Meteorologists have dismissed speculation that a tornado touched down on Queensland's Western Downs during a severe thunderstorm on Thursday.

A mini-tornado has left a trail of destruction in a Cornish village, according to residents. Some properties in Quintrell Downs near Newquay have lost parts of their roofs and trees have been blown ...

A colossal storm cloud swept through Sorocaba, São Paulo, on Wednesday, leaving locals stunned by its dramatic and foreboding appearance. Identified as a supercell with a mesocyclone, the ...

A storm is bearing down on the southern Plains and Texas, where residents are bracing for severe weather, including flash ...

A First Alert Weather Day has been issued for Wednesday due to the risk of strong thunderstorms in the Midstate ...

Fire tornadoes occur when intense wind combines with conditions in the atmosphere to produce clouds of smoke that reach 20,000 to 40,000 feet, Swain said. These clouds form vortices of flaming hot ...

Another classic feature of a tornado-generating storm is a wall cloud, which looks like a portion of the cloud that's lower than the rest of the cloud and spins much faster than the parent storm ...

At least six homes have been destroyed during a freak storm which brought wind gusts stronger than 110km/h in the Pilbara region. Marble Bar residents were forced to shelter indoors on Thursday night ...