FAIRMONT – A number of trees were damaged and felled when a tornado briefly touched down in the Bunner’s Ridge area near Fairmont on Monday evening, authorities said. Chris McIntire, who directs 911 services for the county, said the tornado was reported around 6:10 p.m. after the ...
by Mark Gongloff If the Car Crash Fairy offered you a deal that would lower your odds of getting in a car accident, but the trade-off was that any accidents you did get into would be far more likely to injure or kill you, you probably wouldn’t take that deal. But that might be the ...
LAVISTA — The little Fayette County community of Lavista looks nothing like it did just before a tornado tore through it late Tuesday afternoon. Lifelong Lavista resident Lisa Carte told MetroNews there was a warning on her phone at around 4:30 p.m., she heard her adult son — who lives ...
A large portion of West Virginia was under a tornado watch Monday as high winds and heavy rains passed through the area. Monongalia, Marion and Preston were among the 41 counties included in the alert. By mid-afternoon, Gov. Jim Justice declared a State of Preparedness for all 55 ...
Last Friday evening, a “horde” of tornadoes, as the New York Times called it, tore through Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee and Missouri. Kentucky was hit the hardest — struck by five twisters, one of which left a trail of destruction more than 200 miles long. At the time of this writing, ...