Nearly three decades ago, a monstrous EF5 tornado tore through multiple Birmingham suburbs, wiping out dozens of structures, claiming the lives of 32 people and injuring hundreds.

Damage surveys provide crucial information about when, where and how strong U.S. tornadoes are to better understand disaster ...

Netflix's brand-new documentary, The Twister: Caught in the Storm, captures the true story of the category EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri, in 2011. There have been a number of tornado ...

Each of these tornadoes were surveyed on the damage they caused and were given an EF rating of EF0 to EF5 by the National Weather Service. As common as tornadoes are in Texas, the most violent ...

A deadly tornado outbreak ripped through the Midwest and South over the weekend, leaving destruction, power outages and tragic loss in its wake.

Netflix’s The Twister: Caught in the Storm revisits the harrowing events of May 22, 2011, when an EF5 tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri. With winds reaching up to 200 mph, the tornado tore a ...

For comparison, an EF5 tornado has winds of at least 201 mph ... when a tree fell on a home in Transylvania County, Connestee Fire Rescue posted on Facebook. Aerial view of a house destroyed ...

Still from Twisters (Image via Universal Pictures) Just like the waterspouts in Twister, there is a fire-based variation ... more weight and impact. The EF5 tornadoes are some of the most ...