Weird Weather Flipbook

Rare Snowstorms, Tornadoes, Floods and More....The First Four Months of 2008 Have Been Weird for the Weather

By Gloria Dawson

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Wisconsin Tornado 2

Wisconsin Tornado in January

A tornado touches down in a residential area of Kenosha, Wisconsin, on a day of record-breaking warmth and storms in January.

January 1, 2008

Watseka Flood

Illinois Flood

Boats were the best way to get around. Watseka, Illinois.

January 10, 2008

Florida Freeze

Florida Freeze

It was 26 degrees Thursday morning in Orlando, FL. AND it snowed at Daytona beach that night too.

Jan, 2nd 2008

Florida Frost

Frost in Florida Field

Florida growers combat the hard freeze by maintaining a constant flow of water over crops. The heat released by the state change of water is enough to prevent damage, though the water must flow the entire time the temperatures are below freezing. It was 28 degrees when this picture was taken.

Dover, FL

January 3, 2008

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Heavy Snowstorm

Shanghai, China

January 29, 2008

Shanghai Snowstorm

Snow on a Balinese Statue

Shanghai, China

January 26,2008

Richmond Wildfire

Richmond, VA, Wildfire

Wildfire smoke obscures the sun in Glen Allen (outside of Richmond), Virginia.

February 2, 2008

Smoke by Church in North Carolina

Fire Near the NC-VA Border

February 11, 2008

Flooded Switchyard

Flooded Switchyard

After days of heavy rain, this switchyard flooded. Richmond, California.

January 26, 2008

Rain LA

Flooding in L.A.

Heavy rains in Southern California led to street flooding on Rossmore Ave. in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles when storm drains became clogged by debris.

January 25, 2008

Flooded Marsh California

Swollen Marsh

Rain-flooded marshland near the California coast. Torrey Pines State Park, La Jolla, CA

Jan 25, 2008

Gassville Arkansas Tornado

In Gassville, AR, After the Tornado

Photographed by a volunteer from Hands on Disaster Response while helping the Gassville community.

February 12, 2008

David Shuping
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Arkansas Tornado 2

Arkansas Tornado

Driving along the path of the tornados, Highland, Arkansas.

February 6, 2008

Cocoa Beach Tornado

Destruction from Florida Tornado

80 mph winds knocked a roof off a building in Cocoa Beach, Florida

February 12,2008

Tennessee Tornado

Tennessee Tornado

Tornadoes struck many southern states including Tennessee, where one destroyed this home.

February 8, 2008

Cathie Morris-Hurley
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Flood In Batesville Arkansas

Batesville, Arkansas Flood

This is normally a flat cornfield, but right here it is under about 5 feet of water.

February 14, 2008

Little Rock Flood Biker

Biking Through the Water in Little Rock

The east end of the North Little Rock's Millennium Trail under water.

March 22, 2008

Blake Rainey
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Atlanta Tornado 1

Atlanta's Tornado

The tornado's effects on a massive old tree in Cabbagetown, Atlanta. March 14, 2008

Fireman Roof Florida

A firefighter surveys tornado damage in Cocoa Beach, Florida

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