Tornado

Dangerous storms, tornado warnings over US Midwest, South

More than 85 million people were under weather advisories Friday as the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center forecast an unusually large outbreak of thunderstorms with the potential to cause hail, damaging wind gusts and strong tornadoes

US President Joe Biden, First Lady to visit Rolling Fork, the Mississippi town devasted by tornado

The trip to Mississippi on Friday will be only two days after Jill Biden flew to Nashville, in the neighbouring state of Tennessee, where she attended a vigil for the three children and three adult staff killed in a recent school shooting

Explained: Why tornadoes are so hard to forecast

Even though forecasters can see the signs of potential tornadoes in advance, predicting the when and where tornadoes will form is still extremely difficult

'There's nothing left': Mississippi tornadoes kill 26

The tornado devastated a swath of the Mississippi Delta town of Rolling Fork, reducing homes to piles of rubble, flipping cars on their sides and toppling the town's water tower

Tornado hits southern California as wild weather continues

Aerial pictures in the aftermath showed holes in several roofs, pipes and installations twisted and broken, and cars seemingly pushed out of their parking bays

From blizzards to tornadoes, US braces for wild weather week

The National Weather Service warned that up to about half an inch (2.5 centimeters) of ice could form and winds could gust up to 45 miles per hour (72 kilometers per hour) in parts of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota

Watch: NBC meteorologist calls family amid live broadcast to warn them of tornado

According to NPR, Chief Meteorologist Doug Kammerer found out that the path of the tornado was right over his house, which prompted him to call his son in the middle of the broadcast

At least 50 feared dead as tornadoes, storms strike US; roof collapse at Amazon

Many counties in Kentucky were devastated, with the strongest tornado tearing 200 miles through the state, governor Andy Beshear said

Hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, floods – Here’s how you can be more weather-ready

Apathy and complacency can also be dangerous when it comes to weather-driven disasters.

Alabama tornado: 23 dead, dozens missing as rescue crews search for victims after deadliest storm in 6 years

Rescue crews using dogs and drones searched for victims amid splintered lumber and twisted metal Monday after the deadliest U.S. tornado in nearly six years ripped through a rural Alabama community. At least 23 people were killed, some of them children.