large hail smacks Colorado

      A fierce weather system featuring baseball-sized hail and multiple tornadoes ripped through Colorado on Wednesday afternoon, spurring warnings to people in and around Denver to take cover. The frenzy was tied to a dangerous super cell thunderstorm that, in addition to heaps of hail, produced a number of twisters, according to storm chasers on the scene.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/21/us/colorado-severe-weather/

Wildfire races toward San Diego hillside suburb

A wall of flames dozens of feet high advanced on a hillside community near San Diego on Thursday, threatening to destroy upscale houses as eight other major blazes burned in Southern California, keeping thousands of people out of their homes. The destructive cluster of fires comes as California enters its peak fire season in the midst of one of its worst droughts in decades, setting the stage for what state officials worry could be particularly intense and dangerous year. California state university was evacuated due to the fire. 


http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/15/us-usa-wildfires-california-idUSBREA4E0V920140515

Colorado mother rescued after 5 days in wrecked car will lose feet

A woman in Colorado was missing for 5 days until they found her trapped in her wrecked car for 5 days. The woman's feet are being amputated due to her injuries and the doctors will not be able to save her feet. The woman's was found by a man who they don't know who he was called in saying he found and wrecked car off the highway with possible bodies inside. The woman thanks the man for finding her even though the man was not spotted. The woman was trying to signal cars by writing notes on an umbrella. She's a singal mother of 4.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/05/us/colorado-woman-rescued/index.html?hpt=us_c2