Nov 26, 2024 · Tornadoes are generally classified as either a land spout (a tornado on land), a water spout (a tornado that forms over water) or a gustnado (a small tornado caused by a strong downburst of wind ...

May 20, 2013 · There were only 72 tornadoes nationwide in April, 70 percent below the 10 year average, according to the Weather Channel. But within in the last week, tornado outbreaks have been erupting from ...

Dec 2, 2013 · Paul Markowski, professor of meteorology at Penn State University, was a leader of the recent Second Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX2) and 2013 recipient of ...

May 2, 2024 · Thankfully, the tornadoes mostly traveled over farmland, according to recent updates issued by Tillman County Emergency Management on Facebook. There have been no injuries, deaths or extensive ...

Nov 26, 2024 · In recent decades, documented instances in Australia include a 2013 tornado that crossed north-east Victoria and traveled up to the New South Wales border. It brought winds between 155 to 186 ...

Jun 4, 2013 · The fatal tornado that struck near El Reno, Okla., last Friday (May 31) has been upgraded to an EF5 strength and was a width of 2.6 miles, the widest ever. Here's what allowed it to get so big.

Aug 2, 2023 · A tornado formed over Iceland's newborn volcano. (Image credit: Martin Sanchez (screenshot from YouTube)) Iceland's newborn volcano is announcing its arrival with a bang, spewing out methane ...

Jun 16, 2011 · This year's season has seen historic killer tornadoes, including an EF-5 storm on the tornado damage scale that killed 151 people in Joplin, Mo., in May. That storm was a month after the other ...

Apr 28, 2011 · The record for most tornadoes in any month (since modern tornado record-keeping began in 1950) was set in May 2003, with 543 tornadoes. That easily broke the old mark of 399, set in June 1992.

Mar 23, 2023 · A 2013 study in the journal Solar Origins of Space Weather and Space Climate notes that solar tornadoes are typically 15,500 to 62,000 miles (25,000 to 100,000 km) tall, which would appear tiny ...