Jet streams play a key role in how tornadoes are formed. When it comes to tornadoes, you’ve seen them, and you’ve seen what they can do. But do you really know how a tornado forms into that monstrous ...

A tornado touched down south of Port Orchard just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed. The tornado was rated as an EF-2 with wind speeds up to 120-130 mph, according to ...

The theory that tornadoes form high in the atmosphere and then descend to the ground has recently been challenged by a study. American researchers claim ...

There are more tornadoes in the US than anywhere else on Earth. How do they form? This is in part because of the geography of the US. (AP video/Laura Bargfeld; Production/Shelby Lum; Animation/Eva ...

Soon after a stunning tornado touched down south of North Platte, Nebraska, storm chasers hailed it as “the tornado of the year” — a photogenic funnel that dazzled onlookers for 45 minutes but caused ...

(Reuters) - A succession of tornadoes ripped through Alabama's Lee County on Sunday with winds of 150 miles per hour (241 kph), killing at least 23 people including children in the deadliest such ...