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Corps Crews Help After Tornado Devastates Western Kentucky U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Commander Col. Kimberly Peeples visits affected areas in western Kentucky December 16, 2021, in support of the ongoing emergency response effort. (Photo by Katelyn Newton)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Commander Col. Kimberly Peeples visits affected areas in western Kentucky December 16, 2021, in support of the ongoing emergency response effort. (Photo by Katelyn Newton)

Corps Crews Help After Tornado Devastates Western Kentucky

January 17, 2022

In fewer than three weeks, the Corps of Engineers has hauled so much debris from tornado-ravaged Graves County, Ky., that it is the equivalent of a football field piled 30… Read More

Tornado On A Towboat: Deckhand Records Rare December Event Douglas Lewis was on the Marathon Petroleum towboat the mv. Mount Vernon with its tow of empties shoved up against the bank when the tornado that decimated towns in four states and killed more than 60 people crossed the Mississippi River. (Photo by Douglas Lewis)

Douglas Lewis was on the Marathon Petroleum towboat the mv. Mount Vernon with its tow of empties shoved up against the bank when the tornado that decimated towns in four states and killed more than 60 people crossed the Mississippi River. (Photo by Douglas Lewis)

Tornado On A Towboat: Deckhand Records Rare December Event

December 17, 2021

Purple lightning, swirling river fog and then total blackness were the signs Douglas Lewis noticed moments before a monster tornado crossed a few yards from his towboat. The same tornado… Read More

The Steam Towboat Tornado The Tornado, after running aground near Clarington, Ohio. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Steam Towboat Tornado

September 20, 2021

Built by the Axton yard at Brownsville, Pa., in 1895, the sturdy sternwheel towboat Tornado was constructed, to specifications drawn by J.M. Hammitt, on a wooden hull that measured 150… Read More

Natchitoches Port Tornado

November 9, 2018

A tornado passes near the Natchitoches Parish Port around 5 p.m. November 5 near the east bank of the Red River in North Louisiana. Though there was no damage and no… Read More

The Towboat Tornado

December 11, 2017

Built at Brownsville, Pa., by the Axton yard in 1895, the towboat Tornado was constructed, to specifications drawn by J.M. Hammitt, on a wooden hull that measured 150 feet in… Read More