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Oklahoma - The Original Tornado Hotspot Oklahoma remains one of America's most feared tornado regions, with communities ...

May in the central and Southern Plains is a notoriously volatile month for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, as recent history has illustrated. On May 20, 2013, 12 years ago today, a supercell ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The National Weather Service reports that 21 tornadoes have been confirmed in Middle Tennessee. NWS Nashville recently completed its damage surveys for the most recent ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A recent string of devastating tornadoes across the U.S. is underscoring a disturbing trend: while the total number of tornadoes each year is not significantly increasing, the ...

Experts with the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) confirmed Friday that a significant tornado outbreak unfolded in Saskatchewan on Thursday, June 19. The outbreak produced ten tornadoes across the ...

PADUCAH, Ky. (WSIL) -- So far, 2025 has seen the second most tornadoes touched down in a year, tying a record with 2024 across the 58-county region; and we still have another six months left of the ...

We have already had three days in 2025 with multiple tornadoes touching down in Michigan. The total number of tornadoes so far has already put this year in the top ten tornado years for Michigan. As ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - UPDATE (9/22/2025): The NWS confirms that 20 tornadoes touched down on Sunday, September 14, in central North Dakota. This puts North Dakota’s 2025 total tornado count well in ...

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Clarence, While there were eight reported tornado touchdowns in the recent event (which occurred on Friday Sep 14, 2007) each of the eight twisters was rated at EF-0 on the enhanced ...