Tornado News

During a hurricane, the storm surge poses the greatest threat to life and land, yet many people don't even know what it means.

Two years ago this week, another EF5 twister hit the Midwest. The storm killed more than 160 people in Joplin, Missouri and decimated much of the inner part of the city.

A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the suburb where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes this week.

A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the suburb where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes this weeka Authorities estimated that as many as 13,000 homes were damaged or destroyed and 33,000 people were affected - an especially traumatic toll for a city that had ... (more)

This Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005 file photo shows a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration infrared satellite image of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico.

Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.

Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters.

As a helicopter pilot for Los Angeles's KCAL-TV, Jim Gardner had flown over deadly mudslides and earthquakes, covered car chases and was shot at by snipers during the L.A. riots.

The federal government is predicting an above-average hurricane season in the Atlantic this year, with anywhere from seven to 11 hurricanes expected.

Engineering students at Oklahoma State University have designed three concept drones that could one day help storm trackers and researchers better understand tornadoes.

UPDATE: 5/22 9:20 p.m. -- The dog, Susie, has since been returned to her rightful owner , Curtis, the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office reported in a Facebook post Wednesday evening.

The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday.

By Korrina Grom We're smack-dab in the middle of tornado season. Are you prepared? According to the National Weather Service, Illinois had 30 tornadoes in 2012, including an EF4 that hit Harrisburg on Feb.

Oklahoma country singer Blake Shelton is planning a televised benefit to raise money for victims of the massive tornado that swept through Moore, Oklahoma, this week, music magazine Billboard reported Wednesday.

An Oklahoma man who grandson was killed when a tornado struck his school says the 8-year-old loved soccer and had a huge smile.

On Sunday, a mystery photograph fluttered from the sky and landed near Leslie Hagelberg's mailbox in West Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Anthony Weiner knows there may be a lot of New Yorkers who would never consider voting for him again, but he says he's running for mayor because he wants to bring his ideas to the fore - and win.

With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago.

It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing - and it was trying desperately to get in.

No. 50 was the tornado that struck Moore, OK, in 1999. The EF or Enhanced Fujita Scale has been used since February 2007.