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News Oklahoma's Cathy Tatom reported on efforts to clean up the Tar Creek Superfund site in Ottawa Co. Cleanup is still ...
A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. CONFIRMED. ALL RIGHT. CONFIRMED TORNADO. I MEAN, THEY’RE SEEING THE SAME THING WE’RE SEEING. >> I DON’T THINK MOVING EAST AT 60MPH. >> OKAY, SIX. WOW. MOVING FAST.
As Kentucky braced for the possibility of more severe weather Tuesday night, the National Weather Service said the tornado that hit Pulaski and Laurel counties late Friday was an EF-4, with winds ...
A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. CONFIRMED. ALL RIGHT. CONFIRMED TORNADO. I MEAN, THEY’RE SEEING THE SAME THING WE’RE SEEING. >> I DON’T THINK MOVING EAST AT 60MPH. >> OKAY, SIX. WOW. MOVING FAST.
Watch live coverage above****The warning expired at 8 p.m.A tornado warning has been issued for the following areas:Abbeville County TORNADO WARNING:A tornado warning is issued when a tornado is ...
May is a big month in Oklahoma for severe weather, and many Oklahomans rely on tornado sirens to give a warning. One neighborhood has been left in silence after the nearest tornado siren was damaged.
At one time, Picher and the surrounding towns produced half the lead in bullets fired during both World Wars. As mining production decreased, the town’s population slowly dwindled until mining ceased ...
In 1983, Picher was officially declared a Superfund site. Picher’s residents began leaving around then, and the town’s population dropped to 1,640 by 2000. After a devastating tornado in May 2008, it ...
Picher, Ok - Ten years ago, in November 2013, the municipality of Picher, Oklahoma, was officially dissolved. Most buildings that weren't demolished, or destroyed by fire or a tornado are abandoned.
Damage after a Saturday tornado hit Picher, Okla., Sunday, May 11, 2008. Photo by Matt Strasen Then, in 2008 an EF-4 tornado leveled the southern half of the town, leaving seven dead and many more ...
the struggling town of Picher, Oklahoma, one of America’s Superfund hazardous waste sites, is now a ghost town having ceased municipal operations not long after being hit by an EF-4 tornado in ...