Jet streams play a key role in how tornadoes are formed. When it comes to tornadoes, you’ve seen them, and you’ve seen what they can do. But do you really know how a tornado forms into that ...

Even with the very best of modern technology, we’re still not sure about the science behind how tornadoes form.

Super cell theory states that tornadoes form when horizontal spinning air in the storm updraft is tilted vertically by a ...

Last year, Ohio set a record for 74 tornadoes, and those tornadoes can come at any time, regardless of the season. In fact, our final tornado of 2024 took place on Dec. 29 near Marysville.

Tornadoes are among the most powerful and unpredictable natural disasters, forming under specific atmospheric conditions. These violent, rotating columns of air extend from thunderstorms to the ...

Mesoscale convective systems (MCS) are common across Canada during the summer. Here’s a look at these storms and how they ...

Meteorologist Caitlin Harvey breaks down the EF scale that's used to rank tornadoes. Tornadoes are rated using the Enhanced Fujita scale, which is ranked and scaled on winds and damage caused as ...

Below, we break down what experts know — and what they don’t — about the connections between climate change and tornadoes. Readers from southern and central U.S. states are likely accustomed ...

EF2 tornadoes, with wind speeds of at least 111 mph, are far less common. On average, Colorado sees only about two tornadoes of EF2 strength or greater each year.