With Wednesday's tornado warning taking many in the city by surprise, school and city officials - not to mention eager weather-watchers - turned to Twitter and Facebook to spread the word.

Windsor 'Significant damage': Tornado researchers outline 9-km downburst path near Chatham, Ont. May 16 storm touched down around 2:15 a.m., south of the city ...

On this day in 1948 near Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, a big storm was brewing. Only days before, the base had been hit by an unexpected tornado, which caused over $10 million in damage. The ...

But in 1887, the Signal Corps banned the use of the word “tornado” in weather reports. The reason, if there was one, appears to be lost to time.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Emergency management officials on Friday told News 8 damage assessments over the next 3-4 days will help determine what services are needed in tornado-ravaged areas.

It happened May 16 around 2:15 a.m., according to NTP radar, and resulted in intermittent damage across an area of approximately nine kilometres long.

A downburst near Chatham, Ont., early Friday struck several barns, farm buildings, hydro poles and trees, according to researchers, causing "significant damage."Western University's Northern Tornadoes ...