Drone video shows Sulphur, Oklahoma, nearly unrecognizable after direct hit from tornado
A downtown stretch of an Oklahoma community was wiped out during a tornado outbreak on Saturday night.
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Omaha airport takes significant damage from EF-2 tornado
Several buildings at Omahaâs airport facility suffered significant damage as a tornado roared across the airfield Friday, but luckily no one was injured.
Violent, wedge-shaped tornado slams rural communities in Iowa: ‘Prayed everything would be OK’
The National Weather Service office in Omaha, Nebraska, issued a Tornado Emergency for communities in southwest Iowa on Friday. Storm chasers captured video of a large twister producing damage in the towns of Shelby and Minden in Iowa.
Neighborhoods around Omaha, Nebraska devastated by large tornado
A supercell that began southwest of Lincoln, Nebraska, crossed Interstate 80 and caused significant damage outside of Omaha, Nebraska on Friday. Over a dozen people were injured during the event, and the National Weather Service in Omaha declared a Tornado Emergency.
Michigan man convicted of diverting Platte River in national park
A man was convicted this week on two federal charges after he diverted the Platte River by hand through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan.
‘Good chance’ another arctic blast happens in February, polar vortex expert says
Don't "put a fork into winter" just yet warns a climate scientist, despite a little taste of spring this and next week after the deadly cold outbreak. Round 2 of winter could be on the horizon.
Great Lakes see feet of snow as lake-effect machine winds down
A surge of air over the still-warm Great Lakes fired up a widespread lake-effect snow event Friday and into the early weekend that brought inches to feet of new powder to downwind communities.
El Nino short term financial wins followed by losses in trillions
El Niño-spurred weather extremes take a toll not only on the U.S., but also on our wallets.
Atlantic hurricane season ranked 4th for most-named storms in a year despite El Nino
With 20 named storms this year, the Atlantic Ocean produced an above-average number of storms, NOAA announced on Tuesday.
US likely faces increasing wildfire risks as Americans build in fire-prone areas, study finds
The number of homes in wildfire-prone areas has doubled since the 1990s due to housing growth and an increase in burned areas, leaving many more families vulnerable to wildfires, a study published in the journal Science on Thursday found.