Friday, May 31, 1985, was a spring day like any other. Trees and flowers were in full bloom, Memorial Day weekend was in the rearview mirror, and most residents of Pennsylvania, Ohio and southern ...

Tornadoes are a relatively rare event. Only a tiny percentage of thunderstorms ever go on to produce a tornado. No two twisters are alike—and some of those storms are truly bizarre. From twin ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — On the evening of May 31, 1985, a series of large and deadly tornadoes swept across northeastern and central Ohio, leaving wide paths of destruction. Victoria Piasecka, a ...

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 ...

Big, strong, violent tornadoes don't happen that often around here. That all changed on May 31, 1985. At the time, the National Severe Storms Forecast Center noted that the atmosphere was ready for an ...

Two historic, extreme weather events separated by just over 100 miles happened on one July day in the upper Midwest. On July 18, 1996, 29 years ago this evening, a violent tornado roared through the ...