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Three men were killed on Tuesday in a car wreck in northwest Texas as an intense tornado-packed storm front rolled through the state, local media reported.
It was the first known instance of a storm chaser or a meteorologist killed by a tornado. [26] Even before it was known that Samaras, his son, and Young had been killed, the event led many to question storm-chasing tactics, particularly in close proximity to tornadoes. [27]
The kindness and courageous acts of storm chasers, emergency responders and community members could be felt and seen immediately following the tornado. ... Residents in Matador, Texas, are coming ...
The tornado killed four storm chasers (three professional and one amateur), the first known deaths in the history of storm chasing. [5] Although the tornado remained over mostly open terrain, dozens of storm chasers unaware of its immense size and erratic movement were caught off-guard.
The first person to gain public recognition as a storm chaser was David Hoadley (born 1938), who began chasing North Dakota storms in 1956, systematically using data from area weather offices and airports. He is widely considered the pioneer storm chaser [3] and was the founder and first editor of Storm Track magazine.
A child and two other people killed in Texas. Three people, including a child, were killed in Perryton when a ruinous tornado slammed the town Thursday, the fire chief told CNN. The storm sent up ...
That storm threw them two hundred yards off U.S. Route 81. The SUV was destroyed afterward. [clarification needed] Bettes and his crew were later found and rescued by Reed Timmer and his SRV Dominator crew who were chasing for KFOR-TV Channel 4 in Oklahoma City with their storm chasers when they came upon the wrecked Great Tornado Hunt SUV. [6]
Five people died in Texas, two in Oklahoma, and another in Arkansas overnight after violent storms and tornadoes swept through the region, overturning trucks, smashing homes and trapping dozens in ...