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A quickly-spreading wildfire, fueled by powerful winds, has forced the urgent evacuation of the entire town of Velma, in ...

A cross-country storm is strengthening as it moves over the central United States Friday and pounding the region with ...

The threat of tornadoes moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, a day after a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that ...

Tornadoes can (and have) hit every U.S. state, but the area nicknamed Tornado Alley is probably where your mind goes when you ...

High winds, blowing dust and red flag warning storm has left more than 50,000 without power across Lubbock, Amarillo areas.

A huge storm system crossing the U.S. threatens to unleash tornadoes Friday in the Mississippi Valley, blizzards in the ...

In some extreme cases, thunderstorms can spawn a derecho, a long-lived windstorm with gusts over 100 mph, strong enough to ...

The state is coming off a busy spring severe storm season in 2024, but how will things look in March, April and May of 2025?

Severe weather tore across the South Tuesday with power outages, damage to homes and businesses, flight delays and a ...

S​enior meteorologists Jonathan Erdman and Dina Knightly contributed to this article.A​ mixed bag of dangerous weather ripped across the South Tuesday, bringing storms and tornadoes from Oklahoma and ...