Raw Video-Tornado building up, Shuttle Endeavour Landing as Atlantis rolls to Launch pad, UN –Japan miscalculated Tsunami Risk

Shuttle Endeavour's perfect eagles' landing

Raw Video: Tornado Strikes Springfield, Mass.

From: AssociatedPress | Jun 1, 2011 | 307 views

An apparent tornado struck the downtown of one of Massachusetts’ largest cities Wednesday afternoon, scattering debris, toppling trees, and frightening workers and residents. No injuries were immediately reported. (June 1)

Shuttle Endeavour completes its final flight

The US space shuttle Endeavour has safely landed after its final flight.

The ship touched down at its Florida home base in the early hours, completing its 25th and last mission. It caps a 16-day voyage to deliver a premier science experiment to the International Space Station.

Endeavour can now look forward to a life on public display in Los Angeles. The United States is retiring its three-ship fleet due to high operating costs and to free up funds to develop new spacecraft that can travel beyond the space station’s 220-mile-high (346-km-high) orbit.

Raw Video: Shuttle Atlantis Rolls to Launchpad

From: AssociatedPress | Jun 1, 2011 | 388 views

Shuttle Atlantis is now on the launch pad, in preparation for a July liftoff. This time lapse shows the 3.4 mile, 6 hour trek from Kennedy Space Center’s vehicle assembly building to the launch pad in under two minutes. (June 1)

UN says Japan underestimated tsunami nuclear risk

Japan underestimated the risk of a killer wave hitting its now-crippled Fukushima power plant according to UN atomic safety inspectors.

To avoid a repeat of the crisis, they have urged a rethink in the way nuclear facilities are built, run and regulated. Handing over a summary of their preliminary report to the Japanese government, the IAEA team said lessons could be learned globally.

Videoupdate-America’s Perfect Storm-worst killer in 6 decades

Joplin Storm-America's worst since 60 years

2011 Has Most Tornado Deaths in 6 Decades

From: AssociatedPress | May 25, 2011 | 122 views

The U.S. is only halfway through what is traditionally considered tornado season and there have already been more than 500 deaths from twisters. 2011 is already the deadliest year since 1953. (May 25)

Okla. Tornado: ‘You Couldn’t Breathe’
From: AssociatedPress | May 25, 2011 | 0 views

Violent storms rumbled through the central U.S. on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes that turned homes into splintered wreckage, killing at least 14 people over two days. In Piedmont, Okla., a tornado flattened most of two subdivisions. (May 25)

Storm Sliced Joplin in Half

From: AssociatedPress | May 25, 2011 | 193 views

Authorities in this southwest Missouri city hammered by a tornado that killed at least 122 people believe that many, if not most, of those considered “unaccounted for” survived the storm safely. (May 25)

Raw Video: Aerial Tour of Joplin Tornado Damage

From: AssociatedPress | May 25, 2011 | 425 views
A helicopter tour around Joplin, MO, shows the breadth of the devastation from Sunday’s massive tornado. It was the deadliest single U.S. tornado since modern record-keeping began 61 years ago. (May 24)

Raw Video: Tornado Kills 2 in Suburban OKC

From: AssociatedPress | May 24, 2011 | 6,578 views
An emergency official says a tornado has killed two people in suburban Oklahoma City as a line of severe thunderstorms moved across the state during the evening rush hour. (May 24)

Scary Videos of Tornadoes’ sweep – Swarm of bolts from the blue

Trail of a Death dance

Swarm of Tornadoes

Good Morning America / Many Children Homeless After Tornadoes

ABCNews | May 1, 2011 | 55 views

Alabama Twisters: 165 Tornadoes in 24 Hours, 194 Dead in Alabama

ABCNews | Apr 28, 2011 | 31,544 views

Update: Death Toll Exceeds 300.

Good Morning America / Tuscaloosa, AL Tornado Video: First-Hand Look at Destruction

Nature Storms Alabama-Tornados sweep homes and 300 lives

Amateur Videos' graphic capture of the perfect storm

Alabama Tornado: Dramatic amateur videos, massive storm aftermath

RussiaToday | Apr 29, 2011 | 31,360 views

At least 290 people were killed across six states – more than two-thirds of them in Alabama – as America’s deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades pulverised entire neighbourhoods. Two of Alabama’s major cities were among the places devastated by the deadliest twister outbreak in nearly 40 years. As day broke on Thursday, people in hard-hit areas surveyed obliterated homes and debris-strewn streets. Some told of deadly winds whipping through within seconds of weather alerts broadcast during the storms on Wednesday afternoon and evening. Residents were told the tornadoes were coming up to 24 minutes ahead of time, but they were just too wide, too powerful and too locked onto populated areas to avoid a horrifying body count