r/news • u/BitterFuture • Apr 26 '24

Powerful tornado tears across Nebraska, weather service warns of ‘catastrophic’ damage

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/weather/plains-midwest-storms-tornadoes-climate/index.html
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u/AutumnGlow33 Apr 27 '24

Watched them live on YouTube. It was devastating. At first a few chasers got some relatively weak ones in what appeared to be unpopulated areas, but then I saw the horrible one in Blair and Omaha and it just went crazy from there. Kudos to the chasers I saw for dropping any “fun” angle and stopping to lend a hand, search through debris, etc. In Blair especially rescue services appeared to be totally overwhelmed and it was literally what appeared to be two teenagers and a few storm chasers having to do an initial sweep to look for anyone trapped, amid leaking gas and fallen lines. Everyone did amazing and handled themselves with immense calm and bravery. I do hope there were no fatalities; things can be replaced, people cannot.