tornado

Think of it as a dust devil on steroids, weatherwise.

A crazy storm struck the Oregon Coast yesterday when a water spout formed near Depot Bay and later made landfall as a tornado at Manzanita Beach

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What's the best time to leave your house? How about during a tornado?

With the sighting of the first tornado in the Mid-Columbia this week since 2010 (that one was seen near Umatilla)  we wondered - what's the difference between the commonly seen Dust Devils and tornadoes?  The twister was seen near Rattlesnake Mountain Wednesday afternoon. (Photo courtesy of KNDU-TV-Michelle Bemis Morford).

The National Weather Service has confirmed it was a tornado that came down near McMinnville, Oregon, late Thursday afternoon.

An enormous tornado with a debris cloud two miles wide tore through the metropolitan area just south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon. UPDATE 9:28 p.m. EST: At least 51 people were killed in the storm, including seven children from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, according to KFOR in Oklahoma City. The news station reported that 75 student and staff were inside the school when the sto

In the ultimate act of selfless courage a Florida mother lost her life shielding her three-year-old daughter when their home was torn apart by a tornado Sunday. She saved the child's life.

A North Carolina boy who was swept up by a tornado has miraculously survived his ordeal.

Nature’s force is at times awe-inspiring, but often downright scary. A woman in West Liberty, Kentucky experienced this first hand when she captured footage of a huge tornado heading towards her direction.