Around 1,200 tornadoes occur on average in the United States each year and every one of them gets its own rating on the ...

Illinois leads the rankings across the country, head and shoulders above the traditional Tornado Alley areas, according to ...

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first ...

Richard Hammond explores the properties of a tornado that has been created in laboratory conditions. He learns about how tornadoes cause damage – it's the speed of the spinning within the tornado, ...

ATLANTA — April doesn’t just bring spring showers—it also typically kicks off height of tornado season. There are several ingredients that tend to come together this time of year that make it prime ...

Tornadoes can strike certain parts of the U.S. at any time of year. But it is no contest that April, May and June stand alone as the most active months to see them. Certain atmospheric conditions are ...

FARGO — The month of June is here, and so is the peak of tornado season. Any time a Tornado Warning is issued, you should take it seriously. But when your phone buzzes with an alert in the middle of ...

Did you know 90% of tornadoes spin in the same direction? But every once in a while, nature flips the script. These rare storms are called anticyclonic tornadoes, and they behave in a unique way. Most ...

Tornado season began March 1, and in just two weeks, it has already produced several large and deadly storms. The most recent struck Indiana, killing two people. Last year, tornadoes killed 68 people.