Tornado in South Dakota

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/us/21weather.html?src=mv

This article found in the New York Times is about a recent tornado in South Dakota, this past week. This tornado destroyed homes by breaking windows and creating holes in the rooves of houses. There was even a record size piece of hail measuring about the size of a cantalope, eight inches across, and is almost two pounds. Along with the cost of a blizzard, the town has to add on the cost of damages done by the tornado. There is an estimated 112 million dollars done in damaged from the combined costs of the tornado and blizzard. This article also includes how during a past summer, there were sixty seven (67) tornadoes on the ground in one day, naming that day "Tornado Tuesday".

Interactive Tornado Activity

This activity is found on msnbc.com under the interactive section of the weather page. This activity shows how a tornado forms in detailed and illustrated steps. The illustrations of the forming tornadoes are also animated, showing the warm air rising,  the clouds moving, and the direction the wind is blowing.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37602704/

Tornado kills church member and destoys church

This article is about a tornado in Georgia that occured in February 2009. The historic church, the Hickory Grove Missionary Baptist Church, which is over 143 years old was destroyed by the tornado. A church member was also killed too, after being blown out of his house.
http://www.macon.com/149/story/625469.html