Experts say 2024’s tornado outbreaks set it apart, even in a year full of extreme weather. The U.S. recorded the highest number of tornadoes in a decade.
A rare January Midwest tornado outbreak produced a violent F4 that raked across St. Louis, Missouri, nearly 60 years ago only to be followed by snowflakes a few days later. On Jan. 24, 1967 ...
April broke a record, with 49 tornadoes recorded in the month. Previously, it was 40 in 2001. An active pattern continued in May with outbreaks on the 6th, 7th, 9th, 20th and the 21st. On May 21, ...
The Great Plains of the U.S. gets more tornadoes—and more violent tornadoes—than anywhere else on Earth. Movies from The Wizard of Oz to Twister have drummed this fact into our collective ...
Two EF-3’s and one EF-4 killed 4 people and injured 40 in that outbreak. 2 EF-4 Tornadoes: First Violent Tornado in 8 years On April 27, an EF-4 tornado hit Marietta, Oklahoma. It was the first ...