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Northeast Arkansas Cleans Up After Powerful Straight-Line Winds Leave Thousands Without Power
Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – What began Saturday afternoon as a complex of severe thunderstorms quickly became a widespread wind event across Northeast Arkansas, leaving behind a trail of downed trees, damaged power lines, broken utility poles and thousands of residents without electricity. By Sunday night,...
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First Alert: Damaging winds possible Wednesday
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Another severe weather chance is in the forecast for Wednesday, Aug. 26. The main threat is once again damaging winds of 60-70 mph. While this does not look like a repeat of the setup on Saturday it does feature some similar characteristics. Two rounds of storms...
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‘We could be homeless’: East Memphis father says after home, car damaged in storm
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As power outages continue in Memphis, downed trees and storm damage have left some families without a place to live. That’s what a father is dealing with in East Memphis, after trees damaged his home and totaled his car. Several trees are sitting on this car and the home that belongs to […]
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First Alert: Wednesday is a FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY
Another day of potentially severe storms threatens the Mid-South tomorrow with two rounds. The first round is expected to move through the area in the early morning hours followed by a bit of a lull in the middle of the day. A second round of storms is expected to impact the area during the late afternoon and evening hours.
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First Alert: Calm for now, but another round of storms and more heat lies ahead
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The work week started on a warm but dry note for the Mid-South allowing many to continue to the clean up after weekend storms. Temperatures will be just above average this week, but rain chances will linger each day with a better chance of rain and thunderstorms for the middle of the week.
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Northeast Arkansas rice farmer faces added costs after storm damage
CASH, Ark. (KAIT) - A rice farmer in Cash says extreme dry heat combined with a severe thunderstorm has damaged crops and increased his harvest costs. Joe Christian, owner of JLC Farms, said the fields are flooded most of the year, but the water is pulled off about two weeks before harvest. He said the dry heat this year caused the ground to dry out faster than usual, weakening the stalks.
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Recovery in Memphis after severe weather
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Hardy residents seeing growth in the wake of last year’s flooding
HARDY, Ark. (KAIT) - More than a year after storms flooded the Spring River and damaged much of Hardy, business owners and residents say the city’s historic downtown district is seeing increased foot traffic. Resident Robert Walker said he has noticed more people downtown. “I mean, you can tell...
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Severe Thunderstorms move across area, cutting power for thousands
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Strong thunderstorms moved across the area late Saturday afternoon and evening ahead of a cold front, causing some damage. By 5:30 p.m., 45,000 Memphis Light Gas & Water customers were without power, according to the utility’s outage map. Five minutes later, that number jumped to 75,000. By 5:40 they were nearing 100,000, […]
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A peek into the damage from Memphis storms as a power line crashes onto a Hickory Hill home
WATN Local Memphis
Seventh most damaging storm in MLGW history leaves customers in dark