Friday, May 31, 1985, was a spring day like any other. Trees and flowers were in full bloom, Memorial Day weekend was in the rearview mirror, and most residents of Pennsylvania, Ohio and southern ...

Tornadoes are a relatively rare event. Only a tiny percentage of thunderstorms ever go on to produce a tornado. No two twisters are alike—and some of those storms are truly bizarre. From twin ...

Vicky Boyce sits on railroad tracks near the remains of her La Plata, Md., home after a tornado hit the area early this week. The twister, rated an F5 and one of the strongest ever to hit Maryland, ...

It takes a lot for a music radio station in Limestone County, Alabama to interrupt its broadcast - but this was a matter of life and death. Not one, but two category F5 twisters were about to hit.

We haven't seen much severe weather recently in the U.S., but the country hasn't been nearly that fortunate in past Augusts. On Aug. 28, 1990, 35 years ago today, an F5 tornado raked through two ...