The Southern Plains have long been thought of as Tornado Alley, but with recent activity creeping toward the Deep South, ...

When many people picture a tornado, they imagine a towering funnel under a bright afternoon sky. However, some of the most dangerous tornadoes strike after dark. Nighttime tornadoes are not only ...

Tornadoes that strike overnight are nearly twice as likely to be deadly as those during the day due to a combination of factors. Here's why.

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 ...

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 ...

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The United States has the greatest number of tornadoes of any nation. More twisters of EF-1 or greater intensity are occurring despite tornadoes occurring on fewer days per year, according to tornado ...

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