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

After a powerful storm tears through a community, a few big questions often follow: Was it really a tornado? And if so, how strong was it? That answer doesn’t come instantly. Instead, meteorologists ...

In May 2013, a massive storm over Oklahoma produced the largest tornado ever recorded, stretching more than 4 kilometers wide. It didn’t behave like scientists expected, forming from the ground up and ...