title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: A strong F2 tornado ripped the roofs off of homes, destroyed large brick outbuildings, damaged a greenhouse, and injured two people as it impacted Wójcice and Smaszków, while another F2 tornado flipped a car and destroyed a summer home near Słomków Kościelny. In the city of Kraków, a short-lived tornado of unknown intensity caused a construction crane to collapse, resulting in two deaths and two injuries. A few buildings in Kraków had roofing blown off, and cars were damaged by flying debris. Another damaging but unrated tornado struck Sierosław, where every building in town sustained some degree of damage, a few of which had their roofs torn off and sustained some damage to their brick exterior walls. Farms sustained severe damage outside of town, metal truss transmission towers were blown over, and two semi-trucks were overturned, injuring one of the drivers. A tornado produced F2 damage to trees and structures in the Różyce Grochowe and Sulimy areas, and two additional F2 tornadoes mowed down countless trees as they moved through remote forested areas near Izdebno and Nowe Miasto nad Wartą. A brief tornado also produced F2 damage along the shore of Lake Powidzkie near Kosewo, snapping large trees, tossing boats, and damaging a residential building. In total, two people were killed and five others were injured by the tornadoes, with all injuries and fatalities occurring in Poland.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: There were 234 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in the month of March. This set a new monthly record for March, surpassing the previous record of 194 tornadoes set in 2017.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: A tornado outbreak, spawned from a strong, negatively tilted shortwave trough, struck the Midwestern United States beginning on March 5. The state of Iowa was particularly affected. Six people were killed by a violent, long-tracked EF4 tornado near Winterset that completely destroyed multiple homes, a few of which were leveled or swept away. The tornado also caused severe damage as it impacted the outskirts of Norwalk and Pleasant Hill before dissipating near Newton, after nearly miles on the ground. An EF3 tornado near Chariton tore through a campground at Red Haw State Park, killing one person there. The same tornado also downed numerous trees, and badly damaged or destroyed multiple homes and other structures along its path. A strong EF2 tornado caused significant damage to trees, power poles, a baseball field, and a manufactured home as it clipped the outskirts of Allerton, while an EF1 tornado caused moderate damage in the town of Vinton. Near Garden Grove, outbuildings were destroyed, power poles were snapped, and a house had its roof torn off as a result of an EF2 tornado. Two other EF2 tornadoes caused damage to homes, trees, and outbuildings as they passed near the towns of Kellogg and Tama.


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text: The storms then congealed into a squall line, producing damaging straight-line winds and isolated weak tornadoes eastward into Ohio before weakening and dissipating. Additional severe thunderstorms formed in Arkansas and Missouri the next day, with several tornadoes touching down. One intense long-tracked supercell moved from southeast Arkansas northeastward across the entire state, producing four tornadoes. The strongest was a low-end EF2 tornado that struck Sage, Arkansas and injured six people, including one seriously. Homes and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed in the Sage area, and many large trees were snapped or uprooted. Other severe storms formed that evening and produced more damaging winds and isolated weak tornadoes before weakening the next morning on March 7. One non-tornadic fatality occurred early that morning when semi-truck carrying logs was blown over on U.S. 641 near Hazel, Kentucky, ejecting and killing the passenger. A large squall line produced widespread wind damage in Northeastern United States that afternoon, but no tornadoes touched down. A total of 32 tornadoes were confirmed, with seven tornadic fatalities, one non-tornadic fatality, and at least 12 injuries.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: On March 18, the Storm Prediction Center issued an enhanced risk for southern Alabama, southwestern Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle, including a 10% hatched risk for tornadoes. A slight risk of severe weather extended up into the Ohio Valley region, including a 5% risk of tornadoes. An EF1 tornado destroyed a mobile home, tore a section of roof off of a frame home, and snapped trees near Holt, Florida, while another EF1 tornado snapped numerous trees at the north edge of Eucheeanna. In Panama City, Florida, an EF2 tornado moved through residential areas of the city and damaged numerous homes, some of which had large portions of their roofs torn off or were shifted off their foundations. Many trees and power poles were snapped, sheds and carports were destroyed, and fences were blown over along the path as well. Farther north, an EF1 tornado struck the town of Salem, Indiana, where homes and businesses sustained roof damage and trees were downed, while barns were damaged outside of town. In Kentucky, an EF0 tornado moved through the small town of West Point, causing minor damage to homes and trees. An EF1 tornado inflicted major roof damage to a house and damaged barns near Rineyville as well. A total of eight tornadoes were confirmed.


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text: A three-day tornado outbreak unfolded across the Southern and Eastern United States, beginning on March 21. That morning, the Storm Prediction Center issued a moderate risk in anticipation for the event, as favorable conditions for severe weather developed over east-central Texas, where a 15%, hatched area for tornadoes, indicating the possibility of strong tornadoes, was introduced. Multiple supercell thunderstorms formed over the area on March 21, prompting the issuance of numerous tornado warnings in Texas and southern Oklahoma, including several PDS tornado warnings. An EF3 tornado caused major damage to homes and school buildings in the city of Jacksboro, Texas, and destroyed some wind turbines and metal truss towers outside of town, injuring nine people. The same LP supercell produced an EF2 tornado in Sherwood Shores, Texas that caused major damage to homes, destroyed mobile homes, killed one person, and injured 11 others before crossing the state line and causing severe damage at the Buncombe Creek Marina near Kingston, Oklahoma. Two EF1 tornadoes caused considerable damage near Bowie, Texas and injured three people, while a high-end EF2 tornado flipped cars and caused major damage to homes and businesses in the Austin suburb of Round Rock, as well as areas to the northeast, injuring 16 others. Later that evening numerous additional strong tornadoes touched down across eastern Texas, including an EF2 tornado that killed one person and injured 10 others in and around Crockett, where multiple homes and a convenience store suffered major structural damage. Another strong tornado produced high-end EF2 damage near Ore City, destroying homes and mobile homes and injuring 7 people. Other strong EF2 tornadoes occurred near the towns of Kingsbury, Elgin and Cushing. Tornadic activity continued into March 22 as the system moved eastward into Louisiana and Mississippi where another moderate risk, including a 15% hatched risk area for tornadoes, was issued. Numerous tornadoes reported in both states as well as Alabama, including an EF3 tornado struck rural Kemper County, Mississippi in the Damascus area, producing severe tree damage and destroying a couple of homes. Later that evening, a strong multiple-vortex EF3 tornado was broadcast live on television as it caused major damage in the New Orleans metropolitan area, with the most severe damage occurring in the inner suburb of Arabi. Many homes were destroyed and vehicles were tossed in Arabi, where one person was killed, and two more were injured. On March 23, more tornadoes were confirmed in states farther to the east, including two EF2 tornadoes that caused significant damage near Pickens, South Carolina and Gladesboro, Virginia. A few weak EF0 tornadoes were confirmed as far north as Ohio. A total of 83 tornadoes occurred as a result of this outbreak, which resulted in three tornadic fatalities, three non-tornadic fatalities, and at least 67 injuries.


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text: Another significant tornado outbreak struck the Southern and Eastern United States at the end of March. The outbreak began on March 29, with two EF1 tornadoes, one of which caused considerable damage a home and a school in St. Joseph, Missouri, and the other causing damage to outbuildings and farm equipment near Valley Falls, Kansas. On March 30, the SPC issued a moderate risk of severe weather for much of the Deep South, including a 15% hatched risk of tornadoes. Early that morning, an EF3 tornado in Springdale, Arkansas caused extensive structural damage to homes, businesses, and a school, and injured seven people. Later that day, an EF1 tornado was broadcast live television by local news networks as it moved through Jackson, Mississippi, causing minor to moderate tree and structural damage. An EF2 tornado ripped much of the roof off of a school in Tallulah, Louisiana, while another EF2 tornado struck McLain, Mississippi, where it inflicted severe damage to an apartment building, destroyed chicken houses, and snapped or uprooted numerous large trees. An EF1 tornado caused damage to trees and homes in and around Pope, Mississippi, and severely damaged a mobile home, resulting in a fatality. An EF3 tornado in Bibb and Shelby counties in Alabama injured two people, snapped and debarked countless trees in remote forested areas, and destroyed some RV campers at a hunting club. It caused roof damage to dormitory buildings at the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama near the end of its damage path. Significant tornado activity continued into the early morning hours of March 31, and an EF3 tornado completely destroyed multiple homes and mobile homes near Alford, Florida, killing two people and injuring three others. A multiple-vortex EF2 tornado destroyed two barns and snapped hundreds of large trees in Wayne Township, Pennsylvania later that day, and another EF2 tornado severely damaged a house and a chicken farm near Norwood, North Carolina. An EF1 tornado in Lairdsville, Pennsylvania destroyed multiple barns, damaged homes and businesses, and downed trees. In addition to the tornadoes, a fast-moving squall line of severe thunderstorms produced damaging straight-line winds across the threat area. This outbreak produced a total of 92 tornadoes, which resulted in three fatalities and 11 injuries.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: On April 4, an enhanced risk for severe thunderstorms was issued from Texas to Mississippi. Scattered severe thunderstorms over Texas during the afternoon congealed into a severe squall line that moved east over the Southern United States. Several tornadoes were confirmed around the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex late on April 4, including an EF2 tornado that damaged multiple homes and injured one person near Egan. As the line progressed eastward, numerous tornadoes occurred across Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina spawned by embedded circulations and supercell thunderstorms that formed within the squall line. A high-end EF3 tornado within the line significantly damaged or destroyed multiple homes and caused several minor injuries in Bonaire, Georgia. Discrete supercells also formed ahead of the squall line in Georgia and South Carolina and quickly became tornadic, spawning multiple powerful, long-tracked tornadoes. A large low-end EF3 tornado prompted a tornado emergency for Allendale and Sycamore, South Carolina as it destroyed mobile homes and heavily damaged other buildings, trees, and power lines, injuring one person. Numerous other tornadoes were confirmed elsewhere in South Carolina and in Georgia. One death and 12 injuries were confirmed after an EF4 tornado heavily damaged or destroyed several homes and other structures in Pembroke and Black Creek, Georgia. Another high-end EF3 tornado knocked down a large swath of trees northeast of Ulmer, South Carolina and a low-end EF2 tornado caused heavy damage to homes, businesses, trees, and power lines in Manning, South Carolina. Severe storms refired across large portion of the Southeast on April 6–7, with more tornadoes being reported in Florida, southern and central Georgia and southeastern South Carolina, although they were all weak in nature. In all, 86 tornadoes were confirmed, along with one tornadic fatality, two non-tornadic fatalities, and at least 16 injuries.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: Another tornado outbreak occurred across the Great Plains, Midwest, and Southern United States in mid-April. The outbreak began on April 11, when four EF1 tornadoes touched down across Arkansas, one of which prompted a tornado emergency for areas to the north of Little Rock. An EFU tornado also touched down in Oklahoma as well. The next day, the SPC issued a moderate risk for much of Iowa, with a 15% hatched risk for strong tornadoes outlined. Later that day, a strong EF2 tornado caused major damage to homes, destroyed barns and outbuildings, and injured one person near Gilmore City, Iowa. Another EF2 tornado caused significant damage to structures near Rutland. Additional tornadic storms formed in Texas, as well as Kansas as far north as southern Minnesota. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Texas, including a destructive high-end EF3 tornado that caused severe damage near Florence and Salado. Twenty-three injuries occurred near Salado as several homes and two churches were destroyed, and severe damage to trees and vehicles occurred as well. Later that night, a damaging EF2 tornado struck the small town of Taopi, Minnesota, inflicting major damage to homes, flipping cars, and injuring two people. Severe and tornadic weather continued into the overnight hours and ramped back up again the next day, with the SPC issued another moderate risk with a 15% hatched risk area for tornadoes across several states in the Deep South on the morning of April 13. Numerous tornadoes touched down that day, though most were weak. However, a large and long-tracked EF2 tornado passed south of Meridian, Mississippi and moved through the community of Clarkdale, where many trees, homes, and a school building sustained significant damage. Another EF2 tornado caused severe tree damage near Sikes, Louisiana. Overall, this outbreak produced a total of 73 tornadoes, none of which resulted in any fatalities, though at least 28 injuries occurred.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: On April 29, a moderate risk for severe weather was issued for portions of eastern Kansas and southern Nebraska, including a 15% risk of tornadoes. Later that evening, several tornadoes struck the central Great Plains, most of which were weak. This included an EF1 tornado near St. George, Kansas that caused roof damage to a house and an outbuilding, destroyed a windmill and a carport, flipped irrigation pivots, and snapped trees. Another EF1 tornado passed near Herington, damaging the roofs of homes, destroying silos and outbuildings, and snapping trees in the town of Parkerville before dissipating. The most significant tornado of the event was a well-documented and destructive EF3 tornado that tore through Andover, Kansas, causing major structural damage to a YMCA branch, tossing vehicles, and destroying numerous homes. An elementary school in an Andover was also damaged, a pet supplies shop was obliterated, and many trees were snapped or debarked. Three people were injured and 331 buildings were damaged in and around Andover. There were also three indirect injuries and total damage was $41.5 million. On October 26, 2022, at the AMS 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, the European Severe Storms Laboratory presented evidence that this EF3 tornado had winds of at least . A multiple-vortex EF1 tornado also destroyed barns and outbuildings near Rosalia, east of El Dorado, and caused minor damage within the town of Rosalia itself before dissipating. Farther north, a few weak tornadoes also touched down in Nebraska, and severe storms impacted Iowa and Missouri as well, where reports of hail and damaging straight-line winds were received. Farther south, a brief EF0 tornado struck near Fort Myers, Florida as well, causing minor roof, carport, and fence damage. A few weak tornadoes touched down in Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas the next day, none of which exceeded EF0 intensity. This included an EF0 tornado that damaged or destroyed machine sheds, and damaged a couple of houses near Perryville, Missouri. A total of 25 tornadoes were confirmed as a result of this outbreak.


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text: Three indirect fatalities occurred as a result of the severe weather; three meteorology students from the University of Oklahoma were killed in a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 35 near Tonkawa, Oklahoma while returning from storm chasing late on April 29. Their car hydroplaned off the road and was struck by another vehicle. The event received an outpouring of grief and support from students, meteorologists and the University of Oklahoma.


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text: A rare EF1 tornado was confirmed in the Victor Rojas community of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, as rotating severe thunderstorms moved through the area. It downed power lines, damaged trees, and caused roof damage to a warehouse. A total of 26 homes were damaged.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: On May 4, a moderate risk was issued for an area from Central Oklahoma southward into North Texas, including a 15% risk of tornadoes. Multiple tornadic supercells formed that afternoon and evening, several tornadoes tore through the area, including a few that were strong. This included a mile-wide EF2 multiple-vortex tornado that caused extensive damage in the town of Seminole, Oklahoma, where multiple homes, businesses, and other buildings were heavily damaged, and some had their roofs torn off. Numerous trees and power poles were snapped throughout the town, and several garages and older brick buildings were destroyed. An EF0 tornado struck a cannabis farm near the town of Maud, where multiple greenhouses and trailers were destroyed. An EF1 tornado damaged homes, power poles, and trees in Cromwell, while another EF2 tornado caused significant damage to a business, homes, outbuildings, and trees along an unusual looping path as it clipped the east edge of Earlsboro. Farther to the south, a large EF3 tornado touched down near Lockett, Texas, bending large metal power pylons to the ground in a rural area before striking the town, where metal buildings were destroyed, sheet metal was wrapped around trees, homes and other structures had their roofs torn off, and multiple vehicles were moved and damaged, including a storm chasing tour van that was blown off the road, resulting in a few minor injuries. More severe weather was expected the next day and an enhanced risk for severe weather was issued from Central Texas northeastward into much of Arkansas. Damaging winds were expected to be the main hazards, but a few tornadoes were expected. Five tornadoes touched down that afternoon in Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas. This included an EF2 tornado that destroyed barns, shifted a house off its foundation, damaged mobile homes, and snapped numerous trees near Henderson, Texas, injuring one person. Another EF2 tornado touched down near Almyra, Arkansas, destroying a pole barn and toppling several metal truss transmission towers, one of which had a metal shipping container thrown into its base. The severe weather risk shifted eastward on May 6 and another enhanced risk was issued from Central Alabama northeastward into Southern Virginia, with both damaging winds and tornadoes expected to be the primary hazards. Several tornadoes touched down that afternoon, though all were weak. This included an EF1 tornado that snapped trees, destroyed outbuildings, damaged the Lake Cumberland Speedway, and rolled two manufactured homes near Bronston, Kentucky, injuring two people. In Mobile, Alabama, a high-end EF1 tornado destroyed a poorly-built Family Dollar store, and caused less severe damage to some other buildings and trees. An EF0 tornado touched down in Perry, Florida as well, peeling back the metal roof of a tavern in town and causing minor tree, fence, and house damage. In all, 28 tornadoes touched down, causing at least three injuries. In addition, rain from the system forced Major League Baseball to postpone a game at Progressive Field.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: On May 9, a tornado moved through multiple villages in Lebak Regency in Indonesia, damaging 61 homes, some heavily. 15 homes were damaged in Cisampih Village, 17 homes were damaged Dederan Village, and 29 homes were damaged in Lebaksiuh Market Village. An Islamic boarding school was damaged in Cisamph Village as well. No serious injuries or fatalities occurred.


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text: On May 12, the SPC issued a moderate risk for the Upper Midwest, from western Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota to northeastern Nebraska and extreme northwestern Iowa, including eastern South Dakota. Conditions were favorable for a significant straight-line wind event, though a secondary threat of strong tornadoes was also present, and a 10% hatched tornado risk area was outlined as well. Two tornado watches were issued later that day, but the main watch was a PDS severe thunderstorm watch that was issued across the area as well, indicating the possibility of tornadoes and severe wind gusts to . A strong derecho developed over Nebraska and moved northeast, affecting parts of Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakotas with destructive straight-line winds that exceeded in some areas, causing widespread damage to trees, power lines, buildings, and agriculture. Circulations embedded within and along the leading edge of the derecho produced numerous tornadoes, a few of which were strong. A high-end EF2 tornado caused major damage to a farm south of Gary, South Dakota, ripping the roof and exterior walls off a house and injuring one person. A strong EF2 rope tornado hit Castlewood, where homes sustained severe damage, a school building had much of its roof torn off, sheds and garages were destroyed, many trees and power poles were snapped, and one person was injured. Another EF2 tornado destroyed outbuildings and inflicted significant damage to a dairy farm near Estelline, while an EF1 tornado damaged homes, trees, and a baseball field in Madison, Minnesota. A low-end EF2 tornado snapped many trees and power poles in and around Campbell, and heavily damaged large grain bins at a grain elevator in town. Another EF2 tornado caused damage to metal buildings and impacted Verndale and Blue Grass, where numerous trees and power poles were snapped, some of which landed on homes and vehicles. A high-end EF1 tornado also touched down in Alexandria, where many trees were downed and homes sustained varying degrees of roof damage, a couple of which suffered partial to total roof loss. No tornado-related fatalities occurred, though at least three people were killed by straight-line winds. Overall, a total of 32 tornadoes were confirmed.


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text: On 14 May, a brief tornado was confirmed in Wuchang, Heilongjiang, causing minor damage including some roofs being lifted. No injuries or fatalities occurred.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: A period of sporadic tornadic activity affected the Great Lakes, Upper Mississippi Valley, and the Mid-Atlantic beginning on May 18, when an EF0 tornado caused tree damage near Rice Lake, Minnesota. On May 19, a long-tracked EF2 tornado touched down near Keensburg, Illinois before moving across the southeast side of Mount Carmel, then crossing into Indiana and striking Decker. Countless large trees were snapped or uprooted along the path, many or which landed on structures, and power poles were also snapped. Barns were destroyed and pivot irrigation sprinklers were flipped in rural areas, and the tornado ended up crossing the White River seven times before dissipating. An EF1 tornado downed trees in and around Greenville, Illinois, destroying barns and damaging a few homes in areas outside of town as well. A few weak EF0 tornadoes also touched down in parts of the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area, causing minor tree damage. On May 20, a destructive EF3 tornado swept through the city of Gaylord, Michigan, killing two people and injuring 44 others. Many homes and businesses in Gaylord were severely damaged or destroyed, cars were tossed in parking lots, and RVs were thrown and demolished at a dealership. The two fatalities occurred at a mobile home park in town, where multiple mobile homes were completely destroyed. This tornado was the first to be rated EF3 in Michigan since 2012, and caused over 6,000 people to lose power. Farther east, an EF0 tornado briefly touched down in Aberdeen, New Jersey, downing trees and causing minor damage to some homes. The Gaylord tornado caused $50 million in damage. On May 21, isolated weak tornadoes occurred across parts of Indiana and Arkansas, resulting in marginal damage. Severe weather at Wrigley Field postponed a game between the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks.


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text: However, a more significant severe weather event unfolded on May 21 farther north in Canada, as a powerful and deadly derecho with wind gusts of up to 118 mph (190 km/h; 52.8 m/s) caused extensive damage across large areas of Ontario and Quebec, resulting in 11 fatalities from straight-line winds. The London, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City metro areas all sustained significant impacts from the derecho, along with many other smaller cities and towns. The intense winds toppled many trees and power lines, damaged buildings, shattered windows, and caused massive power outages. The derecho produced four embedded QLCS tornadoes, including two EF1 tornadoes that moved through parts of London, Ontario, one of which touched down in the Huron Heights section of the city, snapping and uprooting trees, damaging the roof of an apartment building, and damaging hangars and small planes at an airport. The other EF1 tornado struck the Wilton Grove neighborhood, badly damaging a warehouse, bending a power pole, and downing trees. The third tornado spawned by the derecho was strong, producing EF2 damage in Uxbridge, Ontario, where a brewery and a three-story apartment building were unroofed, cars were flipped, and many large trees were snapped or uprooted, some of which landed on structures and vehicles. Other apartment buildings, homes, and a church in town had large portions of their roofs ripped off, a train station was damaged, and many power lines were also downed. Another embedded EF2 tornado touched down east of Lake Scugog and passed near the rural communities of Janetville and Yelverton, damaging or destroying multiple outbuildings, barns, and machine sheds. Numerous trees were snapped as the tornado impacted wooded areas. About 950,000 people in Canada lost power due to the derecho. The cold air behind the system also brought a 50 °F (28 °C) temperature plunge to Denver, Colorado, as well as accumulating snow. Overall, a total of 25 tornadoes occurred. The severe weather resulted in two tornado-related fatalities, and an 11 additional fatalities from the derecho. Numerous injuries also occurred.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: A small tornado outbreak produced several tornadoes in multiple countries in Europe on May 20, including three strong F2 tornadoes that caused significant damage and numerous injuries in Germany. In Russia, a brief F0 tornado caused minor roof damage in Ilovlya. In the Netherlands, an F1 tornado struck Beek, where homes sustained severe roof damage and garden sheds were destroyed. In Germany, one long-tracked supercell produced at least four tornadoes. The first was a strong F2 wedge tornado which touched down to the west of Lippstadt in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, first causing damage in the villages of Eickelborn and Benninghausen, where two medical clinic buildings were partially unroofed, a supermarket sustained roof damage, and trees were downed. Continuing to the east, the tornado reached peak intensity as it moved through a rural area, where a brick farm home had much of its roofing removed, and a large and well-built brick farm building was partially destroyed. A smaller outbuilding was completely destroyed, many large trees were snapped and uprooted, and a large masonry-construction church had its steeple torn off in this area as well. Continuing directly into Lippstadt, the tornado weakened, but caused roof damage to many homes, businesses, and a school, and downed numerous trees in the city before dissipating. Some large trees landed on vehicles and buildings, causing considerable damage. The Lippstadt tornado had a path length of 13.4 kilometers (8.3 mi), and did not result in any serious injuries. The second F2 tornado caused major damage as it tore directly through Paderborn. Homes, churches, schools, businesses, and apartment buildings in the city sustained partial to total roof loss, including an apartment building that was unroofed and sustained partial failure of its top-floor exterior walls. An office building, a large furniture store, and a used car business were significantly damaged and had their roofs ripped off, and warehouses were also heavily damaged. Metal light poles were bent to the ground, while cars, trucks, and vehicle trailers were tossed and severely damaged, and other vehicles were damaged by flying debris. Numerous large trees were snapped or uprooted in Paderborn, and streets were left strewn with debris. The Paderborn tornado injured 43 people along its 21.5 kilometer (13.4 mi)-long path, including 13 serious injuries.


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text: The third tornado from the supercell, rated high-end F1, struck the towns of Ovenhausen and Lütmarsen, damaging dozens of trees and roofs along its 8.0 kilometer (5.0 mi)-long path, and injuring two people. Many homes sustained heavy roof damage, a soccer field was damaged, and a large industrial building had its roof blown off. Trees were snapped, and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed in rural areas as well. A fourth and final tornado produced by the supercell, which was rated F2, touched down in a densely-forested area near Merxhausen, flattening large swaths of trees, with every tree in the direct path being snapped or uprooted in the most severely affected areas. The strong tornado then struck Merxhausen, where a large house and a masonry building had their roof structures completely destroyed, and a small summer home was also destroyed. Multiple other homes and buildings in town suffered major roof damage, including a few that had significant portions of their roofs torn off. The Merxhausen tornado remained on the ground for 11.2 kilometers (7.0 mi) and reached a peak width of up to 750 meters (820 yd), resulting in one injury. A brief low-end F1 tornado also hit a suburban area in southwestern Herford, causing roof and tree damage along its 0.65 kilomter (0.4 mi) long path. An F1 tornado downed numerous trees in wooded areas near Abtsgmünd, and another rain-wrapped F1 tornado downed additional trees and caused slight roof damage in Hillscheid. A total of 9 tornadoes were confirmed as a result of this outbreak, which resulted in 46 injuries.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: On May 26, scattered tornadoes occurred in various states across the Eastern United States, most of which were weak. However, a low-end EF2 tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees near Union Grove, North Carolina, and caused roof damage to a few structures. An EF1 tornado near Greenup, Kentucky tore a section of roof off a house, and destroyed its adjacent garage. Additional tornadoes touched down along the East Coast the following day, including a high-end EF2 tornado that caused significant damage near Norwood, Virginia in Bedford County, destroying a site-built house, two mobile homes, and several outbuildings. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted by the tornado, and two people were injured. An EF1 tornado touched down in Kirkwood, Pennsylvania and moved into rural areas outside of town, damaging a house, destroying barns and outbuildings, downing trees, and injuring three people. Another EF1 tornado struck areas in and around Charlotte Hall, Maryland and downed dozens of trees, including some that landed on and caused damage to two homes. EF0 tornadoes caused minor damage in Olney, Maryland and Loris, South Carolina. A total of 20 tornadoes were confirmed, along with at least five injuries. As the storm passed close to Washington D.C., a Major League Baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals was postponed.


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text: A moderate risk for severe weather was issued by the Storm Prediction Center for much of Minnesota as well as southeastern North Dakota and eastern South Dakota due to the possibility of intense, long-tracked tornadoes and damaging wind gusts of up to . The outlined risk area included a 15% hatched risk for tornadoes. Severe storms were also possible in parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Early that morning, a severe squall line moved through the Sioux Falls, South Dakota metropolitan area and points east, producing widespread wind damage and five weak tornadoes. One EF1 tornado struck the southern part of Sioux Falls, uprooting trees and causing minor damage to homes. That afternoon, clusters of supercells, multicells, and bowing segments formed and moved northeastward, producing numerous tornadoes. An EF2 tornado near Clear Lake, South Dakota snapped trees and power poles, destroyed silos and outbuildings, damaged the roof of a house, and tossed grain bins and farm implements.


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text: Just to the northwest, an EF3 tornado near Altamont destroyed outbuildings threw a grain bin from where it originated. The strong tornado also toppled and mangled metal truss transmission towers and ripped the roof off a house. Two other EF2 tornadoes passed near Elbow Lake, Minnesota, snapping wooden power poles and trees, and damaging or destroying grain bins and outbuildings. A strong multi-vortex EF2 tornado caused major damage to homes in Forada, some of which had roofs and exterior walls ripped off. Vehicles were tossed, and numerous large trees were snapped in town before the tornado weakened and hit Nelson, causing less severe damage to trees and structures there. Another EF2 tornado that touched down near Aldrich ripped the roof off a cabin and collapsed one of its exterior walls, snapped trees and power poles, and flipped pivot irrigation systems. Numerous other weaker tornadoes also touched down across South Dakota and Minnesota that afternoon and evening as well, including an EF1 tornado that damaged businesses and a baseball field in Deer River. Farther north in Canada, an EF2 tornado moved through remote forested areas near Boffin Lake in southwestern Ontario, snapping and uprooting numerous trees along its path. Large hail and straight-line winds from the severe storms also caused considerable damage. In all, 27 tornadoes were confirmed, none of which resulted in any fatalities.


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text: The SPC issued an enhanced-risk outlook, including parts of southern and western Nebraska, northern Kansas, and extreme northeastern Colorado on June 7. Tornadic activity began with an EF1 tornado northwest of Van Tassel, Wyoming, which damaged fences and farm buildings an produced a measured wind gust of . Several weak tornadoes also touched down in southern Nebraska and northern Kansas on the night of June 7, including an EF1 tornado that downed trees and damaged a grain bin in Narka, Kansas. Continuing past midnight into June 8, the storm complex produced four tornadoes in or near the Kansas City metropolitan area, including an EF1 tornado that moved through Lenexa and Overland Park, Kansas before crossing into Missouri and dissipating near Grandview. Structures sustained roof and window damage along its path, and trees and light poles were knocked down. An EF2 tornado near Buckner, Missouri heavily damaged a metal building, tore a large section of roof off a house, and snapped or uprooted trees. More tornadoes hit Indiana and Ohio on the afternoon and evening of June 8. An EF2 tornado severely damaged a Meijer distribution warehouse, flipped cars and semi-trailers, and damaged trees and roofs in Tipp City, Ohio. Another strong EF2 tornado formed near Adelphi, Ohio and caused major tree damage as it passed through the Hocking Hills region near South Bloomingville, deforesting hillsides and snapping or uprooting numerous large trees. An EF1 tornado downed numerous trees in and around Springfield, and caused minor damage to homes and outbuildings. EF0 tornadoes caused minor damage in the towns of Sardinia, Ohio and Summitville, Indiana as well. Farther east, a brief caused EF0 damage near Mechanicsville, Maryland. On June 9, two final weak tornadoes occurred along the East Coast, including an EF1 tornado damaged trees, homes, a fence, and a shed near Blackwood, New Jersey. Farther south, the other tornado produced EF0 damage to trees and structures in Port St. Lucie, Florida. A total of 30 tornadoes were confirmed. The total system caused $1.8 billion in damage.


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text: On June 11, a slow-moving high-precipitation supercell produced multiple tornadoes in Kansas, including an EF1 tornado that caused roof and wall damage to a few buildings in downtown Marysville. Another EF1 tornado overturned train cars and damaged trees near Blue Rapids. A brief but damaging EF2 tornado touched down at the east edge of Kansas State University in Manhattan, causing damage to a few buildings there, downing trees, and largely unroofing one house while ripping large sections of roof off several others in a nearby neighborhood. The tornado caused $10 million in damage. Several additional tornadoes occurred farther north the following day, including two separate EF2 tornadoes that struck and severely damaged farmsteads near Murdo, South Dakota, damaging the roof of a house and destroying barns, outbuildings, and grain bins. The first of the two tornadoes also tossed a water tank. An EF1 tornado snapped trees and power poles near Middle River, Minnesota as well. A total of 14 tornadoes were confirmed.


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text: A significant cone-shaped tornado touched down in rural Inner Mongolia, inflicting major structural damage to multiple brick homes. Trees were also snapped, some of which sustained low-end debarking, and concrete telephone poles were downed. A narrow rope tornado was also photographed in the area as well and caused no known damage. Neither tornado was officially rated.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: On June 14, widespread severe thunderstorms affected the northern Great Plains, producing hail and damaging winds, along with a few tornadoes. An EF1 tornado near caused damage to a house, a church, grain bins, and some power poles near Murdock, Nebraska. Near Treynor, Iowa, an EF0 tornado struck and destroyed a frail event center building at a winery. In the early-morning hours of June 15, an EF2 tornado struck Lushton, Nebraska, causing extensive tree damage and destroying grain bins in and around town. A house had its garage ripped off outside of town, and multiple outbuildings were also destroyed. Later that day, the Storm Prediction Center issued a moderate risk of severe weather for much of Wisconsin, including a 15% hatched risk area for tornadoes. Large hail and straight-line winds were expected as well, and multiple clusters of severe thunderstorms grew upscale into a large MCS with multiple embedded supercells and circulations. A strong EF2 tornado passed near Wyeville and Oakdale, snapping thousands of trees and many power poles, destroying a modular home and some outbuildings, and tearing the roof off a manufactured home. Another low-end EF2 tornado flattened a large swath of trees in Silver Cliff, where the local fire station was severely damaged and multiple outbuildings were destroyed. In Mauston, an EF1 tornado inflicted considerable roof damage to a restaurant and an apartment building, and downed power lines and trees in town. Another EF0 tornado downed trees and power poles, damaged or destroyed barns, outbuildings, and silos, and also clipped the south edge of Seymour, where an apartment complex had roof damage. An EF0 tornado also caused minor tree, fence, and structure damage in Madison, Kansas. A total of 20 tornadoes were confirmed.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: A tornado struck South Sulawesi, Indonesia, damaging 63 structures. One man died of a stress-induced medical issue during the tornado but was not a direct tornado-related fatality.


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text: An EF2 tornado struck the large city of Guangzhou, China on the evening of June 16. Businesses and residential structures sustained considerable damage to their windows, roofs, and exteriors, and trees and power lines were downed. Vehicles were moved and damaged, and some metal buildings were severely damaged or destroyed, with sheet metal wrapped around power lines. The tornado caused major power outages and knocked out power to the city's subway lines. No serious injuries or fatalities occurred.


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text: A fatal IF1/F1/T2 tornado touched down and caused considerable damage in the town of Zierikzee in the Netherlands. Homes sustained roof damage, and several adjoining townhomes were unroofed entirely. Trees and fences were toppled to the ground, and cars were damaged by flying debris. The fatality occurred when an elderly woman who was caught outside during the tornado was struck by flying debris. Nine other people were injured in Zierikzee.


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text: As Typhoon Chaba moved across southern China, it spawned seven tornadoes in and around Guangzhou, along with two tornadoes in the Foshan area as well. The tornadoes caused considerable damage to residences, businesses, industrial buildings, and other structures.


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text: On the afternoon of July 6, a damaging high-end EF2 tornado struck the town of Goshen, Ohio and caused significant damage to structures, injuring two people. Numerous homes were damaged in town, and several had their roofs torn off. An insurance business and an office building sustained total roof loss and collapse of their exterior walls, the local fire station was significantly damaged, and vehicles were damaged by flying debris. Many large trees and several power poles were snapped, and outbuildings were destroyed in and around Goshen as well. An EF1 tornado also struck Loveland, where many trees were downed, and damage to roofs, siding, and fences occurred. Another EF1 tornado damaged some homes and snapped or uprooted trees near Fayetteville, including a few trees that landed on houses and vehicles. The tornadoes were produced by a thunderstorm interacting with an outflow boundary. This tornado family caused $3.6 million (2022 USD) in damage according to the National Centers for Environmental Information.


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text: On July 7, a strong EF2 tornado passed through rural areas between Bergen and Sundre, Alberta, injuring one person. A few homes sustained significant damage, and several barns, garages, and outbuildings were destroyed, with debris scattered across the ground. Numerous large trees were snapped or uprooted as the tornado moved through wooded areas, an RV and some vehicle trailers were tossed, and power poles were also snapped. Two additional EF2 tornadoes occurred in Saskatchewan on the following day, one of which caused major tree damage near Paynton, while the other destroyed outbuildings, snapped trees, and knocked over or threw grain bins near Blaine Lake. Two EF0 tornadoes also briefly touched down near Bresaylor, neither of which caused any damage. A total of 5 tornadoes were confirmed.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: An EF2 tornado struck the small town of Glentana, Montana, resulting in extensive damage. A house and another structure sustained roof loss, while storage buildings, garages, pole barns, and grain bins were destroyed. A large truck and some storage tanks were knocked over, farming equipment was damaged, power poles were snapped, and trees were downed as well. In Canada, another EF2 tornado hit areas in and around Redcliff, Alberta, located to the west of Medicine Hat. The most significant damage was inflicted to farmsteads and homes outside of town, where a house had its roof torn off, another house had its attached garage destroyed, and multiple other homes suffered extensive roof and window damage. Barns, farm buildings, garages, metal grain silos, and sheds were completely destroyed as well, with debris scattered long distances across fields. Farm animals were killed, RV campers and several semi-trailers were rolled, while farming equipment and irrigation pivots were damaged. The tornado weakened as it struck Redcliff before dissipating, where homes sustained minor damage, a metal building had its roof peeled back, the fabric covering of a salt storage facility was torn, and signs and fences were downed. Numerous trees and power poles were snapped along the path. Farther east, conditions favored development of supercells over the Northeastern United States. One storm produced a very brief, but well-documented EFU tornado on the Hudson River near Port Ewen, New York. Another storm produced a brief EF1 tornado that snapped trees and collapsed a barn in Addison, Vermont. The same storm also dropped a brief EF0 tornado that caused minor tree damage southwest of Vergennes. Another storm produced a brief EF1 tornado that snapped trees and destroyed some outbuildings near Chesterfield, New Hampshire. The storms that produced the northeast tornadoes also produced torrential rainfall in the New York Metropolitan Area, triggering sinkholes, and the rainfall total in Tarrytown, New York was . New York City set a daily record for precipitation, at . Several people had to be rescued from their cars due to flooding in the parking lot of the Garden State Plaza. Overall, a total of six tornadoes were confirmed.


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text: On the afternoon of July 20, multiple supercell thunderstorms developed in Jiangsu Province, resulting in multiple destructive tornadoes, numerous injuries, and three fatalities. One tornado caused damage in Huaiyin, and was rated EF1. A strong EF2 wedge tornado impacted Guanyun County, where numerous brick homes were damaged or destroyed in and around the Tangqiao and Xiaomao areas. Significant damage to trees and crops occurred, and numerous parked motorcycles were thrown and scattered long distances across a field, one of which was found mangled and completely wrapped around the trunk of a tree. Two people were killed and at least 649 homes were either damaged or destroyed by the Guanyun County tornado. The strongest tornado of the day was rated EF3 and moved through areas near Lianyungang in Xiangshui County, damaging or destroying brick homes and other buildings, toppling several metal truss electrical transmission towers to the ground, killing one person, and injuring multiple others. An EF1 tornado also struck Suqian in Shuyang County, resulting in considerable damage to industrial buildings and homes. A total of four tornadoes were confirmed. In addition to the three fatalities, at least 26 people were injured.


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text: A rain-wrapped EF2 tornado struck the city of Shangqiu, Henan Province, China on the afternoon of July 22, heavily damaging factories, tossing vehicles, and downing trees and power lines. Numerous homes and large brick residential structures were damaged, some had their roofs torn off, and a few sustained collapses of their top floor exterior walls. Crops were damaged in fields, metal truss transmission towers were blown over, and several people were injured. The next day, a tornado was successfully chased and recorded for the first time by Chinese native storm chasers and severe weather researchers near Bayannur, Northern China. The researchers were able to collect valuable scientific data while the tornado was on the ground. The tornado occurred in a remote, unpopulated area, and no known damage occurred.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: At around 6 pm EST on the evening of July 23, an EF2 tornado passed through sections of the municipalities of St.Adolphe-d'Howard and St-Agathe-des-Monts, in the Laurentides region of Quebec. Countless large trees were snapped or uprooted as the tornado moved through densely-forested areas, power poles were snapped, garages were damaged or destroyed, and multiple homes suffered heavy roof damage. One house had its roof removed entirely, also sustaining partial exterior wall failure. Two other tornadoes, which were rated EF1 and EF0, were also confirmed in the area, both of which caused relatively minor tree damage. The next day, another EF2 tornado caused significant tree and structural damage in central-eastern Ontario along the Highway 7 corridor. The tornado passed near Madoc and Tweed before striking the small community of Actinolite, where multiple homes had extensive roof and siding damage, and one house had most of its roof torn off. A church in town had its steeple blown off, while some small cabins and sheds were destroyed. Wide swaths of trees were flattened as the tornado moved through remote forested areas elsewhere along the path, and large barns and outbuildings were completely destroyed. An RV trailer was overturned, and a pickup truck was thrown 25 meters (82 ft), resulting in multiple injuries. Maximum wind speeds from this tornado were estimated at 190 km/h. An EF1 tornado that caused tree damage occurred near Parham as well. A total of five tornadoes were confirmed.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: An EF2 tornado impacted the Dallas, West Virginia area on August 1. The tornado destroyed a barn, a shed, and a camper, inflicted major roof damage to a church, and snapped or uprooted numerous large trees. Near Rogersville, Pennsylvania, a high-end EF0 tornado collapsed a barn, overturned a camper, tore siding off a house, and downed trees.


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text: A family of three highly-photogenic tornadoes touched down near the town of Ruso, North Dakota on August 15. The first tornado remained over open land, causing no damage. The second tornado destroyed an animal shelter, snapped trees, and was rated EF1. The third and strongest tornado was rated EF2, and destroyed some wooden granaries, tossed multiple large hay bales, and flipped metal storage tanks and a large seed cart.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: A damaging stovepipe tornado was caught on video from multiple angles as it caused severe damage in the San Joaquín, Paraguay area on August 17. Homes were damaged by the tornado, and a few were largely destroyed, sustaining total roof loss and collapse of their exterior walls. Crop damage occurred, trees were downed, and outbuildings were destroyed as well. Numerous farm animals, including cows, pigs, and chickens were killed by the tornado. At least 5 people were injured.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: A tornado family of five weak EF0 tornadoes occurred in the Minneapolis—Saint Paul metropolitan area. The tornadoes were relatively brief, with the first four lasting two to three minutes, and the final tornado remaining on the ground for five minutes. They impacted Crystal Lake, Apple Valley, Eagan, West St. Paul, and St. Paul, where they snapped tree limbs and downed trees, some of which landed on vehicles. Minor property damage occurred as well. Even though the tornado family consisted of only weak and short-lived tornadoes, they occurred in a densely-populated area, and damage from the tornadoes was reported at $2.85 million (2022 USD) by the National Centers for Environmental Information.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: On the morning of September 5, TORRO issued a rare tornado watch for portions of Ireland and the United Kingdom. On September 6, at least two tornadoes touched down across the United Kingdom and one tornado touched down in Ireland. An F1/T3 tornado between Yaverland and Bembridge blew off the roof of an outbuilding, causing high-F1 level damage. This tornado was filmed and viewed by numerous people, but the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) noted this event may have been two tornadoes. An unrated tornado was observed at Bonnyrigg, just outside Edinburgh, and caused minor tree damage. This tornado was also caught on video from multiple angles. An F1 tornado also touched down at Killag, Ireland, causing damage to a roof and a chimney. Large tree branches were broken, trees uprooted or snapped, some roof sheets of a house were blown off. Sheet metal roofing was also torn off a barn, and the roof of the barn was partly lifted off its structure. Wooden pallets were blown away, some of which were thrown 150 meters, with one later being found on top of a roof.


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text: On September 17, a tornado/waterspout outbreak affected Italy. An F0 tornado touched down in Fano around 9:25 UTC, causing minor tree damage and overturning a truck. Two people were injured by this tornado. Over the next hour, three waterspouts occurred. Around 12:25 UTC, a waterspout came ashore in Tortora, causing F0 damage to a beaching facility. Minutes later, around 12:35 UTC, another waterspout came ashore in Tortora, leveling a beaching facility at F1 intensity. The same tornado damaged and moved cars, snapped or uprooted trees, destroyed benches, and caused roof damage to structures. Ten minutes after the F1 tornado, another waterspout came ashore in Praia a Mare and caused F0 level damage to beach signs and a beach facility, as well as downing a tree and damaging a roof. Two more waterspouts occurred later in the day.


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text: On September 18, severe supercell thunderstorms produced a small outbreak of strong tornadoes in Ukraine and Russia, resulting in significant damage and multiple fatalities. The first and strongest tornado of the event produced F3 damage as it tore through Buryn', Ukraine. Numerous houses and apartment buildings in town sustained major structural damage, some of which sustained total loss of their roofs and exterior walls. Many trees in Buryn' were snapped and denuded, cars were tossed, and metal railroad pylons were blown over. One person was killed in Buryn', and eight others were injured. An F2 tornado unroofed homes in and around the small village of Zinovo, Ukraine, snapped numerous large trees, and damaged power line pylons. An F1 tornado struck Shurovo, Ukraine and another F1 tornado impacted Ol'govka, Russia. Both tornadoes caused severe damage to poorly-built homes and downed many trees and power lines. Another tornado damaged or destroyed roughly 200 structures in the L'gov area, and was rated F2. Later that evening, an F1 tornado struck Kursk, tearing roofs off of dormitory buildings at a local collage, scattering debris, and downing trees. A student inside one dormitory was killed by flying debris, and another fatality occurred as a result of a falling tree. On September 19, an F2 tornado moved through a forest near Svecha, flattening a large swath of trees. At least eight tornadoes and three fatalities occurred as a result of this outbreak, though additional tornadoes are suspected to have occurred, but were never confirmed.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: Several tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Ian caused damage across Florida in late September. A high-end EF2 tornado impacted Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, where buildings had siding damage. The most intense damage occurred farther along the path in Kings Point, where apartment buildings had their roofs torn off, homes sustained roof damage and shattered windows, palm trees were snapped, and cars were flipped and severely damaged. Two people were injured in Kings Point when the tornado collapsed a roof. In Pembroke Pines, an EF1 tornado hit North Perry Airport, causing significant damage to airplanes and hangars. Another EF1 tornado caused damage to roofs and downed tree branches at a golf course in the Wellington area. An EF0 tornado inflicted minor roof and siding damage to homes in Holden Beach, North Carolina as well. A total of seven tornadoes were confirmed.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: The first of two tornadoes started as a waterspout which then made landfall and struck Sandve, Norway, causing damage to a house and the complete destruction of a barn, as well as impaling debris into a frame house. The European Severe Storms Laboratory rated this tornado F1/IF1. The second tornado struck Brevikstranda, Norway, causing damage to several structures and numerous trees. A playhouse was completely destroyed, and several large trees were snapped or uprooted. The European Severe Storms Laboratory rated this tornado an F1/IF1. On October 18, it was confirmed that these tornadoes were embedded within a derecho that caused straight-line wind damage.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: As severe thunderstorms and supercells spawned by Storm Beatrice moved across Northern France and Southern England, at least eight tornadoes were produced, a few of which were strong and caused major damage. Two tornadoes struck Hampshire in England, including one in New Milton that damaged roofs, and one in Colden Common that came close to the Marwell Zoo, downing trees and signs in the zoo's car park, and destroying some outbuildings. Six tornadoes touched down in France, including an F2 tornado that struck Beuzeville, where severe damage to homes occurred and semi-trucks were thrown into a pile. Another F2 tornado impacted Songeons, damaging industrial buildings, tearing roofing from homes and businesses, and destroying large outbuilding structures. The most significant event of the outbreak was a very long-tracked EF3/F3/T6 tornado, which became the longest-tracked tornado in the history of France, remaining on the ground for . The tornado caused severe damage in multiple towns, with the most intense damage occurring in Bihucourt, where well-built brick homes and other buildings sustained total loss of their roofs and exterior walls, cars were tossed, and debris was scattered throughout the community. The tornado eventually crossed into Belgium, causing tree and roof damage in a few villages before dissipating. A few F1 tornadoes also caused considerable damage in the towns of Ferrières-en-Bray, Gaudechart, and Beaudéduit.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: Twelve weak tornadoes occurred along the Gulf Coast, affecting Jackson County, Mississippi, and Mobile and Baldwin County, Alabama. Most of the tornadoes occurred relatively close to the coast, as cells moved inland over the counties. Tornadoes affected the Moss Point and Vancleave areas in Mississippi and the Magnolia Springs, Theodore, Bon Secour, and Spanish Fort areas in Alabama. The tornadoes were brief, and caused mostly minor damage to structures, power lines, and trees.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: On November 4, an outbreak of strong to violent tornadoes took place in Northeast Texas, southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, and northwestern Louisiana, with multiple large and destructive tornadoes being confirmed. The outbreak was spawned by a potent upper-level trough, which interacted with a highly unstable and moist environment in place across the ArkLaTex region. The Storm Prediction Center forecasted an environment that would be favorable for long-lived supercells and tornadoes, with the potential for strong tornadoes noted. That afternoon, a moderate risk was issued for the threat area, including 15% hatched risk area for tornadoes.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: During the late afternoon and evening hours, multiple tornadic supercells formed in East Texas before they moved northeast into Oklahoma and Arkansas, producing multiple long-tracked significant tornadoes. The first tornado of day the produced EF1 damage to mobile homes, houses, and trees in and around Calera, Oklahoma. Near the town of Powderly, Texas, a nearly mile-wide EF4 wedge tornado leveled and swept homes from their foundations as it moved through the rural community of Caviness, injuring one person and destroying some additional homes in Midcity. A narrow but strong EF2 tornado caused significant damage to a couple of homes near Sulphur Springs and was documented by numerous storm chasers. A rain-wrapped EF2 tornado also struck Athens, where houses and a large metal warehouse structure were damaged, while another EF2 destroyed a chicken house and a mobile home near Pickens, Oklahoma, resulting in a fatality and an injury. A violent and long-tracked EF4 tornado debarked trees, tossed cars, and destroyed houses near Clarksville, Texas, including one that was swept clean from its foundation. The tornado crossed into Oklahoma and impacted the town of Idabel, where many homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed, and several people were injured. An EF3 tornado near Cason, Texas killed one person, injured eight others, completely destroyed multiple homes and mobile homes, knocked over metal truss transmission towers, and caused major tree damage. Another large EF3 tornado severely damaged or destroyed a number of homes, businesses, and outbuildings as it passed near the towns of Simms and New Boston. An EF2 tornado heavily damaged homes in and around Hughes Springs, where a fire station was also damaged, and numerous large trees were snapped or uprooted in and around town. In Arkansas, a mobile home, a free-standing tower, and some outbuildings were destroyed by an EF2 tornado near Center Point, while another brief EF2 destroyed a barn and downed many trees in the Kirby area. EF1 tornadoes also caused moderate damage in the towns of Mansfield and Green Forest. Later that night, a brief but strong EF2 tornado touched down near Sardis, tearing roofs off of a few homes and causing significant tree damage. On November 5, the storm system produced numerous reports of damaging straight-line winds in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, and an EF0 tornado caused minor damage to trees, power lines, and a barn near Big Rock. A third non-tornadic fatality occurred in Stilwell, Oklahoma from drowning. This marked the first time since the 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak that more than one violent tornado (EF4-EF5) occurred in Texas on the same day. Two fatalities and a total of 31 tornadoes were confirmed as a result of this outbreak.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: At around 07:00 UTC, a waterspout came ashore in Formia, Italy and caused minor damage to a street sign, receiving an F0 rating. Minutes later, an F1 tornado occurred in Minturno, which injured three people and caused considerable damage to multiple structures and vehicles. Two industrial buildings lost parts of their roofs and some exterior walls, and a repeater tower collapsed. Trees and light poles were damaged, one car was flipped, and a Piaggio Ape vehicle was lofted tens of meters.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: At around 12:15 UTC, an unrated tornado struck the community of Suippes dans la Marne in northeastern France, causing roof damage to about 50 houses. A fire station in town was also damaged, a trampoline was thrown, and trees were downed as well. Later that day at around 13:45 UTC, a supercell thunderstorm produced an unusually strong tornado for November in northern Saarland in Germany. It remained on the ground for at least and crossed the Autobahn 1 shortly after it touched down. The tornado first hit the village of Dirmingen, where trees and power poles were snapped, and damage patterns indicated a multiple-vortex structure. The most significant damage occurred in the neighboring town of Urexweiler, where at least 25 houses sustained damage, and a few had large sections of their roofs torn off. Trees were downed, metal power pylons were damaged, vehicles were damaged by flying debris, and carports were destroyed in town. Streets in Urexweiler were left littered with broken roof tiles, and severe tree damage occurred in forested areas outside of town, where numerous large trees were snapped. Both Thomas Sävert, a German meteorologist and tornado expert, as well as the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL), rated the tornado an F2, with the ESSL also assigning it a T4 rating. No known injuries occurred as a result of the tornadoes.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: A relatively small outbreak of tornadoes, some of which were strong to intense, took place in the Dixie Alley region, with tornadoes being confirmed in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The Storm Prediction Center forecasted an environment that would be favorable for long-tracked supercells and tornadoes, with the potential for long-tracked EF3+ tornadoes noted. A day before the event, a moderate risk was issued for the threat area for a 15% hatched risk area for tornadoes. A day later, the moderate risk was extended to include north-western Alabama, northeast Louisiana, southeast Arkansas, and most of Mississippi. The first intense tornado of the day, which was rated EF3, injured one person near Clarks, Louisiana, along with debarking trees and deeply scouring the ground. Another strong tornado caused severe damage near the community of Wells, Mississippi, earning a high-end EF2 rating. Another EF2 tornado near Stringer significantly damaged a well-built brick home, obliterated a shed, and snapped or uprooted many trees. The second intense tornado of the outbreak touched down near State Line producing weak tree damage. It crossed into Alabama, hitting the community of Fruitdale and damaging Fruitdale High School before passing near the small community of Tibbie, where low-end EF3 tree damage was observed. Soon after, another EF2 tornado touched down just north of Montgomery, Alabama, hitting the communities of Flatwood and Willow Springs, damaging or destroying mobile homes, houses, and a community center building. Two people were killed when an uprooted tree fell on a mobile home. Several other weaker tornadoes touched down across Mississippi and Alabama, earning EF0 or EF1 ratings, including a high-end EF1 tornado that caused considerable damage in Eutaw, Alabama. A total of 25 tornadoes and two fatalities occurred as a result of this outbreak.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: An extremely rare December tornado occurred along the Shandong Peninsula, China, causing no known damage. This is the first tornado documented on the peninsula since 1952.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: An F2 tornado struck Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Italy and damaged numerous masonry-construction homes, some of which had their roofs torn off, including a few that sustained some collapse of their top-floor exterior walls. Extensive tree and power line damage occurred in town, masonry fencing was knocked over, and cars were tossed and damaged as well. Significant damage also occurred outside of town, as large farm buildings were damaged or destroyed, farm animals were killed, farmhouses were damaged, and metal truss transmission towers were collapsed. Metal roofing debris from structures was wrapped around fences and trees, many trees were snapped or uprooted in rural areas, and numerous RV campers and small cabins were flipped and damaged at multiple campgrounds. A waterspout also came ashore in the Livorno area, briefly becoming a weak tornado and causing no damage.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: A rare, unrated tornado occurred in Qatar near Ras Laffan. The large, dust-cloaked stovepipe tornado was caught on video as it moved through unpopulated areas, causing no known damage.


title: Tornadoes of 2022

text: A four-day tornado outbreak impacted the Southern United States in mid-December with tornadoes being confirmed in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. On December 13, two EF2 tornadoes struck Wayne, Oklahoma and Decatur, Texas respectively. An EF1 tornado was caught on video in Grapevine, Texas, where five people were injured, and two large EF2 tornadoes were seen near DeBerry, Texas and Stonewall, Louisiana to the southwest of Shreveport, Louisiana, with the second one causing severe damaged, two fatalities, and two injuries near Keachi, Louisiana. Another fatality was confirmed due to an EF2 tornado in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, while a low-end EF3 tornado injured 14 in Farmerville. On December 14, a destructive EF2 tornado struck just east of New Orleans, following a path similar to a high-end EF3 tornado from March 22, 2022, injuring six people. In all, 64 tornadoes were confirmed.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English football coach and former player who is currently a first-team coach at Premier League club Everton. As a player, he played as a left-back, most notably for Arsenal and Chelsea. Cole is considered by many critics and fellow professional players as one of the best defenders of his generation, and by some, for the better part of his career, as the best left-back in the world. Born in Stepney, London, Cole began his youth career at Arsenal and made his full debut for the club in November 1999, going on to make 228 appearances and scoring nine goals for the North London club. With Arsenal he won two Premier League titles, three FA Cups, and was an integral member of the "Invincibles" team of the 2003–04 season, who went the entire league season undefeated. Cole also made an appearance in Arsenal's first UEFA Champions League final in 2006; the club lost 2–1 to Barcelona.


title: Ashley Cole

text: In August 2006, after a protracted transfer saga, Cole completed a move to rival club Chelsea, with whom he won further honours, including the Premier League in the 2009–10 season, four FA Cups, one Football League Cup and one UEFA Champions League. He was released by Chelsea at the end of the 2013–14 season. With seven winners' medals, Cole has won the FA Cup more times than any other player in history, and is one of two players to have won the Double with two clubs, along with Nicolas Anelka.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole was an England international from 2001 to 2014, playing at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups, as well as Euro 2004 and Euro 2012. He was voted England Player of the Year in 2010. When he retired from international football in 2014, he had won 107 caps, making him England's most-capped full-back.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole's father, Ron Callender, is from Barbados. He left the family after seven years of marriage and later moved to Australia. Cole and his younger brother Matthew were brought up by their mother Sue Cole, going to Bow School in Tower Hamlets.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole started his career by joining his local club, Arsenal, whom he had supported as a child. At the age of 18, on 30 November 1999, he made his first team debut in the League Cup fourth round against Middlesbrough; Arsenal lost 1–3 on penalties after the match ended 2–2 at the end of extra time at the Riverside Stadium. On 25 February 2000, he signed his first professional contract. His Premier League debut came on 14 May 2000 against Newcastle United, as part of an experimental side that lost 4–2 away on the final day of the season. Before he fully broke into the Arsenal side, he spent part of the 1999–2000 season on loan at Crystal Palace, where he played 14 league matches and scored one goal, a long-range half-volley against Blackburn Rovers. When Sylvinho, Arsenal's established left-back, suffered an injury in the autumn of the 2000–01 season, Cole took the opportunity to establish himself in the first team and remained first-choice even after the Brazilian's recovery.


title: Ashley Cole

text: With Arsenal, he won the FA Premier League twice (in 2002 and 2004), and the FA Cup three times (in 2002, 2003 and 2005, scoring in the penalty shootout in the final of the latter). Although injured for much of the 2005–06 season, he recovered in time to play in Arsenal's UEFA Champions League Final defeat to Barcelona at the end of the season. In total he made 228 first-team appearances for the "Gunners", scoring nine goals.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole had a very good season in 2004–05. He was a regular at left-back for both England and Arsenal despite Gaël Clichy's claim for a place in the first team squad. Cole scored his first goal of the season in the seventh game in a tough trip to Manchester City in which he scored the opening and only goal to give Arsenal an important win. He scored his second goal in a 3–1 away win to Aston Villa, scoring Arsenal's third in only the 28th minute.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole was found guilty of making contact with league rivals Chelsea over a possible move, without informing Arsenal. He was fined £100,000 by the Premier League on 2 June 2005 for a tapping-up meeting at a hotel in January 2005. Cole, his agent Jonathan Barnett, the Chelsea manager José Mourinho and chief executive Peter Kenyon, and agent Pini Zahavi were present at the meeting. An appeal in August 2005 did not reject the guilty verdict, but his fine was reduced to £75,000. Chelsea were also fined £300,000 and Mourinho was fined £200,000, reduced on appeal in August 2005 to £75,000. Barnett's licence was suspended for 18 months and he was also fined £100,000.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 18 July 2005, Cole signed a one-year extension to his contract with Arsenal, but just a year later departed from the club in acrimonious circumstances. On 15 July 2006, Cole launched a verbal attack on Arsenal; in his autobiography, he claimed that the Arsenal board had treated him as a "scapegoat" and that they had "fed him to the sharks" over the tapping-up affair while Arsenal, from their part, insisted that they were legally obliged to punish Cole for his illegal contact with Chelsea. Cole was deliberately left out of Arsenal's 2006–07 team photograph, fuelling press speculation that he would leave.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 28 July 2006, Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein confirmed that Arsenal and Chelsea had been in "civil talks" about the player. Chelsea insisted they would not raise their £16million bid for Cole, but Arsenal held out for at a higher valuation of £25 million. Negotiations continued throughout August and looked to be heading for deadlock, but eventually Cole signed for Chelsea on 31 August for a fee of £5 million, with William Gallas being transferred from Chelsea to Arsenal as part of the same deal. The deal was closed after the transfer window had officially ended, and was not confirmed until an hour and a half after the deadline had passed. The move angered Arsenal fans, who dubbed him "Cashley" and waved fake £20 notes with Cole's face on them at him when the two clubs faced each other on 10 December 2006.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Arsenal had offered Cole a longer contract to stay at the club, but he had been left "trembling with anger" when they offered him wages of £55,000 per week. His wage increased to £120,000 a week when he signed a new contract in September 2009.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole was given the number 3 shirt at Chelsea, and made his first appearance for the club as a substitute for Wayne Bridge in their 2–1 win over Charlton Athletic on 9 September. He issued a public statement concerning his transfer saying he "forgave" Arsenal for how he felt he was treated during his time there.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 31 January 2007, Cole suffered a serious knee injury in the 3–0 victory over Blackburn Rovers in a Premier League game at Stamford Bridge, although after a scan it was revealed to be not as bad as first thought, with Chelsea optimistic that he would return before the end of the 2006–07 season. Cole did indeed make a return at the end of the season, playing in the last twelve minutes of the 2007 FA Cup Final at the new Wembley Stadium against Manchester United. Chelsea emerged victorious 1–0 after extra-time with a goal scored by Didier Drogba, to win the 2007 FA Cup.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole was reportedly one of the players upset when José Mourinho was relieved of his position as Chelsea manager. He was dropped in favour of Wayne Bridge for the 2008 Football League Cup Final, which Chelsea lost 2–1 to Tottenham Hotspur. However, Cole scored his first Chelsea goal in Chelsea's very next game, on 1 March 2008, the fourth goal in a 4–0 away victory against West Ham United. On 19 March 2008, Cole was involved in a controversial incident in a Premier League game against Tottenham at White Hart Lane where he performed a high tackle on Tottenham's Alan Hutton. Referee Mike Riley gave Cole a yellow card, a decision which was judged as too lenient by some analysts. Cole allegedly also "turned his back on the referee" and the episode renewed debate in the media over the game's rules on dissent towards officials.


title: Ashley Cole

text: After starting Chelsea's first six games in the league, Cole scored his third, fourth and fifth Chelsea goals at home to Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland respectively. On 2 September 2009, he signed a new four-year deal which will contract him to Chelsea until 2013.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 10 February 2010, he suffered a fractured left ankle in the 2–1 defeat against Everton that kept him out of action for three months. He eventually made his return against Stoke City, a game which Chelsea won 7–0. Cole scored a goal against Wigan Athletic on the last day of the Premier League in an 8–0 win as Chelsea claimed the title. He then played in the 2010 FA Cup Final, where Chelsea beat Portsmouth to give Cole the second league and cup double of his career. He started all 38 league games for Chelsea in the 2010–11 season, and was awarded the Chelsea F.C. Player's Player of the Year award for the second time.


title: Ashley Cole

text: In the 2011–12 season, Cole won the seventh FA Cup of his career after Chelsea beat Liverpool 2–1 in the 2012 FA Cup Final. In the Champions League semi-finals against Barcelona, Cole was pivotal in Chelsea's 1–0 victory which included a goal-line clearance that denied "Barça" an away goal. Cole also received praise for his role in the final against Bayern Munich on 19 May 2012, both for his defending, and for scoring in the decisive penalty shoot-out as Chelsea won the club's first European Cup.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole scored his first goal for over two years against Stoke City on 22 September 2012, proving to be the winner. On 1 December 2012, Cole made his 350th Premier League appearance, in a 3–1 away loss to West Ham United.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 22 January 2013, Cole signed a one-year extension to his contract with Chelsea. Cole again helped the club win a European title during the 2012–13 season, playing in a 2–1 victory over Benfica in the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final on 15 May.


title: Ashley Cole

text: During the 2013–14 season, Cole was dropped from the Chelsea team, with César Azpilicueta replacing him as the club's first choice left-back in the month of November. Cole captained the team on the last match day against Cardiff City in a 2–1 away win which turned out to be his last in a Chelsea shirt. On 23 May 2014, after the end of the season, he was included on the list of players released by Chelsea. Cole's contract expired on 30 June 2014.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 7 July 2014, Cole signed a two-year deal with Roma. He made his competitive debut on 30 August in their first game of the Serie A season, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 win over Fiorentina at the Stadio Olimpico. On 19 January 2016, Cole terminated his contract with Roma with one year of his contract remaining.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole signed with LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer on 27 January 2016. On 24 February, he made his debut in a goalless home draw against Santos Laguna in the CONCACAF Champions League; on 6 March, he made his league debut in the first game of the 2016 season, playing the full 90 minutes of a 4–1 win over D.C. United at the StubHub Center. Manager Bruce Arena praised Cole and fellow veteran new signing Nigel de Jong after the result. On 1 May, he was sent off for a second booking in a 1–1 draw at Sporting Kansas City. Cole was ejected following a clumsy tackle on Benny Feilhaber after being cautioned just 32 seconds earlier. He received his second dismissal of the season on 25 June in the match against San Jose Earthquakes. Cole had been booked for a reckless tackle and as emotions were high, a melee ensued. The referee deemed Cole's reaction worthy of another booking and as a result he received his marching orders for the second time in eight league games.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 7 August 2016, Cole scored his first goal for the Galaxy, a last-minute equaliser in a 2–2 home draw against the New York Red Bulls. His team qualified for the 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs, where they lost the Western Conference semi-finals to the Colorado Rapids on penalties. Cole's attempt was saved by Colorado goalkeeper Tim Howard, and after the game he apologised publicly to his long-time England teammate Steven Gerrard, who was playing his final professional match for the Galaxy that night.


title: Ashley Cole

text: In his second season in California, Cole saw another red card on 23 August 2017 after 18 minutes of a 2–0 loss at Columbus Crew SC for a foul on Pedro Santos. He played 29 matches for the Galaxy, scoring once in a 6–2 home loss to Real Salt Lake, as the team came dead last and missed out on the play-offs for the first time since 2008.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Head coach Sigi Schmid named Cole as captain ahead of the 2018 season. The Galaxy missed the play-offs again. He was released by LA Galaxy at the end of their 2018 season.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 21 January 2019, Cole joined Championship side Derby County, reuniting with manager Frank Lampard who was his teammate at Chelsea and with England. He signed a contract until the end of the 2018–19 season. He was released at the end of the season. On 18 August 2019, Cole officially announced his retirement.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole became a coach at Derby after retiring from playing, and later followed Frank Lampard to Chelsea where he was an academy coach.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 27 July 2021, Cole was named as assistant coach of the England U21s alongside head coach Lee Carsley. and combine his duties with his role at Chelsea's academy.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 3 February 2022, Cole joined Everton as a First-Team Coach, again joining up with Frank Lampard who had recently been appointed as manager.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole has played for England at youth and senior levels. He was capped for the England U-20 team at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship alongside Stuart Taylor, Peter Crouch, Andrew Johnson and Matthew Etherington. However, the team finished bottom of their group, suffering three defeats without scoring any goals. He also made four appearances for England under-21s, scoring once.


title: Ashley Cole

text: After just four appearances for the Under-21s, Cole was fast-tracked into the England senior team and Sven-Göran Eriksson handed Cole his senior international debut against Albania, on 28 March 2001. He played for England at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups, UEFA Euro 2004 (where he was named as one of four England players in the all-star squad for the tournament) and UEFA Euro 2012.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole was also an ever-present for England in the 2006 World Cup; in their second round match against Ecuador he made a crucial block, deflecting Carlos Tenorio's shot onto the crossbar. The match ended with England winning 1–0, but the team were knocked out on penalties by Portugal in the quarter-finals. By the end of 2008, Cole had achieved 68 caps for England, all of which were starting appearances.


title: Ashley Cole

text: He made his 79th appearance for England on 12 June 2010 in the 1–1 draw against the United States in the 2010 World Cup Group stage match. He beat the record of 79 caps by a black English international (John Barnes, who appeared for England from 1983 to 1995) when he played against Algeria later that month. He has played more internationals without scoring than any other outfield player in England history. He won his 86th cap against Montenegro in October 2010, and alongside Kenny Sansom, Cole is now England's most-capped full-back in history, an achievement which helped him pick up the England Player of the Year award for 2010, as voted for by fans. On 6 February 2013, he earned his 100th cap as England beat Brazil 2–1 at Wembley.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 11 May 2014, he announced his retirement from international football after being omitted from the England squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole's game incorporates an attacking approach to his play, which supports his teams' forward play. As a youth, he "always liked scoring goals and attacking", but grew to love the role of defending, as being a left-back was the only opportunity of breaking into the seniors. Prior to his inclusion in the Arsenal first team, Cole studied the conduct of fellow defender Nigel Winterburn to improve his play; Winterburn concurrently offered pointers to improve his positioning. He modelled his game on Brazilian Roberto Carlos: "He's got natural talent, but I think if you train hard enough you can be nearly as good as that."


title: Ashley Cole

text: Liam Brady described Cole as a player with "great character and determination" and his former teammate Sylvinho noted that one of Cole's qualities was being competent: "Ashley does not need people saying, 'Do this' or 'Go there'. He knows, he knows." The rapid progress made by Cole in his debut season for Arsenal "surprised" Wenger and prompted him to make the defender his first pick. Sylvinho, the player displaced, commented that Wenger's belief in Cole helped him to develop as a player: "He spoke to [Cole] and said: 'After Silvinho you can play left-back. You are one of the best left-backs at the club and one day will be one of the best in the world.'" Cole's link-up play with winger Robert Pires and main striker Thierry Henry in a 4–4–2 formation effectively made him "a wing-back or winger playing in a back four" because Arsenal's game emphasised attacking football.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Under José Mourinho at Chelsea, Cole's attacking threat was restrained, meaning it allowed the player to focus more on defending and marking. This was a "side of his game" Cole improved the most according to Winterburn, given he was criticised in the past for being caught out of position. The arrival of Luiz Felipe Scolari however ensured Cole made forward runs in the opposition's half; Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill believed the liberation of Cole was a sign that he was "back playing to his very best".


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole is renowned for making timed goal-line clearances and "cutting out danger". In a league match against Tottenham Hotspur in December 2002, he made two notable clearances, which demonstrated to him that his defensive game had improved. He also made two goal line clearances in Chelsea's 2011–12 Champions League winning campaign. The first was against Napoli, in a 3–1 round-of-16 first leg defeat, and the second in Chelsea's semi-final first leg 1–0 win against Barcelona. Both were vital as Chelsea went on to win the ties with a margin of one goal on aggregate, eventually lifting the Champions League. Cole is said to have a "mean streak", and has been labelled a "dirty player", something which he himself and his former coaches have strongly denied.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole began a relationship with Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Tweedy in September 2004, when they were living in the same block of flats in London; they married on 15 July 2006 in Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire. In January 2008, the couple almost separated after allegations were made that Cole had affairs with three other women. He, however, disputed the allegations and the couple stayed together. It was announced on 23 February 2010 that the couple would separate following new allegations of adultery. Three months later, it was announced that Cheryl was filing for divorce. They officially divorced on 3 September 2010. Cole has a son (born 2016) and a daughter (born 2018) with the Italian model Sharon Canu.


title: Ashley Cole

text: In 2006, Cole sued the "News of the World" and "The Sun" newspapers for libel after they printed allegations that he was involved in a "homosexual orgy". Both papers retracted the allegations. The same year, Cole released an autobiography titled "My Defence", which sold 4,000 copies in the first six weeks of release. Cole's former teammate, Jens Lehmann, criticised Cole for writing an autobiography when he was 25.


title: Ashley Cole

text: Cole has had a couple of minor brushes with the police. On 4 March 2009 he was held after swearing in front of a police officer outside a South Kensington nightclub. He was taken to a police station and issued with an £80 fixed penalty notice before being released. On 4 January 2010, Cole was convicted of a speeding offence committed on 17 November 2009. He was recorded exceeding the speed limit by doing 104 mph in a 50 mph zone on the A3 road in Kingston upon Thames, a residential stretch. His defence at Kingston Magistrates' Court, opposing the charge in his absence, argued unsuccessfully that the police speed gun was faulty. Cole also claimed that his actions were excuseable because he was trying to evade the paparazzi. On 29 January he was fined £1000 and disqualified from driving for four months.


title: Ashley Cole

text: On 27 February 2011, Cole accidentally shot Tom Cowan, a 21-year-old sports science student on work experience at Chelsea, with a .22 calibre air rifle from only five feet away at the club's Cobham Training Centre, apparently unaware that the rifle was loaded. Cole formally apologised to Cowan, and discussed the incident with Chelsea officials.


title: Regular Show

text: Regular Show (known as Regular Show in Space during its eighth season) is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the course of eight seasons and 261 episodes. The series stars Mordecai (a bluejay), Rigby (a raccoon), their coworkers – Skips (a yeti), Pops (a lollipop-shaped man), Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost – and their boss, Benson (a gumball machine), all of whom work at a local park as groundskeepers. Mordecai and Rigby spend their days slacking off and trying to avoid work to entertain themselves by any means, which leads to surrealistic, extreme and supernatural misconduct.


title: Regular Show

text: Many of "Regular Show" characters were loosely based on those developed for Quintel's student films at California Institute of the Arts: "The Naïve Man from Lolliland" and "2 in the AM PM". The former was one of the winners of the 2005 Nicktoons Film Festival and received international attention after being broadcast on Nicktoons Network. Quintel pitched "Regular Show" for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed young artists to create pilots with no notes, which would possibly be optioned as shows. The series premiered on September 6, 2010, on Cartoon Network.


title: Regular Show

text: As of May 2013, the program had been watched by approximately 2 to 2.5 million viewers each week. The series has received acclaim from critics and has developed a following of all ages, although it has garnered controversy for its dark humor, sexual innuendos, violence and mature themes. "Regular Show" has been nominated for several awards, including seven Annie Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards – one of which it won for the episode "Eggscellent" (season 3, episode 18) – and three British Academy Children's Awards. A film based on the series, titled "", premiered in 2015.


title: Regular Show

text: After eight seasons and 261 episodes, the series concluded on January 16, 2017, with the 33-minute finale "A Regular Epic Final Battle."


title: Regular Show

text: The series revolves around the daily lives of two 23-year-old friends – Mordecai (a blue jay) and Rigby (a raccoon) – who work as groundskeepers at a park, and spend their days trying to avoid work and entertain themselves by any means. This is much to the chagrin of their boss, Benson (a gumball machine), and their coworker Skips (a yeti), but to the delight of their (other) boss, Pops (a man with a lollipop-shaped head). Other coworkers include an overweight green male named Muscle Man, and a ghost named Hi-Five Ghost.


title: Regular Show

text: "Regular Show" largely grew out of creator J. G. Quintel's life and experiences in college. Quintel attended the California Institute of the Arts, and many of the characters on "Regular Show" are based on the characters developed for his student films "The Naïve Man from Lolliland" (2005) and "2 in the AM PM" (2006). Both originated as part of the 48-Hour Film Project, in which students put words into a hat, pulled out one word at midnight and spent a weekend developing ideas for a film. Quintel attended college with Thurop Van Orman and Pendleton Ward, who both went on to work at Cartoon Network Studios with Quintel; Van Orman created "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack" and Ward created "Adventure Time". Quintel concurrently worked on "Camp Lazlo" and as creative director on "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack" while completing his degree. He was later invited to pitch for Cartoon Network's "Cartoonstitute", a project to showcase short films created without the interference of network executives and focus testing.


title: Regular Show

text: Quintel returned to the characters from his films, put them together with newer characters and created a pilot. Quintel wanted to present a visual pitch rather than a verbal one, believing the idea would make little sense otherwise. He storyboarded the idea for the pilot, and Craig McCracken and Rob Renzetti liked his presentation. "Regular Show" was one of two series from the project that were green-lit – the other being "Secret Mountain Fort Awesome", based on the Cartoonstitute short "Uncle Grandpa", which in turn became its own series later on. The project was eventually scrapped and never premiered on television. The character of Mordecai embodies Quintel during his college years, specifically at CalArts; Quintel said, "That's that time when you're hanging out with your friends and getting into stupid situations, but you're also taking it seriously enough." The character of Rigby was randomly developed when Quintel drew a raccoon hula-hooping. He liked the design and developed the character of Rigby to be far less responsible than his companion.


title: Regular Show

text: Episodes are produced using storyboarding and hand-drawn animation, and each episode takes roughly nine months to create. Quintel recruited several independent comic book artists to draw the show's animated elements; their style matched closely with Quintel's ideas for the series. The show's soundtrack comprises original music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh as well as licensed songs. While preparing for the beginning of the show, Quintel looked for young, independent comic artists to comprise the show's storyboard artists; he thought that the style would closely match that of "Regular Show". He looked through blogs and convention panels for the "total package," which he said was the ability to write and draw, something that many independent comic book artists possess. In addition, Quintel attended many open shows at CalArts, an eight-hour festival of student animation. The style and sensibility of "Regular Show" was difficult to work with in the beginning; the artists struggled to create a natural, sitcom-like sound for the series.


title: Regular Show

text: Growing up, Quintel was inspired by "The Simpsons" and "Beavis and Butt-Head", and credits the stylistic elements of Joe Murray's "Rocko's Modern Life" and "Camp Lazlo" as working their way into his style. Video games "Street Fighter", "Shadowrun" and "ToeJam & Earl –" which Quintel played when he was a child – also inspired the series, as did some British television programs. Quintel's interest in British television was influenced by his British roommate at CalArts, who introduced him to "The League of Gentlemen", "The IT Crowd", "Little Britain", "The Office" and "The Mighty Boosh"; the latter was very influential to Quintel and would later influence the humor in "Regular Show".


title: Regular Show

text: The plots of "Regular Show" episodes generally begin with a basic problem that the characters must overcome. While the protagonists work on their task, a magical, supernatural or strange element appears and complicates the initially simple problem. The writers decided to follow this narrative structure to take advantage of the animation.


title: Regular Show

text: The series is rated TV-PG-V. Cartoon Network told Quintel early on that they wanted to "age it up from the TV-Y7 stuff we'd been doing in the past." This direction led the crew to use adult-oriented humor with innuendos and drug and alcohol references. One of the program's storyboard artists, Calvin Wong, said he enjoys the limitations set by writing for the show since the adult-oriented jokes that are approved are satisfying.


title: Regular Show

text: The plots of the episodes were influenced by Quintel's and the writers' personal experiences, such as performing prank telephone calls or accepting an eating challenge from a restaurant. The show often references 1980s culture, using music and electronic devices from that era because many factors from the decade left a positive influence on Quintel. The show also makes references to modern social trends such as viral internet videos.