ATLANTA — April doesn’t just bring spring showers—it also typically kicks off height of tornado season. There are several ingredients that tend to come together this time of year that make it prime ...

After a powerful storm tears through a community, a few big questions often follow: Was it really a tornado? And if so, how strong was it? That answer doesn't come instantly. Instead, meteorologists ...

Storm-chasing for science can be exciting and stressful – we know, because we do it. It has also been essential for developing today's understanding of how tornadoes form and how they behave. In 1996 ...

In this video I show how I make a simple tornado tube using two plastic bottles, water, and a small connector. I walk through filling the bottle, attaching the second one, and then flipping and ...