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Tornado outbreak: 1 death reported as rare 'particularly dangerous situation' alert warns of tornado danger A tornado crosses a field in Katy, Texas, on Dec. 28, 2024, in this screengrab obtained ...
Tornadoes are caught on camera by a group driving away from the area on Wednesday near Selfridge, North Dakota. Bad weather was moving out of the area by Thursday (Credit: Kash Traversie /TMX)
This article's lead section may be too long. Please read the length guidelines and help move details into the article's body. (August 2024) Tornadoes in the United States 1950-2019 A tornado strikes near Anadarko, Oklahoma. This was part of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak on May 3, 1999. Tornadoes are more common in the United States than in any other country or state. The United States ...
Tornadoes can form any time the conditions are right. They take many shapes, but they all start the exact same way. Here's what to know.
The word tornado comes from the Spanish tronada (meaning 'thunderstorm', past participle of tronar 'to thunder', itself in turn from the Latin tonāre 'to thunder'). [16] [17] The metathesis of the r and o in the English spelling was influenced by the Spanish tornado (past participle of tornar 'to twist, turn,', from Latin tornō 'to turn'). [16]
The deadliest tornado outbreak sequence in American history. Killer tornadoes touched down from Texas to Pennsylvania. Produced at least three F5 tornadoes and several F4s, including an F4 that killed at least 255 people and injured 1,236 in the St. Louis area. In Sherman Texas on May 15, one of the most intense tornadoes of the 19th century ...
Winchester, Indiana tornado caught on video. More: Tornado damage slammed the Midwest last night. See carnage in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky today. More: Storms, possible tornadoes cause severe damage ...
Here are 10 different types of tornadoes that have been documented across North America. The smallest type of tornado can be short-lived, lasting just a few minutes, but that is not always the case.