(multimedia) Massive twin twisters have touched down near Dallas and Fort Worth this afternoon, crushing homes and sending thousands of North Texans scrambling to take cover. Reports of injuries were not immediately known, but...
(multimedia) A giant solar tornado – five times the Earth’s diameter – swirling at incredible speed of some 186,000 mph has been captured on video by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. This is the first time...
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – Severe weather in the Midwest spawned at least two tornadoes in central Nebraska that damaged homes and derailed train cars. Bill Taylor of the National Weather Service says two tornadoes...
Hail falls somewhere in Hawaii between five and 10 times in the average year. Almost always it is quite small – one-fourth inch or less in diameter – but on several occasions hail the...
The early-striking, intense storm system that hit the country last week has many people wondering if this year’s spring could be a repeat of the violent season we saw last year. U.S. tornado outbreaks...
US authorities in four Midwestern states are searching for survivors and clearing damage after a string of powerful storms and tornadoes left at least 35 people dead. The states of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and...
Updated at 8:45 p.m. ET: HARRISBURG, Ill. — At least 12 people were killed — including several crushed by debris — as tornadoes marched across the Midwest, flattening parts of several towns including the...
BRANSON, Mo. — At least nine people were killed overnight as a line of tornadoes marched across the Midwest, flattening parts of several towns, officials said Wednesday. Hardest hit was Harrisburg, Ill., where six...
HOUSTON – Heavy rain and powerful winds that likely spawned tornadoes have swept across Texas, forcing drivers to abandon cars on flooded roads but not dropping enough water to make up for the state’s...
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air in contact with and extending between a cloud (often a thunderstorm cloud) and the surface of the earth. Winds in most tornadoes blow at 100...
