Tornado News

Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues - under covered porches - as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey shore since Superstorm Sandy roared through.

Downpours and strong storms from portions of the Plains and Texas to part of the Midwest have the potential to disrupt outdoor activities ranging from memorial services and parades to picnics, barbeques and ball games.

The couple -- along with a son, a neighbor and five dogs -- had taken refuge inside an old septic tank that had been converted into a storm shelter.

Heavy rain and flooding added to the misery in Moore, Oklahoma on Thursday as the first of 24 tornado victims was laid to rest.

One of the best stories after the tornado in Oklahoma was of the teacher who said she started praying out loud to her students, even though she knew she wasn't supposed to.

A LYME Regis couple biking across America had a lucky escape when they rode through the epicentre of a tornado alert.

After a vicious tornado ripped through her Moore, Okla. home on Tuesday, Rebecca Vitsmun was lucky to be alive.

Monday's deadly twister in Moore, Okla., struck a devastating blow to a region hit by five tornadoes in 15 years, including the strongest tornado ever recorded.

Parked on the outskirts of Newcastle, OK, on Monday afternoon, south-suburban storm chaser Danny Neal and his friends knew immediately where the massive twister blowing up in front of them was headed.

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.