Massachusetts Tornadoes Kill at least 4
Posted by feww on June 2, 2011
Deadly tornadoes spawned by extreme weather in western Massachusetts kill at least 4
Massachusetts Governor said one person was killed in Springfield (about 40 others were injured), two in Westfield and one in Brimfield, as he declared a state of emergency Wednesday evening and called for 1,000 National Guard to assist with cleanup.
The rare tornadoes left a trail of devastation across 24 towns, destroying roofs, damaging structure, uprooting trees and power lines.
At least 18 tornadoes were reported on Wednesday in Massachusetts, Kansas, Nebraska and California.
Tornado, Hail and Severe Weather Map for June 1 (Preliminary reports)
Some 364 severe weather reports received by SPC on June 1 included 17 tornado sightings in 4 states, as of posting.
A tornado watch is in effect in the Boston area until 11:00pm EDT June 1, with heavy showers and thunderstorms expected, NWS said, adding that the region was also under “threat of large hail and damaging wind.”
A child runs for cover following a tornado touchdown in Springfield, Mass., Wednesday, June 1, 2011 (Photo Credit: Don Treeger/ via Springfield Republican)
GOES Eastern US SECTOR Infrared Image
Eastern Conus Sector (Infrared Channel). Click image to enlarge.
Click image to enlarge. Animate this image (download size: about 3.5 MB). Source: SSEC.
Flooding News
North Dakota, Nebraska rivers reaching long-standing record stage levels
US Flood Map. Source: NWS
The Lower Mississippi River was still swollen on June 1, 2011, when MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this false-color image. Source: NASA-EO. Click image to enlarge. Download largest image (11 MB, JPEG)
Weather Forecast Maps May 31 – June 2
Political Manipulation of Joplin Tornado Deaths Continue
Meanwhile, the Missouri Department of Public Safety, which has taken over the Joplin tornado deaths investigation, has once again diluted the fatality figures. The Department said on Wednesday that it had counted only 134 sets of human remains. “On Tuesday, the department reported that 146 sets of human remains, some from dismembered bodies, had been recovered.”
FIRE-EARTH believes that such heavy-handed political manipulation of the statistics by the government is a clear and desperate attempt to deny the human factor in the exponentially increasing impact of climate change by way of associating the worst disasters with the past.
However, looming Mega Disasters (forecasts are based on FIRE-EARTH and EDRO dynamic models) will shatter ALL historical records by such massive margins that the politicians could no longer fabricate or fiddle the stats.
Joplin Tornado Track. False-color Satellite image of the deadly EF-5 tornado track taken by ASTER on NASA’s Terra satellite on May 30, 2011. Click image to enlarge. Download largest image (2 MB, JPEG)
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Update at 12:35UTC on June 2, 2011
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