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Watch: Twin tornadoes spin across Illinois field

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GREENFIELD, Ill. – The Midwest^[2] was hit with yet another round of severe weather Thursday^[3] – the culmination of a week of dangerous weather that has moved across the region.

FOX Weather Storm Tracker Brandon Copic was following a supercell

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Two friends sitting by a fire in Powhatan, Virginia jumped out of the way as a massive tree came crashing down.

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POWHATAN, Va.– Two men in Virginia ^[2] enjoying a spring ^[3] night and preparing to make s'mores with their families narrowly avoiding being crushed by a massive tree.

Security video captured Chris Johannsen and a friend sitting by their outdoor

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Mount Ruang on Tagulandang Island, one of the Sangihe Islands located off the northern coast of Sulawesi, has erupted at least five times since Tuesday. Lava has been spewing from the crater, as ash plumes are believed to have reached the stratosphere several miles into the sky.

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JAKARTA, Indonesia – A volcano ^[2] in Indonesia has recently experienced a series of powerful and explosive eruptions, prompting concerns of a potential tsunami ^[3].

Mount Ruang on Tagulandang Island, one of the Sangihe Islands located off the northern

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FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.

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Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather.It’s Thursday, April 18, 2024, and National Exercise^[2] Day.Start your day with everything you need to know about today's weather.You can also get a quick briefing of national, regional and

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A storm system is producing the threat for severe weather from the Lower Ohio Valley through the Texarkana region.

02:10 ^[1]

ST.LOUIS – As one storm system exits the country ^[2], another is on its heels Thursday and expected to fire storms over a 1,000-mile stretch of the nation.

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has highlighted states from the U.S.^[3]-Mexico ^[4] border

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A round of thunderstorms turned severe on Thursday with several tornadoes reported in southern Illinois.

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ST.LOUIS – A cold front stretched across a large section of the eastern half of the nation was the focal point of showers and thunderstorms on Thursday, some of which were severe and produced tornadoes.

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC)

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What is an atmospheric river? The largest freshwater 'rivers' on Earth, atmospheric rivers are long, narrow bands of highly concentrated water vapor flowing in the atmosphere.

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The West Coast^[2] was drenched this winter by an astounding 51 atmospheric rivers from fall 2023 to spring 2024, according to the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes.^[3] The tally was more than twice the average.

On average, 24 atmospheric

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Indonesia's North Sulawesi province's volcanology agency reports Wednesday that the Ruang volcano has erupted multiple times, causing the evacuation of at least 800 people due to spewing lava and ash clouds into the sky.

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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Hundreds of residents in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province were evacuated Wednesday due to multiple eruptions from the Ruang volcano ^[2].

Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure, known as BNPB ^[3], has reported that

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The WMO voted to retire North Eastern Pacific hurricane names Dora and Otis. For the first time since 2014, the committee did not retire any Atlantic names.

A hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130-156 mph is considered to be a Category 4 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale ^[1].

A Category 4 cyclone is considered to be a major hurricane and is only one class below a Category 5.

The scale

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While the blaring alerts of Tornado Warnings are a rite of spring in America's heartland, there is one area that hasn't had an official Tornado Warning in over 21 years.

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EUREKA, Calif.– For those who live in Tornado Alley ^[2], hearing the blare of urgent Tornado Warnings ^[3] could be a weekly occurrence in the severe weather ^[4] season, if not even more frequent.

But there’s one place in America where it’s been a

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Watch: Twin tornadoes spin across Illinois field

Video shows 2 men narrowly escaping falling tree in Virginia backyard

Worry of partial collapse of Mount Ruang raises concern of potential tsunami

Today's top weather news: New storm system targets nation’s heartland

St. Louis in bull's-eye of severe weather threat from Midwest to Texas Thursday

Severe storms with damaging winds, hail and tornadoes impact nation's heartland

West Coast soaked by 51 atmospheric rivers this winter

Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts as hundreds evacuated amid spewing lava, ash clouds

What is a Category 4 hurricane?

Un-Tornado Alley? This spot has gone 21 years since its last Tornado Warning

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