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North Carolina Tornado
May 9 | CNN News

There are news reports of tornadoes in North Carolina on Thursday evening and Friday morning. One person is reported killed and others injured. High winds caused significant damage to homes, cars, airport facilities and utility lines.

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North Carolina: Landslide Mapping
July 29 | North Carolina Geological Survey

Here's a PDF presentation titled "Current Results of Landslide Hazard Mapping in Western North Carolina, August, 2007" done by the North Carolina Geological Survey. ....

Clemson Tornado
August 26 | Augusta Chronicle

Tropical Storm Fay spun off a tornado in the town of Clemson, South Carolina. It knocked down trees onto cars and damaged buildings near....

Emeralds Found in North Carolina
March 31 | The-Vug.com

DId you know that emeralds have been mined in North Carolina? How about Hiddenite? The-Vug.com has photos of the North Carolina Emerald/Hiddenite exhibit....

Another Wisconsin Tornado Track Image
June 22 | Earth Observatory

Early this month several tornadoes touched down in Wisconsin and caused a significant amount of damage. Earth Observatory has published another tornado track image....

Virginia Tornadoes
April 29 | MSNBC

Three tornadoes in southeastern Virginia caused massive damage and injured about 200 people on Monday. Governor Kaine declared a state of emergency for the....

North Carolina Wildfire Still Burning
June 17 | WRAL.com

Wildfires have been burning since June 1 in eastern North Carolina, in and around the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Firefighters have the blaze about....

Chicago Tornadoes
June 8 | Chicago Sun-Times

Several tornadoes caused damage in Cook, Lake and Will counties. Numerous homes and vehicles were damaged and power was cut off to thousands of....

Tornadoes Hit Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas
May 10 | Newsweek

At least 18 people were killed and many more were injured when tornadoes tore across the Oklahoma / Missouri border on Saturday. The storms also....

Tropical Storm Gabrielle Predicted Path
September 8 | National Hurrican Center

Tropical Storm Gabrielle is moving towards the coast of North Carolina. It's outer bands are over the Outer Banks and its center could arrive....

Satellite Image of Tornado Track
June 12 | Earth Observatory

A number of tornadoes touched down in Wisconsin on June 7. Fortunately there were no deaths and property damage was not extremely heavy. ....

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