WEATHER WEDNESDAY: How does a Tornado form?

Following last week’s three confirmed tornadoes, I figured we should continue the conversation for this week’s WEATHER ...

'Space tornadoes' could cause geomagnetic storms, but these phenomena aren't easy to study

Weather forecasting is a powerful tool. During hurricane season, for instance, meteorologists create computer simulations to ...
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Large tornado outbreaks are becoming more common. But it's unclear why

It's getting more common for a lot of tornadoes to form over a big area in a short period of time — such as the outbreak that killed dozens in Kentucky and Missouri. But the total number of tornadoes ...

First EF5 tornado to strike the US in over a decade just confirmed by experts

The most rare and extreme form of tornado struck eastern North Dakota in June, but experts just determined how strong it ...

‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study

Unprecedented simulations show the formation of space tornadoes capable of causing strong geomagnetic storms around Earth, ...