Tornado

Jeff Hutchens/Getty Images (WEATHERFORD, OK) — A tornado-producing storm was tearing through southwestern Oklahoma early Monday, with at least one confirmed tornado, the National Weather Service said. The storm was near Granite, a town with a population of about 1,600, at about 3:37 a.m. CST, the service said. Tornado warnings were in effect for western […]

Steve Strum, a meteorologist in Oklahoma, sits in an inground private tornado shelter on May 23, 2024, he had installed the garage of his suburban Tulsa, Oklahoma, home with the help of a FEMA grant. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — When a powerful EF-4 tornado ripped through Greenfield, Iowa, last week TJ Oder, the […]

Chad Cowan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Although the number of days that there is a tornado in the U.S. is decreasing overall, the average annual number of tornadoes has remained roughly the same, according to the latest research. Last week, more than 125 tornadoes were reported in the U.S. over a five-day period across states […]

(NEW YORK) — Millions are bracing for a new round of storms after at least 27 tornadoes were reported across seven states from Kansas to Ohio this week. On Thursday, the new storm system will move into the Midwest and parts of the South, bringing a threat of tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. The […]

Severe weather outbreak for April 2, 2024. ABC News (NEW YORK) — Many schools across Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana have announced closures or early dismissals as a line of severe thunderstorms brings damaging winds and a threat of dangerous tornadoes to the Ohio Valley. A tornado watch was issued Tuesday morning in Louisville, Kentucky; Lexington, […]

File photo. (Chad Cowan/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A powerful tornado ripped through central North Carolina for more than a dozen miles on Wednesday, destroying homes and injuring residents, according to officials. The National Weather Service said early Thursday that a preliminary damage survey indicates the tornado was an EF3, with peak winds up to […]

Piccell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least four people were killed and 10 others were injured when a tornado tore through a tiny town in northern Texas on Wednesday night, officials said. Matador, some 80 miles northeast of Lubbock, and its less than 600 residents were under a tornado warning as a powerful storm brought […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — More severe weather is slamming the U.S. on Thursday, with residents from Florida to Kansas bracing for impact. The states in the bull’s-eye are Kansas and Oklahoma, where extreme winds, huge hail and a few tornadoes are possible. Other cities bracing for storms Thursday include Dallas; Jackson, Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama; […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A string of reported tornadoes touched down in America’s heartland on Thursday night. At least 16 tornadoes were reported across five U.S. states overnight — Louisiana, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center. Some of the worst damage was reported in […]

ABC News (ST. LOUIS) — Tornadoes are possible in parts of the Heartland Wednesday, as severe weather is expected to move through the region. A tornado watch has been issued for portions of six states — Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas — through 11 p.m. CDT Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. Isolated tornadoes […]