Tornadic waterspout rips through the South of France - June 9, 2013

A natural phenomenon more common for America, a tornado, has hit the South of France shocking locals and holidaymakers on the Côte d'Azur, the Mediterranean coastline.

As thousands in Central Europe are struggling to cope with devastating floods which have already claimed the lives of at least 21 people, a tornado ripped through the French Riviera on Sunday morning.

The violently rotating column of air and water formed off the coast not far from popular resort towns of Cannes and Nice.

Photo taken in Nice above Marina Baie Des Anges (AFP Photo/Valerie Hache)

The phenomenon was observed from the Cagnes-sur-Mer commune in southeastern France, rising off to Villeneuve-Loubet and Antibes, reports Nicematin.com. RT

Deadly close range: Video shows Storm Chasers caught in powerful Oklahoma Tornado - June 2013

A dramatic video of a tornado near Oklahoma City on Friday shows a group of storm chasers racing to escape the twister.

In the video, Oklahoma University meteorology student Brandon Sullivan and fellow storm chaser Brett Wright speed down a rural road dangerously close to one of the 17 tornadoes reported in the Midwest on May 31, 2013.

Brett and Brandon got extremely close to a violent tornadic circulation that produced multiple tornadoes in very close range.

The team was hit by inflow jet winds into the tornado and their vehicle received damage as a barn was completely destroyed. A hay bale came barreling across the road and was tossed into their car.

The team is very fortunate to live to chase another day.

Incredible storm chaser traffic prevented an escape from the tornado like normal..

There have been fatalities with this tornado. The team's thoughts go out to those affected! This was the same tornado that killed fellow storm chasers.

 

source: huffingtonpost

TIV2 (Tornado Intercept Vehicle) Is Hit By WEDGE Tornado in Kansas - May 27, 2013

Brandon Ivey and Sean Casey got inside of a violent wedge tornado today. Brandon shot this insane footage of the TIV2 (tornado intercept vehicle) inside of a violent wedge tornado northeast of Smith Center, Kansas over eastern Smith County.

Wind speeds were 150 to 175 EF3 to EF4 before the tornado ripped the instruments off the top of the TIV.

Raw Footage of F4 Tornado Oklahoma intercepted from within a half mile - Radar pulsed HAARP rings? - May 22, 2013

The devastating, mile-wide tornado touched down near Oklahoma City on Monday, killing dozens of people -- including children -- decimating homes, businesses and a pair of elementary schools in the suburb of Moore.

Weather officials estimated the strength of the storm to be an F4 or F5 on the Fujita Scale, the highest rating a tornado can achieve.

The National Weather Service said the tornado's preliminary classification was an F4, with winds up to 200 mph.

The devastated area was an estimated 30 square miles.

The tornadoes came a day after powerful storms ripped through the center of the country, spawning at least a dozen tornadoes, causing extensive damage from Georgia to Minnesota.

The following video shows the Oklahoma tornado from the ground. The author of the video intercepted the tornado from within a half mile by South Moore High School.

 

And an unimaginable time-lapse footage of the tornado that struck the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area on May 20th, 2013.

 

According to Dutchsinse: “Radio frequency modification of the weather, RADAR pulses (what we call radar pulsed "HAARP rings" and "Scalar Squares") have played a role -- areas pulsed yesterday, being hit today.”
Read more about Radar pulses / Haarp rings 

The F4 tornado is being called one of the worst to hit the entire country, ever.

source: news.yahoo.com , Dutchsinse

Massive and destructive Tornado rips across Texas - May 15, 2013

A tornado slammed into a North Texas lakefront town of Granbury, demolishing homes and injuring an undetermined number of people.

Lt. Kathy Jividen of the Hood County Sheriff's office told CBS News that there are "most likely fatalities," but no information on numbers yet. She also confirms numerous injures, "some critical", and "at least three tornadoes have touched down." The area of damage is "extensive."

She also said crews are currently going home to home in the Granbury area searching for trapped bodies.X 

The tornado was part of a system of severe thunderstorms that spawned several tornadoes across North Texas, dropping large hail in some areas.

The extent of the damage and injuries was not immediately clear. However, police reported the hardest hit area was the Rancho Brazos subdivision and adjoining areas along Lake Granbury.

Another tornado hit the small town of Millsap, about 40 miles west of Fort Worth. Parker County Judge Mark Kelley said roof damage was reported to several houses and a barn was destroyed, but no injuries were reported.

Hail up to the size of grapefruit pelted the area around Mineral Wells on Wednesday evening. A police dispatcher reported only minor damage.

Also a tornado slammed into Hood County, Texas Wednesday, killing at least two people and injuring 100 others.

Kathy Jividen, a spokeswoman for the Hood County, Texas, sheriff's office said there were "multiple fatalities" in the wake of the storm.

 

Mysterious Hurricane at Saturn's North Pole 2013

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole.

The hurricane's eye is about 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) wide, 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth. Thin, bright clouds at the outer edge of the hurricane are traveling 330 mph (150 meters per second). The hurricane swirls inside a large, mysterious, six-sided weather pattern known as the hexagon.

A terrestrial hurricane and Saturn's north polar vortex have a central eye with no clouds or very low clouds. Other similar features include high clouds forming an eye wall, other high clouds spiraling around the eye, and a counter-clockwise spin in the northern hemisphere.

A major difference between the hurricanes is that the one on Saturn is much bigger than its counterparts on Earth and spins surprisingly fast. At Saturn, the wind in the eye wall blows more than four times faster than hurricane-force winds on Earth. Unlike terrestrial hurricanes, which tend to move, the Saturnian hurricane is locked onto the planet's north pole. On Earth, hurricanes tend to drift northward because of the forces acting on the fast swirls of wind as the planet rotates.

 

source: science.nasa.gov , jpl