A tornado produced “significant” damage in the Birmingham, Alabama, area on Thursday amid the second major tornado outbreak this month to strike the region, according to the National Weather Service.

November kicks off the so-called “secondary” severe weather season, which runs through December, January and February.

The tornado damaged several barns and uprooted trees along its path before dissipating. The Elberta tornado was the only one confirmed in Alabama from Sunday’s storms. See the storm survey from the ...

Tornadoes might not come to mind when you think of the United Kingdom, but they are a fairly common occurrence and one 20 years ago became the nation's costliest on record. The tornado struck the ...