AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State University Tornado Simulator kicked up a thick and slowly spinning funnel cloud over a model of a small town, overwhelming the miniature streets, buildings and homes.

Tornado-like vortices are complex, rapidly rotating flow structures that significantly influence wind effects on built infrastructure and natural landscapes. Their characterisation involves ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A line of severe storms moving at highway speeds slammed the D.C. and Baltimore metros Friday evening, leading to widespread wind damage and even a couple of tornado warnings. On ...

LEWIS COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tornadoes can be extremely destructive and dangerous with winds reaching in excess of 200 miles per hour. However, have you ever wondered what the weakest tornado is? The ...

NWS teams confirmed a tornado touched down in four Massachusetts communities on Saturday. But how do they figure out if it ...

MICHIGAN, USA — A wild evening of weather for West Michigan. Numerous reports of damage are coming in after many communities were hit with severe storms Thursday. Both straight-line winds and possible ...

Jet streams play a key role in how tornadoes are formed. When it comes to tornadoes, you’ve seen them, and you’ve seen what they can do. But do you really know how a tornado forms into that monstrous ...