The Tri-State Tornado, began forming at lunchtime. It touched down in rural Missouri, an F-5 monster on the modern scale, and ...
Tornadoes are among the most destructive forces of nature, with the power to wipe out entire neighborhoods in minutes. The first tornado forecast was issued on March 25, 1948, a time when they were ...
The most tornadoes reported in a single year was 258 in 2015, including the largest outbreak in Central Texas history. A total of 16 tornadoes touched down in the area over Memorial Day ...
that holds the place as the most violent and deadly tornado in modern history for both Missouri and Illinois. The Joplin tornado cut a 20+ mile path across the heart of the southwest Missouri ...
Prior to those tornadoes, it had been seven years since as many people were killed by one tornado, when an EF5-strength twister claimed 24 lives in Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013.
The deadliest tornado in Mississippi history occurred on Feb. 21, 1971, killing 58 people and injuring 795. It might be tempting to treat severe weather advisories lightly. Most of the time ...
A huge storm system crossing the U.S. threatens to unleash tornadoes Friday in the Mississippi Valley, blizzards in the northern Plains and dry, gusty conditions in Texas and Oklahoma that pose a ...