The third tropical storm of the season has formed in the eastern Pacific, while storms and hail plague the US Plains.

transcript A Los Angeles Fire Department vehicle was swept into the Pacific Ocean during a storm in Malibu ... down hills and even briefly produced a tornado farther up the coast.

Meanwhile, in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, the generic term tropical cyclone is used, notwithstanding the strength of the wind associated with the weather system. Tornadoes A tornado ...