April marks the onset of intense tornado activity in the U.S., driven by warm, moist Gulf air clashing with cooler masses.

After a powerful storm tears through a town, the real investigation begins. Meteorologists hit the ground searching for ...

After severe weather moves out, a different kind of investigation begins as trained tornado survey teams head into damaged ...

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

Atmospheric scientist Perry Samson was doing fieldwork when he was unexpectedly caught inside a tornado—making him one of the few such people who have lived to tell the tale ...

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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, ...

DALLAS — As severe weather season intensifies, WFAA's meteorologists are breaking down the science behind one of nature’s most powerful and destructive forces: tornadoes. Tornado formation begins when ...

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June is Colorado's most active month for tornadoes. Our state sees a high number of a special type of tornado called a landspout. As usual, a lot of that has to do with the mountains. A supercell is a ...