There are thousands of thunderstorms in the United States each year, but only a few become strong enough to spin up a tornado ...

Tornadoes form inside large rotating thunderstorms and ... it can intensify the friction on Earth’s surface, accelerating the air inward, forming a tornado. Like hurricanes and earthquakes ...

DALLAS — As severe weather season intensifies, WFAA's meteorologists are breaking down the science behind one of nature’s most powerful and destructive forces: tornadoes. Tornado formation ...

One long line of powerful winds can whip up dust storms, spread wildfires, spin up tornadoes and fuel blizzards – all at the ...

A powerful “Cosmic Tornado” has received a high-definition glow-up thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The new look at Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50) released today also answers a ...

With so much potential for tornadic weather recently in central Ohio, we want to take some time today to break down how tornadoes form, what kind of damage they can bring and what the different ...

Because Earth rotates, these upper-altitude winds ... Finally, some of nature’s strongest winds occur inside tornadoes. They form when the winds surrounding a thunderstorm change speed and ...

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 ...