Damage surveys provide crucial information about when, where and how strong U.S. tornadoes are to better understand disaster risk ...

Essex, Iowa tornado was an EF-1 with winds of 110 mph. The maximum width was 3130 yards, which is 1.8 miles wide! This is not ...

A relatively weak tornado produced a record-breaking and more-than-mile-wide swath of damage in Iowa. Here's how that stacks ...

Nearly three decades ago, a monstrous EF5 tornado tore through multiple Birmingham suburbs, wiping out dozens of structures, claiming the lives of 32 people and injuring hundreds.After touching down ...

Damage looks flattened out ... The last time was May 31, 1985, when an EF5 tornado that tore through parts of Portage and Trumbull counties claimed 10 lives. There were 10 other tornadoes in ...

Tornadoes and hurricanes remind us how vulnerable we can be in the face of nature. Each storm is different, but the outcome is often the same: physical damage, financial loss, and the long road to ...

Understanding the distribution and frequency of tornado intensities is crucial for preparedness and mitigation efforts.

Severe storms and possible tornadoes are forecast to continue across a wide swath of the South, the Storm Prediction Center ...

A National Weather Service survey team arrived in less than 48 hours after the tornado hit. Damage from the EF1 twister, even to some homes, was found already repaired in the local Amish community.