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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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado in Oklahoma holds the record of the strongest winds ever recorded in the U.S. at 321 mph (517 kph). Since the National Weather Service began using Enhanced Fujita ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — 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 development of ...