Roads across Leicestershire have been closed due to flooding after a severe storm hit the county overnight.
As an example, in July 2011 a severe storm with baseball-sized hail moved through southern Rapid City, where I live.
Companies have to build up enough reserves or buy enough backup coverage, called reinsurance, to avoid going broke after a severe storm.
The twister was part of a severe storm system that ripped through the South and Midwest that day, killing at least 327 people.
The vessel was being towed back to its winter home in Seattle when it ran into a severe storm off the Alaskan coast.
To the south, a severe storm with winds approaching 80 mph rolled into Moore, where a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado killed 24 on May 20.
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If we are indeed in the midst of a hurricane-heavy time, there's ample cause for concern that a severe storm would venture that far north.
But a severe storm caused the offshore waters to fill with ice, leaving the barge unable to get in, said Jason Evans, the company's chairman.
Saturday's death in Cuba, Missouri, came as debris struck a woman's car in a grocery store parking lot during a severe storm, CNN affiliate KMOV reported.
Following the incidents, South African Weather Service forecaster Puseletso Mofokeng said there was a common misconception that lightning mainly struck during heavy rain or a severe storm.
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Then on New Year's Eve, the drill barge Kulluk had to be cut loose in a severe storm while being towed back to its winter home port in Seattle.
New floodgates are being fitted to the Afon Erch near the town's harbour, and 400 metres of sand dunes - damaged in 2000 by a severe storm - are being strengthened.
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Utah and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe storm and flooding on September 11, 2012.
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Washington and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe storm, straight-line winds, and flooding on July 20, 2012.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Washington Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Alaska and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe storm, straight-line winds, flooding, and landslides during the period of September 15-30, 2012.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Alaska Disaster Declaration
Some investigators have noted that the plane flew through a severe lightning storm.
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It makes sense to me that major behavioral factors would influence a solo sailor during a sudden unexpected squall or a hiker caught in a severe electrical storm.
By unleashing a massive pulse of electromagnetic radiation sweeping over the planet, a severe solar storm could potentially knock out the electric power grid, silence radio and satellite communications and disrupt GPS navigation systems.
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Arkansas and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe winter storm during the period of December 25-26, 2012.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Arkansas Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oklahoma and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe winter storm and snowstorm during the period of February 24-26, 2013.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Oklahoma Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Jersey and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm and snowstorm during the period of February 5-6, 2010.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs New Jersey Disaster Declaration
This is a time not for politics, but at a moment like this, with a storm as severe as this, with likely impacts as consequential as we will see, the President is very focused on making sure that the federal response effort is comprehensive, that every state and locality has what it needs.
It is inevitable that a storm this severe will cause damage to crops and logistics, with the result of reduced supplies and therefore, higher prices, until new crops can be planted, harvested and brought to market.
The storm, a severe depression known as a "bomb", had not been forecast, said Mr Goss.
The National Severe Storm Laboratory, which does a lot of field research, is located there for a very good reason.
Experts are now saying that Sandy was not a freak storm, that we are to expect severe weather events from now on.
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman predicted a slight chance of severe weather in the Northeast on Sunday, mainly from the Washington, D.
But a solar storm has the potential to disrupt the shielding effect, and severe space weather can have harmful effects on a wide array of technological systems, including satellite operations, communications, navigation and electric power grids.
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The U.S. is currently experiencing the longest absence of severe landfall hurricanes in over a century the last Category 3 or stronger storm was Wilma, more than seven years ago.
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