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Culture
Laughter Is the Best Medicine: Comic Books to Help Joplin Kids Be Kids
A new comic book intends to help Joplin youth cope with life in a destroyed city by making them smile.
Environment
Don't Succumb to Tornado Fatigue: This Historic Disaster Is Still Unfolding
You know of the disasters that struck Tuscaloosa and Joplin. But have you heard of Piedmont, Oklahoma?
Lifestyle
Feast Your Eyes: Strawberry Dust Devil Ballet
Watch this moment of unexpected beauty, as a mini-tornado lifts plastic sheeting off a strawberry field and twirls it through the air.
Environment
Climate Connection Unclear, But Alabama Reps Voted to Cut Funding for Tornado Forecasting
It's impossible to know what factor global warming had in the tornado outbreak last week. But we do know that short-term forecasting saved lives.
Environment
What Can Tornado-Ravaged Towns Learn From Greensburg, Kansas?
When Greensburg, Kansas was flattened by a massive tornado, it was rebuilt as a cutting edge "green town." Can Joplin do the same?
Environment
Video: Scientists Still Don't Know How Tornadoes Form
Watch this video and learn what we know and don't know about how tornadoes form.
Environment
NASA Image: Tornado Scar Slices Across Massachusetts
Behold the awesome power of nature. Here's the view from space of Massachusetts' 39-mile tornado scar slicing across the state.
Environment
Video: What the Link Between Climate Change and Joplin Tornadoes Doesn't Look Like
Think climate change is a hoax? Fine. But first watch this video catalog of all the recent "record-breaking" weather events.
The Community Board
Please Help this Indonesian Family
We need to build the Bawana family a home. This family of five really needs our help. They are living in a moldy bamboo hut in Central Java. They...
