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By Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun | June 13, 2013
Severe storms with a history of damaging winds and a confirmed tornado sighting moved through Maryland on Thursday afternoon, potentially the second outbreak of tornadoes in four days for the state. The Storm Prediction Center meanwhile confirmed that morning storms that blew through the region could be classified as a "low-end derecho". Local emergency officials confirmed a tornado on the ground near Olney in Montgomery County about 4 p.m., and minutes later near Columbia, according to the weather service.
NEWS
By Scott Dance and Sara Toth, Baltimore Sun Media Group | June 11, 2013
The National Weather Service has confirmed at least three tornadoes touched down in Maryland on Monday - in the Fork area of Baltimore County, Locust Point in South Baltimore and Coltons Point in St. Mary's County. All three were placed in the weakest category on the enhanced Fujita scale, rated EF-0 tornadoes with maximum wind speeds ranging from 65 mph to 80 mph. The weather service surveyed possible tornado damage in five areas of Maryland on Tuesday - in addition to the three confirmed tornadoes, others were reported in the Woodbine area of Howard County and between Waldorf and La Plata in Charles County.
NEWS
By Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun | June 10, 2013
A waterspout zipped across Baltimore harbor Monday afternoon, tossing pieces of a warehouse roof into the air, and at least one other tornado was reported in the area as storms brought heavy downpours and flooding. In Fells Point, cars sat in standing water and sandbags were placed at doors to prevent water from entering businesses. In the Inner Harbor, 1.74 inches of rain had fallen by 5 p.m. - all but a half-inch of it in the span of an hour before 4 p.m. Steve Fogleman, a Glen Burnie attorney and chairman of the Baltimore liquor board, was driving north on Interstate 95 just south of the Fort McHenry tunnel a little before 4 p.m. when he noticed a rotating cloud and something whipping through the air near Silo Point.
NEWS
By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | June 8, 2013
Soon after a massive tornado devastated Moore, Okla., last month, a Linthicum seamstress leaped into action, formulating a plan to help the victims. Kathy Furth began reaching out to thread-savvy friends from her parish and a local sewing organization to gauge interest. She asked them: Do you want to join forces to make clothes for children who lost everything in the disaster? The positive responses to her inquiries were overwhelming, she said. "It just spread like crazy," said Furth, owner of Sew Many Seams, a business that specializes in creating one-of-a-kind liturgical vestments.
NEWS
May 23, 2013
I ask the tea party, as it campaigns for extreme cuts in government services, would it cut the National Weather Service? If it had been cut, who would have let the people in Oklahoma know that they needed to get into shelters to be safe from tornadoes? How many more would have died if they had not been warned? Throughout the country, funds are being cut from the budgets of first responders. In Oklahoma, New Jersey and other areas just this year ravaged by storms, budgets are being cut. Who would save our children, our people, if not for the first responders?
NEWS
May 23, 2013
A tornado of epic proportions hit Oklahoma, which claims to have the finest weather forecasting in the nation specifically because of the tornado threat ("Tornado in Oklahoma leaves dozens dead," May 21). These forecasters note when tornadoes are imminent and attempt to save lives through warning. The day after the first tornado hit, and when all the conditions for more tornadoes remained a danger, the children were sent to school like always. Compare this to how Maryland shuts down the state merely on the rumor of snow.