What Could Go Wrong in 2016?

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 1, 2016 You probably noticed that 2015 was pretty weird. But hey, it's a brand new year -- a fresh start, a blank slate, an unwritten script. In 2016, what could possibly go wrong? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Study Links Deadly Summer Storms to Global Warming

BLANK Sep 25, 2013 For the first time, scientists say they've found a link between global warming-fed weather changes and the size and intensity of thunderstorms. The prognosis is not good. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mapquest

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After Oklahoma Disaster, Give Thanks to Government

David Sirota / Truthdig May 24, 2013 There is something troubling about government leaders initially implying -- if subtly -- that a nongovernmental response is as significant as a governmental one. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tornado Kill List

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig May 24, 2013 Dig deeper

Oklahoma Needs Help, Not Ideology

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 23, 2013 While listening to an NPR report out of Moore, Okla., this week, I was genuinely shocked. Not by the scale of the devastation or the tenacity of people who have grown stoically accustomed to the damage tornadoes can do, but by a political sentiment that, in almost any other era, would not have been surprising at all. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

GOP Senator’s Hypocrisy on Tornado Aid, Jon Stewart Hates Washington, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 22, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a senator's attempt to repeal the Monsanto Protection Act and the real IRS scandal that is being missed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Videos Capture Scary EF-5 Oklahoma Tornado

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2013 At least 24 people were killed, hundreds more were injured and numerous homes, schools and businesses were destroyed after a massive tornado barreled through the town of Moore, Okla., on Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tornado Touches Down in NYC

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 8, 2012 A tornado struck a beachfront neighborhood in New York City on Saturday, making a general mess of the area and knocking out power but reportedly causing no deaths or injuries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Climate Debate

Cameron Cardow / Truthdig May 31, 2011 Dig deeper

Deadly Tornado Outbreak Biggest in U.S. History

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2011 Meteorologists with the National Weather Service have reported that the spate of tornadoes that tore across the American South last week, killing hundreds of people and wrecking much of the region, was the largest in U.S. history. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In the Wake of the Southern Tornadoes

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2011 The death toll from Wednesday's outbreak of devastating tornadoes in several Southern states has risen past the number reported Thursday afternoon in this Associated Press clip, but the twisters' scope and strength are evident from the visuals recorded . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )