
Tornado Facts: Causes, Formation & Seeking Shelter | Live Science
Apr 19, 2016 · Measuring a tornado Tornados were once ranked by wind speed on the Fujita scale. It was upgraded to the Enhanced Fujita scale in 2007 and ranges from EF0 to EF5. An EF0 tornado …
Tornadoes - Tornado Facts, Pictures and Articles | Live Science
Jun 19, 2025 · Read the latest news and articles about tornadoes. Tornadoes are the most powerful, unpredictable and destructive weather systems on Earth.
'More people are in harm's way': Tornadoes are shifting east of …
Mar 17, 2025 · A string of deadly tornadoes, violent dust storms and fast-moving wildfires ripped across several midwestern and southern U.S. states over the weekend, leaving at least 42 people dead, …
'Take shelter!': Tornado strikes Florida's Seminole County, destroying ...
Mar 11, 2025 · A tornado hit central Florida on Monday, destroying two homes, uprooting trees and disrupting a FOX TV show as it was tracking the storm live on air.
How Do Hurricanes Spawn Tornadoes? - Live Science
Sep 10, 2017 · Hurricanes that make landfall often spawn tornadoes, adding to their destructive power. Here's how tropical storms and hurricanes can create tornadoes.
Whirling Flames: How Fire Tornadoes Work - Live Science
May 16, 2014 · California's wildfires have spawned a number of dramatic fire whirls, also known as fire devils, fire tornadoes or "firenadoes." What is a fire tornado, and how dangerous are they?
Jaw-dropping photo captures solar tornado and gigantic plasma …
Aug 20, 2025 · There's a giant solar tornado raging on the sun's surface, and a researcher captured it — plus a massive plasma eruption — in one spectacular image.
Where and What is Tornado Alley? Tornado Alley Facts | Live Science
Dec 19, 2012 · Tornado Alley is term that it is typically used to describe a wide swath of tornado-prone areas between the Rocky Mountains and Appalachian Mountains that frequently experience …
Gigantic 'solar tornado' taller than 14 Earths raged for 3 days. What ...
Mar 23, 2023 · A massive solar tornado recently towered over the sun's north pole for three days. The plasma twister was created by a rapidly rotating magnetic field.
Massive Martian 'dust devil' filmed by NASA's ... - Live Science
Oct 3, 2023 · The Perseverance rover has captured footage of an unusually large twister, or "dust devil," moving across the Martian landscape. Based on images of the swirling storm, researchers estimate …