Tornadoes are a frightening threat during severe thunderstorms. Thankfully, only a tiny percentage of thunderstorms ever produce a tornado, and most of those twisters are relatively weak and ...

Tornadoes are a relatively rare event. Only a tiny percentage of thunderstorms ever go on to produce a tornado. No two twisters are alike—and some of those storms are truly bizarre. From twin ...

From Tornado Alley to the Deep South, these five U.S. states have the highest odds of seeing a tornado each year. Here's how ...

No matter how big or strong, tornadoes are extremely dangerous. But back on May 13, 2013, the El Reno tornado took the cake for being the widest tornado ever record. At its widest point, this monster ...

The El Reno tornado, Joplin tornado and Tri-State tornado are among the biggest and most damaging twisters in U.S. history. Tornadoes can be more than a mile wide and have wind speeds greater than 300 ...

Amid a spate of severe weather across the U.S. Midwest, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic regions on May 16, 2025, a deadly tornado tore across three counties in Kentucky. It was one of the strongest ...

COLOME, S.D. — The most powerful tornado in South Dakota history, which cut through Tripp County on Saturday, May 8, 1965, and spun winds over 200 miles per hour, spawned from a storm just south of ...

Long before a tornado ever hits the ground, meteorologists work hard to give the people in its path a heads-up. Those extra minutes or even an hour to prepare can be, quite literally, lifesaving. That ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - We’re only four months into the year and Middle Tennessee has already seen more tornadoes so far than the yearly average. Typically, Middle Tennessee gets 10 tornadoes a year ...

A map that shows the most recent confirmed tornado in each Arkansas county from 1950 through 2025, with darker colors ...