Tornadoes

At least 300 to 400 buildings were destroyed by the storm in the Andover area as part of a total of 1,074 buildings that were damaged.

A suspected tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas destroyed or damaged dozens of homes and buildings, injured several people and left more than 6,500 people without power

People of various ethnic groups and gender identities are also getting into the business in a quest to document and report tornadoes, hurricanes and other high-impact events.

Nearly two dozen people were injured when tornadoes swept through central Texas as part of a storm system that was expected to spawn more twisters and damaging winds Wednesday.

A line of severe storms packing isolated tornadoes and high winds ripped across the Deep South overnight, toppling trees and power lines and leaving homes and businesses damaged as the vast weather front raced across several states.

Severe storms and a possible tornado damaged buildings and downed power lines in northwest Arkansas early Wednesday as tornadoes and hurricane-force winds were forecast in much of the Deep South, a week after severe storms struck the New Orleans area.

Survey teams found damage consistent with an EF-3 tornado and a path around 11 miles long, the National Weather Service said.

Residents of a south Louisiana community say a powerful tornado splintered their homes in mere seconds as it carved a swath of destruction through their neighborhood.

Tuesday night’s deadly tornado is the ideal example of what experts say is the 21st-century problem with twisters: Killer tornadoes have shifted a bit out of the vast emptiness of the Great Plains, more into the Southeast where there are more people to hit

Other tornadoes spawned by the same system caused so much damage in Texas that the governor declared a disaster in 16 counties.

A witness said all the men in the New Orleans suburb neighborhood ran into the wreckage of the house to find the girl.

The string of storms that spawned tornadoes in Texas on Monday moved east, causing a tornado to touch down in New Orleans.

A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars and ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in a region that was pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago.

Authorities say six people are dead after a tornado swept through central Iowa, damaging homes, knocking down trees and toppling power lines

Gov. Andy Beshear says all of the people reported missing in Kentucky after tornadoes swept through the state last weekend have been accounted for.

A powerful storm system is blowing through the Great Plains and Midwest, combining with unusually warm temperatures to close highways and prompt numerous tornado warnings.

At least 74 people were confirmed dead in the state, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday, and that number will likely continue rising.

At least 88 people — including 74 in Kentucky — were killed by the tornado outbreak that also destroyed a nursing home in Arkansas, heavily damaged an Amazon distribution center in Illinois and spread its deadly effects into Tennessee and Missouri.

The Mayfield Consumer Products factory was the third-biggest employer in this corner of western Kentucky, an important economic engine that churned out candles that lined the shelves of malls around the U.S. But why its Friday night-shift workers kept making candles as a ferocious tornado bore down on the region remains unknown as rescuers continue scouring the wreckage of the...