WASHINGTON (7News) — A line of severe storms moving at highway speeds slammed the D.C. and Baltimore metros Friday evening, leading to widespread wind damage and even a couple of tornado warnings.

Severe storms with wind gusts up to 75 mph hit Michigan late on May 15, causing power outages and potential property damage. Officials are investigating possible tornado touchdowns in Michigan.

FARGO — The term, "straight-line wind" is meant to illustrate the difference between non-tornado thunderstorm wind and wind caused by a tornado. However, the term makes it seem as though a wind ...

Officials also issued tornado warnings across at least 16 counties ... with 75 mph gusts and 47 mph sustained winds. Here's more on wind speeds across Michigan, according to the National Weather ...

Severe thunderstorms and high winds caused tornado warnings across several Michigan counties Thursday night and Friday morning. Wind speeds reached 75 mph, causing power outages for more than ...

The weather service had previously said its preliminary surveys indicated the tornado Friday was likely a high-end EF-3, which has 3-second wind gusts of up to 165 mph and is one level lower than ...

The National Weather Service shared new information on Monday about the tornado that damaged property in New Jersey, and said that a gustnado also formed during the powerful storms. A gustnado is ...

Straight-line winds originate from what is called a downburst, a down-rushing of wind from a severe thunderstorm ... across are called microbursts. A tornado, on the other hand, is a violently ...