Buffalo residents are used to shoveling themselves out of lake effect snow. Out of tornado debris? Not so much. Yet a small tornado ripped through downtown Buffalo on Monday afternoon, damaging ...

Nearly 900 tornadoes have torn through more than 30 states so far this year, killing dozens of people, shredding buildings and landscapes across big chunks of the Eastern U.S., and costing billions.

Not all thunderstorms can produce tornadoes - only about 30% of supercell thunderstorms actually spawn these rotating columns of air. Supercells are severe thunderstorms with intense, rotating ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spring in Michigan brings with it the chance for severe weather in the form of thunderstorms, high winds and tornadoes. Tornadoes are primarily produced in two different ways: ...

Storm-chasing for science can be exciting and stressful – we know, because we do it. It has also been essential for developing today’s understanding of how tornadoes form and how they behave. In 1996 ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — During the summer months, El Paso is no stranger to experiencing afternoon monsoon thunderstorms. But when tornado-like features appear with those storms, that is much ...

Tornadoes can start in the outer edges of hurricanes. Once a storm is over land, the increase in surface friction can make them touch down. By Henry Fountain and Judson Jones Hurricanes can spawn ...

One muggy day in July 1986, a news helicopter was recording footage of a festival in Minneapolis when the pilot and photographer glimpsed a tornado over nearby Brooklyn Park. They moved toward it, ...

A rare tornado touched down in Scott's Valley Saturday afternoon. It came after a night of high winds and heavy rain with a passing cold front. Wind speeds had gusted over 80 mph in parts of the Santa ...