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60-Year Data: Tornadoes a Major Threat Beyond 'Tornado Alley'

"Tornado Alley," the Southern Plains, has earned its infamous reputation for being the most tornado-prone region in the world. From a climate perspective, though, the tornado threat is relatively high across much of the United States. The recently updated severe report database of the government's Storm Prediction Center,...

Business Is Booming for Tornado Safaris

Jay Barnes / F5! Tornado Chasing Safaris

(Sept. 26) -- The high plains of Oklahoma have never been a tourist destination. But what they lack in sweet sand beaches, bass fishing or mountaintop lodges, they make up for in something no place else in the world can offer in quite the same way: twisters. Over the past decade, a growing number of companies have been...

Confirmed: Rare East Coast Tornado Touched Down in New Jersey

(Sept. 17) -- At least one of the powerful storms that swept through parts of the East Coast was a tornado, the National Weather Service has confirmed. A small twister ripped through parts of southern New Jersey on Thursday evening, traveling at 90 mph and knocking down trees in its path, according to a report in the...

Tornado Time: A Dangerous Season

(March 16) -- After a winter that was unusually harsh in many parts of the country, most people are happy to bid the cold season goodbye. But spring brings its own perils, the most dangerous of which are tornadoes. The year is off to a quiet start as far as tornadoes are concerned, but that may not last long. On March 8,...