Tornadoes, Storms Kill at least 27 in the US

Updated at 08:57UTC

Carolinas Hit by up to 104 Twisters Saturday

229 Tornadoes reported since late Thursday: SPC

Tornadoes and storms have carved paths of destruction killing at least 27 people in seven states and injuring dozens more from Oklahoma through the South and on the Atlantic Coast since Thursday.

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State of Emergency

North Carolina‘s Gov Perdue has declared a state of emergency for North Carolina because of the destruction caused by deadly storms and tornadoes across the state, reports said.

“Wake County officials have declared a State of Emergency on Saturday after  severe storms which  ripped through central North Carolina killed at least 3 people and left two dozen others seriously injured, a report said.

“Cumberland County and the City of Fayetteville have both declared a state of emergency and a curfew has been declared from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. in area affected.” Said a report.

At least one fatality and about 50 injuries have been reported as a result of the storms.

Tornado damage Raleigh, NC, April 16, 2011

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Arthur Starts the Hurricane Season

Arthur Forms Punctually Near Belize City, Mexico

Tropical storm Arthur, Atlantic’s first named storm for 2008, lashed Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula with strong winds of about 40 mph (65 kph), dumping heavy rains on Saturday.

Infrared image GOES Floater (updated every hour or so). NOAA – National Hurricane Center

As if with clockwork precision, Arthur was formed just hours before the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season about 75 miles (125 km) northwest of Belize City, Mexico.

Alma, the tropical storm formed in the Pacific, fizzled out on Friday after sloshing Nicaragua’s Pacific coast, killing three people.

This graphic shows an approximate representation of coastal areas under a hurricane warning (red), hurricane watch (pink), tropical storm warning (blue) and tropical storm watch (purple). The orange circle indicates the current position of the center of the tropical cyclone. The black line and dots show the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast track of the center at the times indicated. The dot indicating the forecast center location will be black if the cyclone is forecast to be tropical and will be white with a black outline if the cyclone is forecast to be extratropical. If only an L is displayed, then the system is forecast to be a remnant low. The letter inside the dot indicates the NHC’s forecast intensity for that time. (Graph and caption NOAA)

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• OceanView –GOES Floater Imagery for Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
• A detailed definition of the NHC track forecast cone

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