Most people see a tornado as a single dramatic event, a dark funnel that appears out of nowhere and tears through a landscape ...

Tornadoes can be elusive research subjects. Through chasing storms and using computer simulations, scientists have worked out the basic ingredients needed to spin up a twister, but two crucial ...

Each year, more than 1,200 tornadoes carve a path of destruction across the United States, endangering lives and devastating communities. The U.S. National Science Foundation has long invested in ...

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Multiple storms have caused damage to many communities. Some events we've experienced have been straight-line winds, some hail, a macroburst, and even a few tornadoes.