A total of 161 people lost their lives in Joplin from the catastrophic tornado, with 158 of those considered to be direct ...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. — From Logan School's top floor, 11-year-old Othella Silvey should have been able to see her house easily — it was less than two blocks away. But after a monstrous tornado ripped ...

MISSOURI – The Great Tri-State Tornado, the longest tracked F5 tornado in U.S. history, devastated Southeast Missouri, Illinois, and Southwest Indiana on March 18, 1925, leaving a trail of ...

Unfortunately, a few of those can be violent tornadoes, particularly in the South. On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado tore a 202-mile long path across central and eastern Mississippi ...

It was for a tornado that caused F5 damage just south of Oklahoma City. Confirmation of a tornado might come in an update to an existing tornado warning. For example, the tornado warning might ...

“This is a very serious situation,” he warned. “This was a real-live tornado — it just hit our station.” Later, Garner reflected on the moment: “I’ve been doing this for a very long tim ...

During the 1974 Super Outbreak, an F5 tornado that hit Guin, Alabama, traveled at a forward speed of 75 mph. NOAA says some tornadoes can be so slow to move that they are nearly stationary at times.

Even by Plains standards, this was an unusually large, violent tornado outbreak so early in spring. One Kansas tornado was ...