Community readers at Sevierville Elementary School on Friday included First Alert Meteorologist Kyle Grainger. He read ...

With tornadoes comes a lot of believable myths such as they stay away from highly populated areas or mobile homes attract ...

For more information on how to prepare for tornadoes in North Carolina and what to do during and after them, check out these ...

Over much of south, central and west Texas, including Austin and San Antonio and far southeastern New Mexico, there is also ...

Tornadoes often dominate headlines when severe weather strikes, but damaging straight-line winds should be taken just as ...

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These dangerous lines of severe thunderstorms are common in spring and other times of the year and come with multiple threats ...

The numerical ratings of tornadoes were not changed; they are still ranked from EF0 to EF5 on the scale, but damage indicators were added, which are used to identify the strength of tornadoes. The ...

Their formation is governed by physics, particularly the interplay of wind force, friction and gravity. They are most commonly reported in open fields, hillsides, and mountainous regions during late ...

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather.

According to the National Weather Service, the tornado was classified as an EF-1 and left a 15-mile path of destruction in its wake. One of the most significant damage sites is a home where only a ...

IT’S ALL A RESULT OF SATURDAY NIGHT’S STORMS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEYED THE DAMAGE TODAY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE, BUT ONE FAMILY SAYS THEY KNOW IT WAS A TORNADO. IT WAS. WE ARE LIVING ...