North Platte, Nebraska Tornadoes Damage Homes

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Severe weather in the Midwest spawned at least two tornadoes in central Nebraska that damaged homes and derailed train cars.

Bill Taylor of the National Weather Service says two tornadoes hit Sunday night on the western side of North Platte, Neb., and damaged several homes. In one of those homes, a person who was trapped and injured was rescued.

Taylor says at least 15 train cars there derailed.

Elsewhere, Taylor says a possible tornado damaged homes north of Valentine, Neb., in northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota.

In western Oklahoma, possible tornadoes damaged electrical power lines when they touched down. No injuries were immediately reported.

Taylor says the weather is expected to move east Monday, affecting areas from eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, and as far south as Texas.

Comments

[hamrick4]

03:44 AM on 03/20/2012

My heart goes out to those who lost their homes and loved ones!

[bluestarrlry]

05:57 PM on 03/19/2012

this is getting scary , what on earth is causing all these tornados ?

[seldombinlayed1]

06:31 PM on 03/19/2012

Some years are worse then others Blue. Usually we have a real bad February. This year it wasn't so bad. Each year is different. Don't be afraid. Enjoy each day. Have a good eveining.

[bluestarrlry]

06:57 PM on 03/19/2012

thank you and you have a good evening as well

[Red Russet]

07:00 PM on 03/19/2012

Where have you been for the last 200 years, or however long they have been keeping records? Tornadoes are common in the spring and fall, anywhere, but mainly in tornado alley, running NS in the center of the US.

[bluestarrlry]

07:31 PM on 03/19/2012

have never seen the amount of tornados that we have had just last yaer

[Johnny Rotten]

01:45 PM on 03/19/2012

That hurricane is not more powerful than Obama, he managed to derail our whole economy.

[TenYearsGone]

01:59 PM on 03/19/2012

Tornado not a hurricane. And the economy was well off the rails prior to Obama courtesy of W

[victorzeller]

03:54 PM on 03/19/2012

But O certainly didn't help it get back on solid ground now did he?

[Roshi98]

02:50 PM on 03/19/2012

Yawn. Another nutters failed attempt at humor.

[retired2violin]

01:11 PM on 03/19/2012

I certainly hope I never get to meet the fury of nature. Picks up houses, trees, trains like toys.

Nothing to do with climate change, just nature showing man that he is not in control of anything.

[stillmanbd]

11:55 AM on 03/19/2012

Barry Niedfelt, If you get this message I hope you and yours are safe! This is awfully close to where I remember you last living in Grand Island.

[Ken Blackwell]

03:08 PM on 03/19/2012

try texting on a cell phone it works even when you can't talk

[Gadgetman]

11:37 AM on 03/19/2012

Good thing there's no such thing as climate change otherwise the weather would really be getting weird. Oh wait, it is!

[phockitol]

12:10 PM on 03/19/2012

Tornadoes and 'climate change' have nothing at all to do with one another....you democrats continue to provide the rest of us with a lot of hoots.

[cireneed]

12:48 PM on 03/19/2012

....and your meteorological degree was obtained where?

[Gadgetman]

01:06 PM on 03/19/2012

And the depth of your ignorance is staggering.

[wbearl]

12:47 PM on 03/19/2012

Sorry, but I grew up south of North Plate, Neraska. In the 50's and 60's we had so many tornados it was hard to keep count. We got them on clear days where we could/would sit in lawn chairs and watch them roam around the country side North West of town. As a teenager we would chase them on the dirt roads in the country. The house I grew up in was built where a prior house had been destroyed by a tornado. If anything there have been a reduced number of bad storms since the 60's.

[flkewlkid00]

04:20 PM on 03/19/2012

yeah thats right all these extra people and vehicles have absolutely no affect on climate and if they did it would be a positive affect as you imply.oh yeah and the earth is really flat too!

[Gadgetman]

11:35 AM on 03/19/2012

A tornado vs a train is something to see. Watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WADnriWzJes

[Red Russet]

07:10 PM on 03/19/2012

That's amazing!

[wickedlilxtalena]

11:20 AM on 03/19/2012

I can't imagine what this summer is going to be like.

It will be eventful that's for sure.

[Red Russet]

07:12 PM on 03/19/2012

The main thing about the summer here in PA, it was so hot last year you could hardly ever go outside, and THIS year, with a really warm winter, will the summer be even hotter? Last summer you had to go out to go grocery shopping at 12 midnight, and a few times it was STILL in the 80's at MIDNIGHT!

[wickedlilxtalena]

11:55 PM on 03/19/2012

I work on a nj farm during the summer months, so believe me I am constantly feeling the heat. And not looking forward to it this year, either. I've seen some wild thunderstorms even, where it nearly had a tree take out my boss's transformer to his house, which would have been disastrous.

In all my years of living on the northeast I've never seen thunderstorms so crazy then what we saw last year. I can't help but love it though.

[yaaah69]

11:16 AM on 03/19/2012

I'll take earthquakes any day , they are more Democratic

[yaaah69]

11:14 AM on 03/19/2012

Those are republican tornadoes ,just wanting some votes!!lol

[luellawhewei]

11:02 AM on 03/19/2012

Praying that these terrible storms will stop. Last year was bad enough now they are coming again.

[retired2violin]

01:12 PM on 03/19/2012

Praying that nature will stop, fool.

[luellawhewei]

04:19 PM on 03/21/2012

Do you normally attack strangers for their religious comments?

[eyeinthesky1221]

04:50 PM on 03/19/2012

Nothing is out of the normal that makes up average

[Big Horn Man]

10:54 AM on 03/19/2012

Powerful weather. In a few weeks ago, the weather was real cold at the time when a lightening flashed once. Thought it was very strange to see one in 30s temperature. I suppose the global warming effects are not over yet.

[stillmanbd]

11:54 AM on 03/19/2012

I've seen lightning strikes many times during snow storms and I'm live in a mountain valley that has only seen one tornado in my 54 years on the planet.

[simpleperson]

04:20 PM on 03/19/2012

It's not uncommon to have "snow thunder" in the mountains where I live.

[Red Russet]

07:15 PM on 03/19/2012

You only really see a lot of tornadoes where the land is flat.

[Susan Schmidt Baker]

10:47 AM on 03/19/2012

I'm about 100 miles from that. Had the severe weather predicted where I am, but thankfully it didn't develop. These tornadoes can be nasty things.

[myopioncounts2]

10:46 AM on 03/19/2012

This bad weather is not going to stop, unless we get on our knees."When people say, "There is peace and security," destruction will strike them as suddenly as labor pains come to a pregnant woman, and they will not be able to escape." 1 Thessalonians 5;3

[Red Russet]

07:15 PM on 03/19/2012

Halleyluja!

[wisealways]

10:37 AM on 03/19/2012

I wish the president would create a tornado czar and regulate tornados. Heck, if he can do all the other stuff he says he can do, outlawing a tornado should be nothing!

[budeero52]

12:07 PM on 03/19/2012

Better idea, let's have Bushes, Brownie be in charge. He did such a great job with Katrina.

[wbearl]

12:59 PM on 03/19/2012

Wow, you Progressive Liberals are so dense and gulable. I will give the Democratic Spin Doctors high marks for taking Katrina and spinning it into a Republican disaster. Before I retired I was a FEMA Certified Disaster Recovery Supervisor. According to the U.S. Constitution, the Federal Government can do nothing in a state like Louisiana unless they are asked to or declare Marshall Law. Bush could do nothing, that is N O T H I N G till he was asked by the Governor of Louisiana. The Governor (D) and New Orleans Mayor (D), didn't ask for help till they were so far under water no one could help them. In rushes the Democratic Spin Doctors with orders to shift the blame from the Governor (D) and Mayor(D) to Washington DC. They were masters. Now if you doubt that Washington could have done better than the Governor & Mayor, look at Gulf Port Mississippi and Biloxi Mississippi. Because there are Military Bases in both communities, the Feds need no invite and both communities faired far better than New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana. Both communities have a working plan with the military to get their cities up and running ASAP.

[Tuula Westra]

03:19 PM on 03/19/2012

Approaching New Orleasn today you can see the destruction still starting in Biloxi. In N.O houses are rotting as far as eye can see, trees are down, rubbish everywhere, streets are in horrendous condition. Yes indeed, who did not clean after Katrina...

[cireneed]

12:50 PM on 03/19/2012

Remember what Ron Paul's supporters shouted when talking about people with no insurance? "Let 'em die!" I expect that is your opinion in this case as well.

[wisealways]

01:28 PM on 03/19/2012

You have no idea as to what my thoughts are on anything Ron Paul has said. No, I have no idea about anything Ron Paul said. So, make your utterly foolish assumptions and prove, once again, how gullible you and others like you are.