GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — On April 3, 1956, an F5 tornado swept through Ottawa County, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Seventy years later, tracking tornadoes has vastly improved and so ...

Professor Jo Harding’s team believed their device, Dorothy, could change tornado science by raising warning times from three ...

An F5 tornado struck Oakfield, Wisconsin on July 18, 1996, causing an estimated $50 million in damage. The tornado damaged ...

Around 1,200 tornadoes occur on average in the United States each year and every one of them gets its own rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. More commonly known as the EF Scale, it organizes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Fortunately, tornadoes are rare in Michigan. Rarer yet are the strong to devastating ones that exceed ...

This is an F5 tornado, and it’s one of nature’s most destructive forces. Could you survive being sucked in? Yeah, imagine getting scooped up like a meat-puppet. Swirling like a ragdoll at over 480 ...

A destructive tornado struck part of Southeast Michigan 130 years ago this week, moving through parts of Oakland, Lapeer and Livingston counties. The tornado killed 47 people and left 100 injured, the ...

SPIRO, Okla. — It's been called the 'Forgotten Tornado.' Many in the Spiro community, however, have vivid memories of that March 26th afternoon. “My dad called, and I knew the sky was getting dark, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — As Storm Team 8 looks back on the 70th anniversary of the F5 tornado that hit Standale, we were curious if modern homes would be able to better withstand the wind if a ...

The rare F5 tornado damaged more than 100 buildings, with dozens destroyed beyond repair, all amounting to an estimated $50 million in damage.