A winter storm that blanketed parts of the Midwest and Northeast with heavy snow and ice also unleashed severe weather, ...

A Feb. 21-22, 1971 outbreak claimed 121 lives from Texas to North Carolina, the deadliest February rash of tornadoes in ...

Tornado Speed One of the most striking attributes of tornadoes is their incredible speed. The wind speeds within a tornado ...

PBS "American Experience" film by BC alumnus, faculty member Michael Rossi tells the story of one man's pursuit to understand the deadliest storms The Super Outbreak of 1974, the most ... for ...

A wide-reaching storm hitting the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic and Northeast Thursday is just the first in a nearly nonstop ...

LOS ANGELES – Fire tornadoes are a rare and frightening phenomenon that can be produced by wildfires. These fiery whirlwinds of flames form when gusty winds interact with intense heat columns ...

Many people believe hurricanes or tornadoes rank as Florida's most dangerous weather phenomena. But the real threat is often ...

The combination of high winds and severely dry conditions have created a “particularly dangerous situation ... Meteorologist Todd Hall said fire tornadoes could be created in such extreme ...

TORNADO WATCHES WHERE THERE’S ... the severity of weather threats. Particularly Dangerous Situation, or "PDS" for short, is the most extreme advance notice that can be issued for expected ...