The chart above uses available NOAA data to show a meteoric rise in catastrophic events, largely due to severe storms like the ones currently hitting the South and Midwest. From 1980 to 2000, 96 ...

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. ( WKYT /Gray News) - A firefighter was killed while shielding his wife during an outbreak of tornadoes in Kentucky Friday night. Major Leslie Leatherman was responding to an ...

A Laurel County firefighter who spent nearly 40 years serving his community died Friday night while protecting others during the devastating tornado outbreak in southern Kentucky.

The EF-3 twister was part of a massive outbreak sequence on May 18 that also spawned tornadoes in Kentucky, killing at least 19 people in that state and leveling the small town of London, about 80 ...

A tornado tore through St. Louis on Friday, causing over $1.6 billion in damage and leaving at least five people dead.

Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighborhoods, still on edge Sunday for more severe weather ahead after storms that killed more than ...

Kentucky was hardest hit by last week's storms. A devastating tornado damaged hundreds of homes, tossed vehicles, left many ...

Residents in Kentucky and Missouri are assessing damage as more severe weather and potential tornadoes are forecast in the ...

Storm victims in Kentucky and Missouri are digging through tornado-stricken neighborhoods after severe weather swept through ...

Three tornadoes, with the strongest being an EF-1, struck Southeast Michigan, causing tree damage and affecting buildings.

The 2025 tornado season has hit hard, with severe storms sweeping through different parts of the United States in March and now April — leaving widespread destruction and casualties in their wake.

Fred Goossen, a Tuscaloosa News fine arts critic and composer, died as an indirect result of the April 27, 2011, tornado ... for 95.1% of this outbreak's casualties. The other 4.9% were deemed ...