Ohio set a record for tornadoes in 2024 with 74 confirmed across the state. The storms killed three people and destroyed dozens of homes.
Unfortunately, a few of those can be violent tornadoes, particularly in the South. On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado tore a 202-mile long path across central and eastern Mississippi into western Alabama.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency layoffs at the Oklahoma National Weather Center raise safety concerns during tornado season.
It's one of the weirdest things we've seen in 2025's weather, so far. A winter tornado in one of America's coldest states. Here's what happened and why.
As tornado season nears, learn essential safety tips and prepare for severe weather. Understand the differences between watches, warnings and emergencies, and know how to respond in each situation.
The federal government's mass culling of employees has reached Oklahoma's National Weather Center and other weather offices across the country just as tornado season approaches. So far, federal officials have been silent about the decision by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to send home hundreds of people who help predict the weather and warn the public about severe storms.
Suter remembers March 2, 2012, vividly. "I had a phone call from my wife, she screamed, it's all gone and then the phone went dead," said Suter. He said he was at work more than 25 miles away. Suter made the drive back to Moscow and remembers having to stop on the highway outside of town and walk in.
Emergency text messages can quickly notify the Duke community when a tornado warning is issued. Students are automatically enrolled in emergency text messaging during class registration, but faculty and staff must register for DukeALERT text messages through the Duke@Work self-service website.
After a week of warm temperatures, some parts of Oklahoma are set to dip into several types of severe weather early next week.
The survival thriller is set on the British Isles in 1790 as young Japanese woman Tornado (Kōki) – who is travelling the country with her father Fujin's (Takehiro Hira) Samurai puppet show – finds herself in the crosshairs of a local gang, led by Sugarman (Tim Roth) and his son Little Sugar (Lowden).