One thing the majority of those tornadoes have in common? The direction in which they spin. That counterclockwise rotation is very consistent with tornadoes in the northern hemisphere, however ...

A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire ...

Intensity: They tend to be weaker, often rated EF-0 to EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, though stronger spin-up tornadoes are possible. Detection: Due to their small size and short duration ...

Knowing when to issue a tropical tornado warning is one of the hardest jobs meteorologists do, said local NWS meteorologist Brian Haines. "A lot of times, there’s enough spin in the low ...

Tillman County Emergency Management In the Northern Hemisphere, the vast majority of tornadoes spin counterclockwise. But in rare cases—just 1 to 2 percent of the time—they rotate the “wrong ...

A rare backward-spinning tornado touched down in Tillman County, Oklahoma, officials say. Tillman County Emergency Management. An extremely rare, backward-spinning tornado recently touched down in ...

AURORA, Colo. – While all eyes were on Oklahoma and Kansas on Sunday for tornadoes, people outside of Denver and in eastern Colorado got quite the show. A picturesque tornado stopped people in ...

If the bottle is inverted with the water on top, inducing a spin will create a tornado, vortex, or swirling motion which will drain into the lower bottle. The purpose is to replicate a tornado ...