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Hurricane Katrina also caused a tornado outbreak

Hurricane Katrina also caused a tornado outbreak

Best known for being a Category 5 monster that inundated New Orleans, five dozen twisters also scoured the landscape during…
Ian Livingston
Palm Sunday 1965: Southern Great Lakes ravaged by one of the worst tornado outbreaks on record

Palm Sunday 1965: Southern Great Lakes ravaged by one of the worst tornado outbreaks on record

On April 11, 1965, and over a time span of approximately 12 hours, one of the most infamous tornado events…
Andrew Berrington
Through the end of March, 2015’s tornado drought is among the biggest on record

Through the end of March, 2015’s tornado drought is among the biggest on record

It has been eerily quiet this year when it comes to tornadoes.
Ian Livingston
Killer winter tornadoes: No strangers to Mississippi and the South

Killer winter tornadoes: No strangers to Mississippi and the South

A nightmare before Christmas arrived in the form of deadly tornadoes across parts of the South on Tuesday.
Ian Livingston
Breaking down the Pilger tornadoes of June 16, 2014

Breaking down the Pilger tornadoes of June 16, 2014

On June 16, 2014 a family of tornadoes dropped from a parent supercell moving over northeast Nebraska.
James Hyde
A tornado’s cost: Living in a tornado alley

A tornado’s cost: Living in a tornado alley

There are a number of regions across the United States that see an exorbitant amount of tornadoes in a given…
Brendan Heberton
The 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak (interactive map)

The 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak (interactive map)

Four decades have passed since a generational tornado outbreak that still lives in infamy. Interactive mapping lets us dive deep…
Brendan Heberton
The Tri-State Tornado of 1925

The Tri-State Tornado of 1925

On March 18, 1925 a dark "smokey fog" touched down approximately three miles northwest of Ellington, Missouri. It would become…
James Hyde
Weak tornadoes are deadly, too

Weak tornadoes are deadly, too

When we think of deadly tornadoes, it's usually the big violent ones that come to mind. Their weaker counterparts can…
Ian Livingston
Halloween tornadoes: The spooky historical facts

Halloween tornadoes: The spooky historical facts

Is the Tampa, Florida area haunted by tornadoes on Halloween? Find out that fact and more in our brief synopsis…
Kathryn Prociv
From domestic to international: Tornadoes around the world

From domestic to international: Tornadoes around the world

The United States is the world leader in tornado production by a long shot, but to better understand our own…
Kathryn Prociv
Independence Day tornadoes: A different type of Fourth of July excitement

Independence Day tornadoes: A different type of Fourth of July excitement

Fireworks not exciting enough for the Fourth? Tornadoes are a somewhat regular feature of Independence Day as well.
Ian Livingston

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