April 10, 1929, was the day the only documented F5 tornado occurred in Arkansas. It stretched from southern Batesville to ...

Caught in the Storm tells the story of a deadly EF5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, and here's why storms are classified this ...

Damage surveys provide crucial information about when, where and how strong U.S. tornadoes are to better understand disaster risk ...

Quite a few Pulaskians spent Thursday hoping that history didn’t repeat itself. It didn’t escape the attentions of many around the area that this week’s severe storms happened to fall on the 51st ...

It's one of the nation's most infamous tornado outbreaks, but it also spurred sorely needed improvements in both severe ...

The process of tornado formation begins with colliding air masses that create instability in the atmosphere, producing ...

May 20, 2013, marks the last time the United States was hit by the worst type of tornado. On that date, a monster EF5 tornado tore a 17-mile path through the Oklahoma City suburbs, creating "40 ...

CARTERVILLE, Ill. (WSIL) -- One question you may ask yourself is how tornadoes are measured? It's with the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale which is gives a tornado a rating based on the damage and ...

MOLINE, Ill. — A new study published by the American Meteorological Society has shed light on a puzzling phenomenon: The United States has not logged an EF5 tornado, the most violent category ...