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Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
See it: Massive 2-mile-wide tornado caught on video plowing through Texas field
MORTON, Texas – Catching a tornado live on camera is no easy feat, but FOX Weather Exclusive Storm Tracker Brandon Copic not only got a massive tornado at one angle, but three. Copic was tracking storms in northwestern Texas on Thursday when he encountered this monster "dust buster" blasting through a field in Morton. Video from three different points-of-view in Copic's vehicle shows the gigantic twister, encompassing a large area believed to be around 2 miles wide. In the video, Copic tracks the tornado down a dirt road next to a field. "This thing is an absolute dust buster," Copic said. As he gets closer to the tornado, things get bumpier and bumpier, but he keeps trucking along, very slowly. The tornado can be seen on his roof camera and dash camera. The camera angles show the sky still a clear blue on the edge of the twister. Towards the end of the video. Copic's car is enveloped in dust from the storm. Watch: Storm Chaser Provides Wild Drive Through Texas Amid Windshield-shattering Hail, Walls Of Dust As he continues onward, he and other storm chasers following the tornado stop abruptly due to downed powerlines. "Powerlines snapped right in front of us," Copic narrates, as he turns his tracking vehicle around and heads back the way he came. Watch: Supercell Thunderstorm Intercepted In Texas Impacts from this storm system were felt all the way from New Mexico to Texas, as a supercell produced several tornadoes in the area. The National Weather Service plans to complete a survey of the track of the tornado to determine its strength on the Enhanced Fujita article source: See it: Massive 2-mile-wide tornado caught on video plowing through Texas field
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Opinion: Thank you, Rep. Hall and Sen. Sandall, for protecting Utah's health care workers
Healthcare costs are too high and getting worse — that much we all know. What fewer people see is why. As an attorney who defends healthcare providers, I've witnessed firsthand how our legal system, when distorted, can drive good doctors out of practice, complicate the resolution of legitimate claims and quietly make healthcare more expensive for everyone. That's why I was heartened to see Representative Katy Hall and Senator Scott Sandall champion HB503 — a bold, fair-minded reform aimed at one of the most unjust quirks of our courts: the use of 'phantom damages.' Phantom damages are inflated medical costs presented to juries in court — even though no one ever paid them, nor was expected to. Here's how it works: A plaintiff introduces a hospital bill showing the full 'sticker price' for medical care — often wildly inflated and far above what insurers or patients actually pay. But the defense? We're barred from explaining that the real cost — the amount actually accepted by the provider — was just a fraction of that sticker price. So the jury, kept in the dark, may base their verdict on a fiction. The result? A system that rewards inflated claims, punishes transparency and drives up the cost of care for everyone — not just the defendant in a particular case. HB503 helps restore fairness and common sense. It ensures that damages reflect real costs — not contrived figures that serve no one but those looking to inflate verdicts. When our courts traffic in phantom numbers, they don't just hurt doctors and hospitals. They harm patients. They strain insurance systems. They chip away at access to care in communities that need it most. That's why the Utah Medical Association, Copic and physicians across the state rallied behind this legislation. They know what's at stake. On behalf of the dedicated professionals I work with every day — and the Utah families who depend on them — I thank Rep. Hall and Sen. Sandall for their courage. They stood up and delivered a win for healthcare access, legal integrity and economic sanity. If we're serious about controlling healthcare costs and protecting access to care, we need more legislation like HB503.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Watch: Violent tornado causes damage near Lake City, Arkansas
BAY, Ark. – A powerful tornado touched down in northeastern Arkansas on Wednesday, prompting the issuance of an urgent Tornado Emergency as the supercell passed through communities such as Lake City and Blytheville. The FOX Forecast Center described the storm as a "wedge tornado," a type of twister that is particularly dangerous and wide, which sent storm chasers scrambling to put enough distance between themselves and the violent cyclone. The tornado, with multiple vortices swirling around its base, was first spotted just east of Jonesboro and quickly moved toward the Arkansas-Missouri state line. Accompanying the destructive tornado were bursts of light, likely caused by transformers exploding due to the intense winds, which were estimated to have reached nearly 200 mph. Crews Search For Storm Victims In Potosi, Missouri, Following Tornado Strike Brandon Copic, one of FOX Weather's exclusive storm chasers, tracked the tornado in real-time. "It's coming very close to me," Copic reported. "There is an audible roar with it right now." Copic estimated the twister was at least an EF-3 and showed characteristics of being substantially stronger, which further underscored the danger to residents in its path. Local authorities urgently advised residents to seek substantial shelter during the storm, calling the situation extremely dangerous. Arkansas Governor Sanders said there were reports of storm and tornado damage around the state with emergency personnel on the ground to help the injured. Local authorities reported at least two dozen homes were significantly damaged in Monette and Lake City, with seven people, who were receiving treatment for Westside Consolidated School District, which services rural communities in the northeast portion of the state, reported that classes will not be held on Thursday as at least one of its facilities was damaged during the severe weather outbreak. Power outage tracking websites reported at least 40,000 customers without electricity as of Wednesday evening. Attitudes Toward Tornado Preparedness In Us Changing As Storm Risk Zones Shift Earlier in the day, a separate tornado struck eastern Missouri, prompting firefighters to conduct search-and-rescue operations north of the small town of than 15 million residents, stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast, were placed under Tornado Watches, with forecasters urging those in the thunderstorm zone to remain alert for potential additional tornado article source: Watch: Violent tornado causes damage near Lake City, Arkansas
