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Tornadoes are becoming more frequent in populated parts of the United States and are often occurring as damaging clusters — a development seen in recent deadly outbreaks from Alabama to Michigan.

Recent devastating tornado outbreaks in the Southeast and Midwest have been life-changing — and sometimes fatal — for those caught in the path of the storms. Scientists are concerned this is just the beginning of a trend in stronger outbreaks in the future due to a warming climate.

With at least 25 people dead in Mississippi, tornadoes that ravaged parts of the Deep South overnight were the deadliest in the state in more than a decade, according to National Weather Service records. By comparison, 31 people died in Mississippi in April 2011 during tornadoes that tore through several states, mostly in the southeastern […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Teams from the National Weather Service have confirmed 14 tornadoes in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi as they continue to survey the damage left behind after last week’s storm. Two of them were in Arkansas, including the one that devastated the city of Wynne and killed four people. That tornado was rated […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – President Joe Biden said he will travel to Mississippi to survey tornado damage following the devastating storms on Friday, March 24. The president made the announcement while visiting North Carolina on Tuesday. He did not reveal a timeline of his trip to Mississippi. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) continues to assess […]

Storms in parts of the southern Plains produced about two dozen small tornadoes but no reports of deaths or injuries, according to the National Weather Service, and more severe weather is possible Friday. Nearly 15 tornadoes were reported Thursday in northwestern Kansas, southwestern Nebraska and eastern Colorado, according to weather service meteorologist Ryan Husted in […]

The scope of the damage from the deadly tornado that hit communities along the Illinois and Indiana border Friday night is made even more visible from the air.

COVINGTON, Tenn. — Tipton County, Tennessee was struck by not one, but two tornadoes Friday night, county EMA Director Tommy Dunavant said Tuesday. The tornadoes damaged 540 structures, causing more than $37 million in damages, Dunavant said. The second tornado that hit the county, an EF-3 that was more than 3.5 miles wide, followed a […]

Severe weather in Missouri produced a tornado in the southeastern part of the state on Wednesday morning, resulting in uprooted trees, property loss and the tragic deaths of several residents.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A rare and powerful tornado sent residents of a coastal city in Virginia fleeing for cover over the weekend as it peeled roofs from buildings and pushed homes from their foundations. It was the most powerful tornado ever to hit Virginia Beach, Virginia, officials confirmed Monday. No one was reported […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A person has died after being hospitalized for injuries suffered during a vicious tornado that tore through Mississippi on March 24, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency announced Thursday. The agency did not release a name but said the person had lived in Sharkey County, an area hit hard by the tornado that lashed […]