One state's earliest known most violent tornado carved through a town, including a college campus in an era decades before the first tornado warning was issued. On June 17, 1882, 143 years ago today, ...

Tornadoes with the most destructive F5/EF5 rating are a rare beast, but nearly 30 years ago, one such tornado put on a second rare display because of its strange movement. A small, rope tornado ...

On May 31, 1985, an unprecedented 44 tornadoes ripped across Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, and Ontario, Canada. The outbreak produced Pennsylvania's first and only F5 tornado, a violent twister that ...

“They call F5 tornadoes the ‘finger of God.’ Few have stared one in the face and survived,” said the late Bill Paxton’s character in the movie “Twister.” The “finger of God” nickname originated after ...

WICHITA — On May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, was slammed by a 205 mph EF5 tornado that killed 12 and damaged or destroyed much of the town. On Sunday night, it almost happened again as a family of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, ND, determined that damage from a June tornado in Enderlin, ND, was the result of a rare and violent tornado. Originally ...

ST. LOUIS — The two tornadoes that touched down south of St. Louis on Saturday and severely damaged numerous properties were just the latest in a near-record year for the region. Meteorologists with ...

Five tornadoes rated EF4 have struck the U.S. so far in 2025 after two more were confirmed following the most recent siege of severe weather in mid-May. Tornadoes in the violent category like these ...

Two historic, extreme weather events separated by just over 100 miles happened on one July day in the upper Midwest. On July 18, 1996, 29 years ago this evening, a violent tornado roared through the ...