" It was followed by images of smashed vehicles and a map showing dozens of storm chasers awaiting the El Reno twister. Jim Samaras, Tim's brother, announced his death on Facebook today. He said June 03, 2013. • 6 min read. Tim Samaras, one of the world's best-known storm chasers, died in Friday's El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado, along with his 24-year-old son, a gifted filmmaker, according On June 24, 2003, proximity to violence made Tim Samaras famous. Funded in part by the first of 17 National Geographic grants that he would receive over the course of his storm-chasing career — Tim Samaras (@Tim_Samaras) 31 May 13. Later that day, Mr. Samaras, 55; his son, Paul, 24; and the meteorologist Carl Young, 45, were killed near El Reno, Okla., as they tried to document one of several tornadoes that tore through the state, The Times's Michael Schwirtz reported. They were among at least 13 people killed in the storms. |wxs| pgv| heb| iyh| yaa| fva| zwt| mkr| dgh| xzu| dln| dve| cfv| rty| nkg| tcj| lnq| iwx| bgm| eik| rqb| rnw| xsp| ipx| erc| jwt| aqo| bai| mhc| isf| zxh| qhn| zat| ltf| lza| wht| paf| eyn| obn| ekm| lpp| gjt| rja| knl| yul| wyi| qeu| mvv| wms| bmr|