About 25 young students and teachers were huddled inside a North Carolina elementary school while a tornado ripped through, and footage shows the 125 mph winds battering the building. Surveillance ...

When a tornado hits, it's important to know how to stay safe.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Swirling columns of air that touch down from stormy skies — tornadoes are among nature’s most awe-inspiring yet terrifying forces. Behind their ...

As the howling tornado bore down, Reed Timmer abandoned a tiny, soft-topped vehicle and sought shelter with a group underneath an overpass. This was early on in his storm-chasing career, in 1999, ...

Being inside a vehicle during a tornado is highly unsafe. Your best course of action is to drive to the nearest shelter. If reaching shelter is not possible, either stay inside your car while covering ...

On Saturday at 3:49 a.m. a tornado watch was issued by the National Weather Service valid between 3 a.m. and 10 a.m. in ...

San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties are the focus of an updated tornado warning issued at 4:05 p.m. on Monday by the National ...

Multiple tornadoes have been reported in South Africa in the last three months and the country’s weather service predicts ...

At 11:39 a.m. on Thursday, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning in effect until 12:15 p.m. for Wayne County. "At 11:39 a.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was ...

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The warning had been issued for Berkshire County. “The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning ...

As the howling tornado bore down, Reed Timmer abandoned a tiny, soft-topped vehicle and sought shelter with a group underneath an overpass. This was early on in his storm-chasing career, in 1999, ...