Caught in the Storm tells the story of a deadly EF5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, and here's why storms are classified this ...

Each year, an average of 15 tornadoes hits Michigan, according to the National Weather Service. A tornado that ripped through Livonia last year was fatal. Twisters also can cause millions of ...

March 18, 1925, began like any other Wednesday in the Heartland but it didn’t stay normal for long as worst tornado in US ...

The United States experienced other horrific tornadoes in the last century. More than 200 people perished in 1936 when Tupelo ...

Modern standards qualify the so-called Tri-State Tornado as an F5, a mile-wide funnel with wind speeds greater than 260 mph (418 kph). Perhaps the best evidence of its destructive handiwork was ...

A new tornado watch was issued Sunday for parts of West Virginia, Ohio and PA. Millions of Americans across the country are on alert for a severe weather outbreak as violent, long-track tornadoes ...

At least 37 people are dead after dozens of tornadoes, high winds, and dust storms pushed across the United States over the weekend, decimating homes and other structures in several states.

At least one tornado is suspected to have touched down in Plauding County, Henson said. "Right now we know there are 14 homes that have been impacted by trees either on them or in them," Henson said.

Both scales range from F0/EF-0 (“weak”) to F5/EF-5 (“incredible”), with the top of the scale representing winds of 323 km/h or stronger. Out of all those tornadoes, only 60 (0.085 percent) have ever ...

Numerous tornadoes touched down on Friday into early Saturday in the mid-South and Midwest, including several near St. Louis, a damaging tornado in Rolla and one in Hartville, Missouri.

The most powerful and deadliest tornado ever to hit the state of Iowa occurred around the Charles City area on May 15, 1968.