It's one of the nation's most infamous tornado outbreaks, but it also spurred sorely needed improvements in both severe ...

April 3 marks the anniversary of the catastrophic tornado outbreak of 1974, which remains one of the deadliest in the twentieth century.

"Before that time, in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati, if the weather man said there was a tornado watch or warning, people didn't give much heed to it," said Smith, 62, of Petersburg, Ky. "Tornadoes ...

"Tornadoes happen in Kansas; they don't happen in Cincinnati." Smith couldn't have been more wrong. Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Super Outbreak, the 24-hour period between ...