May in the central and Southern Plains is a notoriously volatile month for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, as recent history has illustrated. On May 20, 2013, 12 years ago today, a supercell thunderstorm spawned an intense tornado that tore a 14-mile ...

MOORE, Okla. — Tuesday marks 12 years since an EF-5 tornado hit Moore, taking 24 lives and injuring more than 200. On May 20, 2013, a tornado, which was over a mile wide, touched down in Newcastle and stayed on the ground for over 17 miles through a ...

The athletes have spoken. Moore, Oklahoma, will rebuild. On Monday night, just hours after a massive tornado leveled much of the city, members of the West Virginia University baseball team - in town for this week's Big 12 Tournament - had purchased some 20 shopping carts' worth of clothing and supplies.

A tornado destroyed two elementary schools in May. Students arrive for the first day of school for Plaza Towers Elementary school in their temporary location at Central Jr. High school in Moore, Okla., Aug. 16, 2013. Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo Aug. 16,2013&#151 ...

Right now the death toll from the massive tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma on May 20 seems—thankfully—to be less than first thought. City officials now say that 24 people have been confirmed dead, down from 51 people last night, due to double counting ...

Unlike climate change itself, there is legitimate debate on the role warmer temperatures may have played in events like Monday's tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Was the massive storm an inevitable side effect of higher atmospheric temperatures, or was it ...

MOORE, Okla. -- It's been one year since a massive tornado ravaged the town of Moore, Oklahoma. The twister flattened 1,100 homes in its 17-mile path, killing two dozen people. The residents of Moore are rebuilding the city, including an elementary school ...

Jason Owen walks past an open door as he helps his mother to salvage items from her uncle's home after it was almost destroyed by a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, May 23, 2013. The tornado was the strongest in the United States in nearly two years and cut a ...