In this short NASA documentary, storm researcher Tim Samaras describes how satellite imaging can help predict tornadoes. Because it's unclear exactly how various weather conditions come together to ...

Nicholas Snider talks with an expert about how they form and what impacts the strength and intensity of tornadoes.

Soon after a stunning tornado touched down south of North Platte, Nebraska, storm chasers hailed it as “the tornado of the year” — a photogenic funnel that dazzled onlookers for 45 minutes but ...

Tornadoes are complex and tough to predict but this short documentary from NASA is a good introduction to how they work. Researcher Tim Samaras explains how different weather systems collide across ...

Lou White, a Facebook follower of mine in Kentucky, asked me about tornado debris in his home county. That county is Leslie County, Kentucky, which borders with the far southwest corner of Virginia.