So far, 2011 has proved a year destined for the tornado record books. Nearly 1,200 tornadoes have swarmed the United States this year, according to preliminary numbers from the National Oceanic and ...

Tennessee leads the nation in the number of nocturnal tornadoes that destroy buildings and ranks among the top states for total deaths.

New research shows how advanced weather models can warn about tornado danger earlier and help communities prepare with more time.

Tornadoes are rapidly rotating columns of air that extend from the base of a convective cloud, typically a supercell thunderstorm, to the ground, characterized by intense vertical vorticity and a ...

If I mention the phrase "violent tornado," what state first comes to mind — Oklahoma, Alabama or maybe Texas? On July 21, 1987, 38 years ago this afternoon, a tornado touched down in northwestern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For a decade, Kelsey Ellis has been studying tornadoes – what she tells her college students are “violently rotating columns of ...