A tornado touched down in Oklahoma — in January. Here’s why that’s so rare.

There had only previously been 30 January tornadoes total confirmed in Oklahoma since 1950, coming to an average of just 0.4 ...

These 5 states had the most tornadoes in 2025

Preliminary data from NOAA's Storm Prediction Center shows 2025 was the second consecutive year with above-historical-average ...
WSMV

Strongest tornado reported in the U.S. in years

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 ...

Near-record number of January tornadoes produced Thursday in Oklahoma

A near-record number of tornadoes for January in Oklahoma all came in one day Thursday. As of Friday morning, the tornado ...

2025 ND weather recap: record tornadoes, first EF5 in US in 12 years & overall active pattern

"Active" is the best word to describe 2025’s weather in North Dakota. From a record number of tornadoes to a top-10 wettest ...

America’s tornado hot spots are shifting. Experts say this might be why

America’s tornado hot spots shifted once again last year, stretching largely across the South and Midwest, a new AccuWeather ...
WHDH

EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation’s first in 12 years

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first on ...
AOL

Friday's tornado was the strongest in RI since 1986. Here's where it hit.

PROVIDENCE – A tornado with top winds of about 115 miles per hour indeed touched down in Rhode Island on Friday, the National Weather Service has confirmed, the strongest tornado to strike the state ...
NBC Bay Area

Why Hurricane Milton produced such strong tornadoes — and why future storms might do so again

Hurricane Milton brought an earlier-than-expected dose of chaos before it made landfall this week, as supercell thunderstorms — which feature rotating updrafts and can produce tornadoes — raced across ...