The El Reno tornado, Joplin tornado and Tri-State tornado are among the biggest and most damaging twisters in U.S. history. Tornadoes can be more than a mile wide and have wind speeds greater than 300 ...

Jet streams play a key role in how tornadoes are formed. When it comes to tornadoes, you’ve seen them, and you’ve seen what they can do. But do you really know how a tornado forms into that monstrous ...

Some big news came out in the meteorological community on Monday regarding a powerful tornado that occurred in eastern North Dakota on June 20, 2025. The National Weather Service in Grand Forks ...

WASHINGTON — An EF5 tornado struck North Dakota this year, the National Weather Service confirmed Monday, marking the first tornado of that strength in more than a decade on American soil. The ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — How does the National Weather Service confirm if a tornado actually touched the ground after they issue a Tornado Warning? They send out a crew of meteorologists to survey the damage ...

LINDALE — The National Weather Service on Wednesday confirmed an EF1 tornado caused damage in Lindale. The storm system had winds of up to 100 mph, the NWS said. Smith County Emergency Management ...