The National Weather Service says winds blowing as strong as 110 mph are responsible for storm damage in the southwestern Alabama town of Atmore. Two stores were badly damaged when a storm moved through Sunday morning. Falling trees damaged two …
Meteorologists in the Midwest took to social media on Friday to quell rumors that a winter storm expected to move into the region next week could dump up to 30 inches of snow in some areas. The National Weather Service’s …
A winter storm that’s expected bring more than a foot of snow to parts of New England and blizzard conditions to Long Island has grounded more than 1,000 flights on the first work day of the New Year. Boston may …
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service say preliminary surveys show at least 11 tornadoes touched down in Illinois during Sunday’s storms. Crews surveying damage reported five tornadoes in central Illinois, three in northern Illinois, two in southwestern Illinois and a …
National Weather Service says a tornado that struck the central Illinois community of Washington had winds between 170 and 190 miles per hour. The meteorologists say Monday that the storm had a preliminary rating of an EF-4. The Tazewell County …
The National Weather Service has recognized Terrebonne Parish as fully equipped to respond to a natural disaster. Ken Graham, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Slidell, tells The Courier the agency awarded Terrebonne with the StormReady certification. …
The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in northern New Jersey during the height of Monday’s severe storms. Meteorologists say the relatively weak EF-1 tornado hit Paramus in central Bergen County shortly before 3:20 p.m. The weather …
The National Weather Service says it’s officially rating a deadly tornado that struck part of Oklahoma on May 31 as an EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Forecasters previously gave the twister a preliminary top-of-the-scale EF5 rating after analysis showed …
It’s been five years since a tornado tore through 11 communities in New Hampshire, killing one person and damaging more than 200 homes in the state. The National Weather Service said the tornado on July 24, 2008, set a record …
NOAA’s National Weather Service has discovered that 64 percent of lightning deaths since 2006 occurred while people were participating in leisure activities, with fishing topping the list at 26 deaths. John Jensenius, a lightning safety specialist with the National Weather …