Mesovortices are small, intense areas of rotation that can spin inside or around the eye of a powerful hurricane, creating extreme wind and tornadoes after landfall.

Nearly 900 tornadoes have torn through more than 30 states so far this year, killing dozens of people, shredding buildings and landscapes across big chunks of the Eastern U.S., and costing billions.

Videos of Torch Lake's tornado in northwest Michigan are circulating online. See what weather officials say and a video of the entrancing spout.

Wednesday's EF-0 tornado in Macomb County, Michigan, resulted in a tornado warning, but it was in a location not covered by an existing National Weather Service tornado watch. The CBS Detroit NEXT ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Following Monday’s three confirmed tornadoes, it’s only appropriate that for this week’s WEATHER WEDNESDAY we explore the difference between a Tornado Watch and Tornado Warning ...

In this short NASA documentary, storm researcher Tim Samaras describes how satellite imaging can help predict tornadoes. Because it's unclear exactly how various weather conditions come together to ...

A "rare" tornado likely ripped through Melbourne's western suburbs during a ferocious storm yesterday, the Bureau of ...

The warning had been issued for Berkshire County. "The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning ...

On Friday at 5:38 p.m. an updated tornado watch was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until Saturday at midnight for Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. A ...