America's deadliest tornado season since 1953 continued its relentless onslaught of violent tornadoes yesterday. Numerous destructive and deadly tornadoes raked Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Arkansas, killing at least nine people. Yesterday's deadliest ...

PLEASANT GROVE, Alabama (Reuters) – The government ramped up efforts on Saturday to help thousands of homeless victims of the country's second deadliest recorded tornado outbreak, which killed at least 350 people. President Barack Obama, who surveye...

We are about to finish the coldest April in at least 60 years. And it appears that April will bring the all-time record number of tornadoes to the U.S., including yesterday's catastrophic event with over 250 deaths.Are they connected? I think one can...

Bob Henson | 28 April 2011 • The devastating rash of tornadoes that swept through the southeast United States on 27 April has already carved its way into the annals of twister history. A total of more than 160 tornadoes was reported in the prelimina...

A stunning tornado outbreak of incredible violence has left at least 202 dead across the Eastern U.S.; injuries probably number over a thousand, with 600 injured in the town of Tuscaloosa alone. The tornadoes carved huge swaths of damage, completely fl...

Stats on The Deadliest Tornado Outbreak In My Life! Apr 28, 2011; 8:26 AM ET It's a somber morning here at AccuWeather.com HQ while we report the news that over 175 people have been killed by yesterday's tornado outbreak, mainly in Alabama, Mississipp...

The nation's unprecedented April tornado-fest continued full force last night, with NOAA's Storm Prediction Center logging 57 tornado reports, 295 cases of damaging thunderstorm winds, and 254 reports of large hail. The 2-day tornado count from this la...

High Tornado Risk Vs. Population Maps Apr 26, 2011; 10:59 AM ET NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a High Risk for severe thunderstorms Tuesday, including tornadoes today. Their new population map product (which is a great addition because it h...

March 2011 was the globe's 13th warmest March on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies rated March the 9th warmest on record. Mar...

By Brian Edwards, Meteorologist Apr 24, 2011; 11:03 AM ET This graphics shows how wind shear, or the twisting of the winds in the atmosphere, contribute to tornadic development. A major severe weather outbreak is forecast to affect much of the m...

Severe weather blasted the Midwest again yesterday, with NOAA's Storm Prediction Center logging 32 reports of tornadoes, 399 reports of damaging thunderstorm winds, and 325 instances of large hail (including softball-sized hail of 4.25 - 4.5" diameter ...

Why You Don't Stay in Your Car During a Tornado Apr 19, 2011; 11:44 AM ET Folks, this is why you don't want to stay in your car during a tornado. Note the signpost protruding from the back and the engine sticking out over the hood in the front. And th...

Lexington, MA (1775)Lexington-Concord Day; crisp anticyclone morning at 0700: 45.7 degrees, 29 56" rising, wind west, force 1, "very fair" sky - Prof. Winthrop noted at Cambridge, MA: "Battle of Concord will put a stop to observing." Providence, RI (1...

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist Apr 14, 2011; 5:25 AM ET Dangerous tornadoes set to threaten the South Central states later today will next take aim on the Ohio Valley and South Friday into Saturday. As will be the case over the Sou...

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Apr 9, 2011; 10:45 AM ET This F4 wedge tornado was nearly a mile wide in Binger, Okla. on May 22, 1981. Photo courtesy of the National Weather Service and the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Atmos...