The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-2 and EF-1 tornado touched down in the Houston in northwest Harris County.

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LINDALE — The National Weather Service on Wednesday confirmed an EF1 tornado caused damage in Lindale. The storm system had winds of up to 100 mph, the NWS said. Smith County Emergency Management ...

Tornadoes rated EF5 are inconceivable. They raze the Earth with winds exceeding 200 mph, sweeping foundations bare and peeling the bark off trees. Some pry pavement off roadways, scouring into the ...

Damage surveys released late Wednesday night reveal more details about the two tornadoes that struck East Texas on Tuesday afternoon. Just northeast of Lindale, an EF1 tornado with wind speeds of up ...

A tornado that killed three people in Enderlin, North Dakota, has been upgraded to an EF5 tornado. This is the first EF5 tornado in the United States in about 12 years. The tornado flipped rail cars, ...

Here in Alabama, it’s not just the winter weather and the extreme cold we can experience. Strong storm systems that track through the region can support the ...

MOLINE, Ill. — For the first time in more than a decade, the United States has recorded an EF5 tornado, which is the strongest classification. But the newly confirmed rating may have implications that ...

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph, the strongest classification of tornado and the first on American soil ...