On the morning of May 11, 1970, skies darkened over Lubbock and winds began to rise, setting the stage for the kind of storm many in Tornado Alley pray never comes their way. By late that Monday evening, dozens of tornadoes had touched down across the ...

SO TRUE. PREPARATION IS KEY TO SAFETY. WE HEAR ABOUT TORNADOES RATED ON A SCALE EF ZERO TO EF FIVE, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY EXPLAINS. WITH SEVERE WEATHER SEASON HERE, AND ESPECIALLY WITH AS AN ACTIVE ...

With a wind speed of up to 80 mph, a brief tornado traveled for about one-third of a mile in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood on L.A.'s Eastside, just after 10 a.m.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — When a tornado tears through an area, the main question after the fact is, “How strong was it?” That’s where the Enhanced Fujita Scale, more commonly known as the EF scale, comes into play. The EF scale is the scale that ...

The article Tornado Hit LA Amid Torrential Rainstorm, Officials Confirm: Report appeared first on Los Angeles Patch. LOS ANGELES, CA — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a weak tornado occurred in Los Angeles on Christmas Day, according to a report.