Disaster Report

Chicagoland Power Outage, ComEd Restoration Estimates

Wed Jul 13, 2011 09:51 pm Cardinal News

Wednesday Evening Report: According to ComEd, crews have restored approximately 706,000 customers so far since the storm Monday morning. 144,000 customers remain without power. Prospect Heights Fire Protection District Squad 9 stands by at a […]

VIDEO: Sand Storm/Dust Cloud ‘Haboob’ Invades Phoenix, Arizona

Wed Jul 6, 2011 11:07 am Cardinal News

An amazing video shows a wall of dust moving through the city of Phoenix in Arizona. Sandstorms like this happen during the region’s monsoon season, which is underway. The sandstorm or ‘haboob’ occurs over desert […]

Exxon Oil Spill Near Billings, Montana Prompts Evacuations

Sun Jul 3, 2011 07:38 pm Cardinal News

An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River near Billings ruptured and dumped an unknown amount of oil into the waterway, prompting temporary evacuations along the river Saturday morning. The rupture occurred Friday night […]

Restoring Power After the Storm: MJJ Electric Crews Assist ComEd with Jets Overhead in Des Plaines

Sun Jun 26, 2011 01:44 pm Cardinal News

MJJ Electric crews from Michigan help ComEd at Maple Street and Fargo Avenue in Des Plaines, just northeast of O’Hare International Airport where a utility pole snapped during stormy weather and tornadoes Tuesday night. About […]

Minot, North Dakota Braces for Historic Flood

Thu Jun 23, 2011 09:29 pm Cardinal News

Higher than the historic flood of 1969. Mayor Curt Zimbelman thanks residents for a very orderly evacuation process. Nearly 10,000 residents of the town of Minot, North Dakota have evacuated as flood waters top levies […]

Aftermath Video Immediately After Tornado Hit Joplin, Missouri

Mon May 23, 2011 08:41 pm Cardinal News

WARNING … some graphic language at the scene … “Is this Summerset apartments? Yes. They’re completely gone. I know.” Homes, apartments, a fitness center, gas station, tanning salon, DVD rental … everything is gone. All […]

At Least 89 Killed in Joplin, Missouri; Damage Summary, X-Ray Films from Hospital Found 70 Miles Away

Mon May 23, 2011 08:52 am Cardinal News

Video showing extensive damage at St. John’s Regional Medical Center — especially to cars in the parking lot as camera follow’s The Weather Channel’s Mike Bettes. A fatal tornado with a preliminary rating of EF4 […]

VIDEO: The Weather Channel’s Mike Bettes, One of First at Scene at Joplin Hospital Struck by Tornado

Mon May 23, 2011 12:49 am Cardinal News

AFTERMATH DAMAGE VIDEO … St. John’s Regional Medical Center Hit By Tornado, Causing Serious Damage Video showing extensive damage at St. John’s Regional Medical Center — especially to cars in the parking lot as camera […]

Flooding in the Mississippi Delta, Arkansas, Louisiana

Wed May 11, 2011 11:42 am Cardinal News

Interview with Vicksburg, Mississippi resident William Jefferson. The crest in the Mississippi River Delta is expected this weekend. The crest of the swollen Mississippi River has rolled past Memphis, Tenn., and into the mostly poor, […]

VIDEO: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Blow Up Missouri Levee to Save Cairo, Illinois

Tue May 3, 2011 06:59 pm Cardinal News

Explosions at night break levee: Suburban Memphis is preparing for a flood after the U.S. Army corp of engineers intentionally broke through a Missouri levee to save an Illinois town. Now the rush of water […]

Metropolis, Illinois; Other Areas of Southern Illinois Flooding

Sun May 1, 2011 07:04 pm Cardinal News

Neighborhood flooding just west of Harrah’s Casino. River level was 50.4 feet at Paducah, KY at this time. Metropolis does not have a levee or a floodwall to protect against Ohio River flooding. Metropolis Mayor […]

Mandatory Flood Evacuation Order in Cairo, Crest Expected Tuesday

Sun May 1, 2011 01:58 pm Cardinal News

Police are going door to door throughout Cairo, Ill., to clear out any remaining residents after the mayor issued a mandatory evacuation over flood concerns. Law enforcement officers were going door-to-door Sunday throughout Cairo, Illinois, […]

U.S. President Barack Obama: ‘I’ve Never Seen Devastation Like This’

Fri Apr 29, 2011 03:52 pm Cardinal News

President Barack Obama: Mr. Mayor [Walter Maddox] was pointing out that there’s a lot of national media down here right now. the mayor expressed the concern that perhaps the media will move on in a […]

Tornado Video from Tuscaloosa As 15th Street Area Is Hit

Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:21 am Cardinal News

TORNADO VIDEO PART 1: Tornado approaching 15th Street destruction area in Tuscaloosa, Alabama as viewed from the north side, showing tornado moving from West to East (right to left). Notice flags blowing in the foreground […]

Raw Tornado Video from Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama and McFarland Blvd Exit

Thu Apr 28, 2011 05:15 am Cardinal News

Storm chasers captured the massive tornado that leveled Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Storms across the South have killed at least 178 people. The segment shows edited video from unedited video of the Tuscaloosa Tornado of April 27, […]

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