A few yards of clear air means the difference between a tornado and a funnel cloud. | Left image: Warren Faidley/The Image Bank/Getty Images. Right image: Pat Gaines/Moment/Getty Images If you ...

The confusion between tornadoes and funnel clouds is widespread, causing people to use the words interchangeably. The mix-up is understandable since they act similarly—but there are key ...

A round of severe weather made its way through the southern half of Iowa on Tuesday evening, including the Des Moines metro. Strong winds, heavy rain and large hail were reported across Iowa. The ...

A funnel cloud was reported in Burlington County on Thursday afternoon as forecasters are working to determine whether a tornado took place, the National Weather Service said. The cloud was ...

The Bureau of Meteorology believes a destructive storm that lashed the town of Kaimkillenbun in Southern Queensland formed a funnel cloud, not a tornado. Experts say the difference is tornadoes ...

In a tornado, a damaging circulation is on the ground, whether or not the cloud is, but a funnel cloud rotates with no ground contact, according to NOAA. Tornadoes can happen without a funnel ...

Waterspouts are tornadoes, except occurring over the water. Tornadoes may be rare for us, but funnel clouds are not. While they are infrequent, the Pacific Northwest often has the right weather ...

And what forecasters dub a "triple-dip ... number of tornadoes on an annual basis, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Here, you can see a funnel cloud forming ...

But for Austin and Hailey Bode, some of the pictures from their wedding day also include an unusual sight: a tornado funnel. The couple was married July 20 in Norfolk, Nebraska, coincidentally the ...

Another video captured by Eric Ford shows a funnel touching the ground and debris swept up by strong winds around Stones Crossing. Footage by Luke Hatton shows a tornado sweeping through New ...