tornado

A Tornado Emergency was declared for the Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas Metroplex this afternoon as a strong line of storms passed through North Texas.  A tornado emergency, a rare weather alert issued by the National Weather Service that superscedes a tornado warning, was in effect as several twisters stuck.

An extremely strong and destructive line of tornado-producing thunderstorms passed through the midwest and midsouth today (March 2).  The storms hit southern Indiana the hardest.  The town of Marysville, about 20 north of Louisville, KY, was described by the Clark County sheriff as 'completely gone.'

A powerful storm system that spawned several tornadoes ripped through parts of the Midwest early Wednesday morning, leaving millions of dollars of damage and at least 13 people dead in its wake. Early damage photos are showing that the devastation ranges from mild to severe.

Every year, Mother Nature likes to remind us who’s the boss and 2011 was no different. In fact, it was the second most expensive year on record for insurers, costing $108 billion. Here’s a look back at the 10 most memorable natural disasters of 2011 in chronological order. ...

Tornadoes in Upstate New York are relatively rare, but they do happen.  A strong line of thunderstorms on Sunday, September 4 delivered a tornado to the eastern Mohawk Valley near Amsterdam. A motorist on the New York State Thruway pulled over to the Mohawk rest area to ride out the storm; and, as she writes on her YouTube channel, she " got much more than bargained for."

Severe weather spared the Mohawk Valley today, but the fury of this Spring of 2011 struck Springfield, Massachusetts this afternoon.  A debris-filled tornado was spotted in downtown Springfield. Amateur videos of the twister have already been uploaded to YouTube...

The tornado that slammed Joplin, MO on May 22, like the others around the country recently, has resulted in stunning first-person video accounts. With the popularity of video capability on smartphones (not to mention digital cameras) we are now not only seeing the damage closer than ever, but we are also seeing what it's like to wait for the storm, then experience it.

Talk about your emotional reunion. Judy Pugh has one of the more heartwarming stories to emerge out of the devastating tornadoes which tore through Tuscaloosa, Alabama last month when her missing cat showed up while she was being interviewed for a story about having her home destroyed by the tornadoes.

The National Weather Service has extended the Tornado Warning for Oneida County until 5:45 this afternoon. Trained weather spotters have reported a touchdown in Rome and the storm is moving to the Northeast: * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... CENTRAL ONEIDA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... * UNTIL 445 PM EDT. * AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CANASTOTA...