he National Weather Service explains tornadoes are violently rotating columns of air that extend from the base of a thunderstorm down to the ground. Tornadoes are capable of completely destroying well ...

Spring can bring a dramatic ramp-up of severe weather across the U.S. As the atmosphere warms up after winter, spring can bring a dramatic ramp-up of severe weather across the southern and central U.S ...

The strength of a tornado is measured by the damage that it causes. This is done using the Enhanced Fujita Scale, a modernized version of a system created by Dr. T. Theodore Fujita in the 1970s.

ABC7 Eyewitness News presents a First Alert Weather Special: "Surviving The Storm" ABC7 Eyewitness News presents a First Alert Weather Special: "Surviving The Storm" ABC7 Eyewitness News presents a ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Community members gathered Thursday evening in Fort Pierce for WPTV's Hurricane Preparedness Day, determined not to be caught off guard as they were during last year's devastating ...

LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) — Debby Mettler was in her Largo, Florida home on Wednesday when a tornado hit. She said it looked like any normal day before the storm hit. “It was sunny, it was nice out. You know ...

A Florida woman is speaking out after she survived an EF-1 tornado that lifted her house off its foundation while she was inside. Deborah Mettler, 76, described the ordeal to ABC affiliate WFTS-TV in ...

When a tornado touched down in Bowling Green in the middle of the night, its violence was centered on a friendly subdivision, where everyone waved at each other and giggling children spent afternoons ...