Rapidly developing thunderstorm warnings can leave residents with very little time to prepare or seek shelter. The latest NWS alerts highlighted the unpredictable threat posed by severe summer weather ...

On Aug. 15, 2020, the Weather Service in Reno, Nevada, issued a first-of-its-kind fire tornado warning to alert firefighters of possible fire tornadoes. Several touched down within the Loyalton Fire ...

Researchers at Texas Tech University’s Wind Institute studied a tornado that hit Lubbock over a month ago, finding that it was obscured by a wall of dust that made it difficult to collect ...

The Enhanced Fujita Scale, which came into use on Feb. 1, 2007, assigns tornadoes a rating based on wind speeds estimated off ...

The Deer Creek Fire had already burned several thousand acres just north of La Sal on Saturday when the column of flames and ...

According to the National Weather Service, the tornado that struck Rome on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, was an EF2 category ...

Scientists say a new epicenter is forming for the deadliest storm zone in the U.S. Here’s where people are now most at risk ...

There’s something electrifying and a little bit terrifying about tornadoes. Imagine a swirling column of wind powerful enough ...

Water moving at 25 mph has the force equivalent of wind blowing 790 mph, faster than the speed of sound. Floodwaters are ...

When the NWS sends a crew to survey damage is to determine if it was truly from a tornado or just thunderstorm wind. They do this by looking at the direction of fallen trees and debris.

Severe storms could pose a risk for damaging winds, hail and possible tornadoes across Maryland.

Tornadoes can be extremely destructive and dangerous with winds reaching in excess of 200 miles per hour. However, have you ever wondered what the weakest tornado is?