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For the third straight day, temperatures in Wichita hovered at 100 degrees Sunday.
The temp didn't top a record: The record high for June 5 was 109 degrees in 1933. But the unseasonably hot weather is expected to continue through Thursday — and this may be a harbinger for summer.They have become familiar faces and voices during the deadliest tornado season in decades.
TOPEKA — Heavy rain that quickly pushed creeks out of their banks in north-central Kansas chased hundreds of people from their homes for several hours Thursday, turning parts of the region into a maze of closed roads.
A quirky storm blew through Lucas on Monday night, wreaking havoc on the town's Grassroots Art Center.
The morning after the deadly May 22 Joplin tornado that Wichita Eagle photojournalist Jaime Green survived and then documented, she was interviewed live on CNN.
All too often, Mother Nature is in a foul mood in the Wichita area over Memorial Day weekend.
At least six unconfirmed tornadoes touched down late Wednesday morning in the Kansas City area, according to authorities, but only minor damage and no injuries were reported.
After looking at the photos of the destruction in Reading, Michele Belli wanted to do something.
WICHITA — Two people were killed in central Kansas early Tuesday evening by debris from a passing tornado, authorities said.
TOPEKA — Utility crews were working Monday to restore power to the town of Reading after it was struck over the weekend by a tornado with estimated winds of up to 165 mph.
Wichita grabbed a badly needed gulp of rain Friday, and more could fall today.
That delighted gardeners and wheat farmers.The threat of thunderstorms have forecasters watching for severe weather today across the Wichita area.
"Kansas brags on its thunder and lightning and the boast is well founded. I never before observed a display of celestial pyrotechny so protracted, incessant and vivid."
LUBBOCK, Texas — While much of the nation focuses on a spring marked by historic floods and deadly tornadoes, Texas and parts of several surrounding states are suffering through a searing drought that has created desert-like conditions.
Wichita hit 100 on the earliest date in its history Monday, toppling a record dating back more than 115 years.
Lulu Lourdes gets nervous every year at this time. The mother of three has lived for 10 years at the Shady Lane Mobile Home Court, a collection of mobile homes at 4124 S. Broadway that has no storm shelter.
One video circulating in cyberspace, shot by a 12-year-old boy with his cellphone in the back seat of his vehicle, shows a tornado closing in on a family driving in North Carolina last month — right up until the tornado hits them.
HOISINGTON — During his time in law enforcement, Dan Simpson chased plenty of storms.
COLERAIN, N.C. —They aren't used to tornadoes in North Carolina, let alone 60 of them.
ATLANTA — A tornado-spewing system left a swath of death and debris from Oklahoma to North Carolina and Virginia, killing at least 45 people, disrupting power service for thousands, and leaving many others injured or huddled in shelters.
