Spring is here and with it comes the busy storm season. When it comes to keeping your family safe, it's paramount to make sure your kids are ready for a severe weather situation. Some of the ...

Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita (1920-1998) developed the original Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale. The scale was changed to the “Enhanced” Fujita Scale in 2007, after more information about the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Welcome back to our weather kids lesson series about tornadoes in the Pacific Northwest! Today we are going over historical severe weather records, which is evidence tornadoes ...

Urban areas make up a relatively small chunk of real estate, about only 3 percent of the total land area in the U.S., according to the center for sustainable systems at the university of Michigan.

Tornadoes are among the most destructive forces of nature, with the power to wipe out entire neighborhoods in minutes. The first tornado forecast was issued on March 25, 1948, a time when they were ...

Recently I read What Stands in a Storm, by Kim Cross. I was intrigued with her description of the warning signs for when a tornado is about to form and cut its destructive swath across some town or ...

It’s a rare heartwarming twister tale. A Washington D.C. weatherman is basking in the re-gale of social media for calmly calling his kids on air to warn them to shelter immediately from a tornado.

Tornadoes are one of Earth’s most violent forces of nature. They have occurred in all 50 states and have been spotted throughout the year. While they are most common in the United States, tornadoes ...