Tornadoes are a relatively rare event. Only a tiny percentage of thunderstorms ever go on to produce a tornado. No two twisters are alike—and some of those storms are truly bizarre. From twin ...

We haven't seen much severe weather recently in the U.S., but the country hasn't been nearly that fortunate in past Augusts. On Aug. 28, 1990, 35 years ago today, an F5 tornado raked through two ...

Big, strong, violent tornadoes don't happen that often around here. That all changed on May 31, 1985. At the time, the National Severe Storms Forecast Center noted that the atmosphere was ready for an ...

Jo (Helen Hunt) and Bill Harding (Bill Paxton) standing in a corn field staring ahead with concerned expressions and Jo reaching her hand forward in Twister Image via Warner Bros. Twister is the very ...

May 11 marks a solemn double milestone in Texas weather history: the state’s deadliest tornado and the strongest. Although they struck 17 years apart, both storms hit on May 11 and left lasting marks ...

COLOME, S.D. — The most powerful tornado in South Dakota history, which cut through Tripp County on Saturday, May 8, 1965, and spun winds over 200 miles per hour, spawned from a storm just south of ...

“They call F5 tornadoes the ‘finger of God.’ Few have stared one in the face and survived,” said the late Bill Paxton’s character in the movie “Twister.” The “finger of God” nickname originated after ...