Severe weather has struck Tahlequah and Cherokee County, and once again, cleanup efforts are underway. Local residents were awakened by tornado warning alerts on their mobile phones just before 1 a.m.

Climate change has made extreme weather more prevalent and intense.1 Those consequences are showing up in home insurance premiums, with the average annual cost increasing 30%— $740— since 2021..

Severe weather is possible in the Tri-State on Wednesday, but it's far from a sure thing. Here's what the National Weather ...