Apr 02 Extreme weather across central U.S. expected Wednesday, gets most severe ‘high-risk’ designation By Jeff Martin, Associated Press Potentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail could hit parts of the Midwest and South on Wednesday as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged, forecasters warned. Continue reading
Mar 17 100 years ago this week, nearly 700 people were killed in the deadliest U.S. tornado By John O'Connor, Associated Press The Tri-State Tornado touched down in southeastern Missouri on March 18, 1925. It tore through Missouri, Illinois and into Indiana with a mile-wide funnel, killing 695 people. Continue reading
Mar 16 Death toll rises to at least 37 after tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms ravage multiple U.S. states By Sara Cline, Rebecca Reynolds, Associated Press Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires this weekend, leaving at least 37 people dead. Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch 4:35 What’s causing a multi-day outbreak of deadly tornadoes across the U.S. By John Yang, Andrew Corkery A second round of violent weather is barreling across the central and southern U.S. after a deadly and destructive Friday night. The storms have spawned tornadoes and fanned wildfires and dust storms that claimed at least 17 lives. John Yang… Continue watching
Mar 15 At least 26 people killed as massive storm sweeping the U.S. spawns tornadoes and fires By Bruce Shipkowski, Julie Walker, Sean Murphy, Associated Press Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states, part of a monster storm that has killed at least 26 people as more severe weather was expected late Saturday. Continue reading
Mar 05 Severe storms create blizzard conditions, threaten to spawn more tornadoes across the U.S. By Jeff Martin, Associated Press Powerful storms that killed two people in Mississippi and ripped roofs from buildings in a small Oklahoma town charged across the nation, threatening more communities Wednesday in the central to eastern United States with wide-ranging weather. Continue reading
Dec 30 Storm system spawning tornadoes kill 4 across southern U.S. By Makiya Seminera, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press A meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center said Sunday there were at least 45 reports of tornado damage over the weekend across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Continue reading
Dec 29 Severe weather system moves east after tornadoes in Texas and Mississippi kill 2, injure 6 By Associated Press A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and Mississippi. Continue reading
Dec 15 Severe winter storms wallop the U.S. with snow, ice and a tornado in California By Josh Funk, Associated Press Inclement weather plagued areas of the U.S. over the weekend, with dangerous conditions including heavy snow in upstate New York, a major ice storm in Midwest states and a tornado in central California. Continue reading
Aug 04 Why 2024’s destructive tornado season was one of the most active on record By William Gallus, The Conversation Spring 2024 was menacing for large parts of the United States, with a tornado nearly every day in May. A meteorologist explains what created the perfect conditions for these violent storms. Continue reading