Caught in the Storm tells the story of a deadly EF5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, and here's why storms are classified this ...

shortly before the tornado developed. RELATED: Watch? Warning? How we communicate severe weather in Canada "Certainly severe storm risk peaks in the summer months, but southern Ontario has already ...

In raw numbers, Canada probably comes in second ... to get their share of deadly tornadoes: one tornado north of Moscow in 1984 may have been an F5—the most destructive type of funnel—and ...

Spring has officially arrived in the Northern Hemisphere and the tornado season, especially in the U.S. east of the Rockies, has been ramping up. From March 13-17, over 100 twisters were reported that ...

On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado tore a 202-mile long path across central and eastern Mississippi into western Alabama. Of the 58 people killed by the twister, 57 were in ...

Tornado classifications have evolved since the original Fujita (F scale) was developed in 1971. Under the original F scale, an F5 rating was given as follows: “Whole frame houses tossed off ...