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• Updraft: Partly showery weekend
  This is not a big shock if you are at least half "Minnesotan." Anyone who has lived here for a few years knows Memorial Day is usually wet.May 25, 2013
• Want to blame climate change for killer twisters? Not so fast
  It's not clear what relationship, if any, may exist between killer tornadoes and climate change.May 23, 2013
• After Hurricane Sandy, Oklahoma's GOP senators in tornado aid bind
  Sens. Tom Coburn and James Inhofe both have been consistent critics of FEMA spending and recently voted against aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy, which ravaged swaths of New Jersey and New York last year. But they're happy to get federal aid after this week's devastating tornado.May 22, 2013
• Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
  Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.May 22, 2013
• Search for tornado survivors nearly complete
  Search-and-rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.May 21, 2013
• Moorhead may stop making sandbags
  City Manager Michael Redlinger said the city spent nearly half a million dollars preparing for potential flooding for this spring, and most of that was for 50,000 sandbags for some of the 87 homes still left on the Red River.May 21, 2013
• Why the Moore, Oklahoma tornado was so destructive
  What was it about this tornado that proved especially destructive and lethal? How is climate change affecting the frequency and intensity of tornadoes?May 21, 2013
• 20 children among dead after Oklahoma tornado
  Search and rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.May 21, 2013
• The Moore, Oklahoma tornado: What happened, and what happens next
  Two knowledgeable voices join The Daily Circuit to talk about yesterday's disaster.May 21, 2013
• Interactive: Tornado hits Oklahoma City suburbs
  A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.May 20, 2013
• Photos: Major tornado outbreak in Oklahoma
  A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, a community of 41,000 people south of the city. Block after block lay in ruins. Homes were crushed into piles of broken wood. Cars and trucks were left crumpled on the roadside.May 20, 2013
• Tornado tips through Oklahoma City suburbs
  A massive tornado ripped through the southern suburbs of Oklahoma City, Monday afternoon.May 20, 2013
• Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51
  A large tornado is bearing down near Oklahoma City, part of a series of severe storms expected across portions of the Midwest.May 20, 2013
• Severe storms rumble across E Minn., W Wis.
  Skies turned dark and the rain came down in torrents as severe storms rumbled across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The storms sparked numerous severe weather warnings, and there were scattered reports of power outages and tree damage.May 20, 2013
• Updraft: Tornado Watch until 9 p.m. includes Twin Cities
  A Tornado Watch is in effect until 9 p.m. Sunday for most of southern Minnesota including the Twin Cities metro. Expect storms, some of which may be severe and capable of hail, damaging winds, and possibly tornadoes.May 19, 2013

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