Our Daily Planet: North Carolina Tornado Photos and Earthquake Drill

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Tornado Cleanup Photos: Raleigh, N.C., residents are picking up the pieces after deadly tornadoes devastated the area. Take a look at photos of the destruction. [Infographic: Tornado! An Inside Look at Tornado Season ]

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Bay Area Earthquake: A magnitude 3.7 earthquake rattled parts of the Bay Area on Monday afternoon on the 105th anniversary of San Francisco's Great Quake of 1906.

Midwest Spring Snow: A major storm will dump snow across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest beginning today.

Mystery Shipwreck: Cyclone Yasi uncovered an unknown 19th-century shipwreck on a beach in north Queensland.

Previously on Our Daily Planet: Deadly Tornadoes and National Parks Week

Reach OurAmazingPlanet staff writer Brett Israel at bisrael@techmedianetwork.com. Follow him on Twitter @btisrael.

Brett Israel was a staff writer for Live Science with a focus on environmental issues. He holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from The University of Georgia, a master’s degree in journalism from New York University, and has studied doctorate-level biochemistry at Emory University.