Most large tornadoes churn through open spaces and miss major population centres. But one historic storm on May 22, 2011, struck the heart of the city of Joplin, Missouri, with devastating ...

158 people died in the EF-5 tornado after it tore through the southern half of Joplin, levelling entire neighbourhoods and reducing large box stores to piles of rubble. This remains the highest U.S.

An early season tornado touched down about 175 kilometres southeast of Calgary on Saturday. It's the first tornado recorded in Canada in 2025, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. It ...

An early season tornado touched down about 175 kilometres southeast of Calgary on Saturday. It's the first tornado recorded in Canada in 2025, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Delias sambawana, a butterfly that hails from Indonesia, at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace and phylogeny by Hillis, Zwickl, and Gutell When Akito ...

Above: Damage from an F4 tornado that tore through the heart of Omaha, Nebraska, on Easter Sunday 1913 (March 23). It was part of the worst tornado outbreak on record for eastern Nebraska and ...

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. government forecasters are using a relatively rare “high-risk” designation — the highest category they use — to warn that a major tornado outbreak appears likely ...