been reported from a line of severe thunderstorms that spawned at least one tornado in Oklahoma overnight.
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- Tornadoes Kill At Least 3 In Missouri
At least three people are dead after violent storms tore through northern Missouri, damaging dozens of homes and a car dealership.
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- Flood Warnings Issued In SC Kansas
Thunderstorms with heavy rain have been moving through the area.
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- Cleanup Begins After Storms Leave 5 Dead
Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed in Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri. About 150,000 customers in Missouri were left without power at the height of outages.
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- Storms Blamed For 5 Deaths In Midwest
Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed in the storms Friday in Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri.
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- Tornado Study Begins This Weekend
An $11.9 million project touted as the largest attempt to study tornadoes ever is set to begin.
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- Community Comes Together to Help Storm Victims
Members of the Benton Church gathered Friday to help in the cleanup effort after severe storms ripped through the area early in the morning.
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- 3 Hurt In Louisiana As More Storms Batter Southeast
High winds from a possible tornado have injured three people and damaged nearly two dozen homes in southern Louisiana.
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- Mississippi Woman Killed By Tree; Storms Cross Southeast
Authorities say a line of severe storms crossing the Southeast killed a Mississippi woman, knocked out power to about 6,000 customers in Alabama and caused some property damage in at least three states.
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- StormCall To Alert Kansas Elementary Schools About Severe Weather
KAKE’s StormCall will send out phone, email and text alerts only when your school or home is within a tornado or severe storm warning area.
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- Weather Service: Flood Watch In Parts Of West Virginia, Virginia
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch notice for counties across West Virginia and into southwestern Virginia.
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- Alabama Storm Brings Possible Tornado
A severe thunderstorm with a possible tornado moved across west-central Alabama this afternoon.
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- Flooding Concerns Continue Through Weekend
Track river levels and the latest watches and warnings through KAKE.com
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- Haysville Tornado - 10 Years Later
10 years ago this Sunday, most of Haysville's downtown was destroyed by a massive tornado.
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- KAKE Family Welcomes A New Member
Jay Prater is the proud papa of a baby boy.
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- State Delivers 100K Sandbags to Butler & Harper Counties
More than 100,000 sandbags have been delivered to two South Central Kansas counties to help in keeping floodwaters at bay.
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- Lake Afton Tornado Rated An EF-1
Tornado hit Sunday evening.
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- Tornadoes Touchdown In SW Kansas
A tornado was reported near the tiny town of Plymell Wednesday evening. Eastern half of Kansas under slight risk of severe weather Thursday.
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- Storms Now Blamed For Five Deaths In Kansas
The bodies of two victims found early today in SE Kansas.
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- Tornado Watch Issued For SW Kansas
Much of the state under a slight risk of severe weather
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- Kansas Rain Tapering Off, Damage Left Behind
Forecasters say a storm that soaked Kansas and spawned at least two tornadoes is moving out of the state, leaving behind high water and some damage.
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- Strong Storms Cause Damage In Kansas
Strong winds cause some damage in Butler, Sedgwick & Harvey Counties.
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- Motorcyclist Killed By Lightning
A 45-year-old Lawrence man was killed when he was hit by lightning as he was riding his motorcycle
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- Enid, OK Hit By Tornado
Search and rescue crews went door to door last night to check on residents in northern Enid after a twister touched down around 10 p.m..
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- Flood-Threatened North Dakota Town Lets Businesses Reopen
Businesses in a North Dakota town that has been threatened by flooding are being allowed to reopen following temporary repairs to the damaged sewer system.
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- Kansas Drying Out, Getting Warmer
Kansas is getting a break from days of rain, snow and cold, not to mention a few tornadoes.
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- California Broils As Temperatures Hit Record 100 Degrees
A record blast of heat is sending crowds of Californians to the beaches as temperatures hit 100 degrees.
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