2025 has seen more of the supercell variety, producing those higher-end tornadoes. The state’s most violent twister occurred during May. Joplin, Missouri’s EF5 tornado decimated the city and killed ...

Joplin Tornado of 2011. Image via Unsplash On May 22, 2011, an EF5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, leaving a trail of catastrophic damage. Over 158 people lost their lives, thousands were displaced, ...

In today’s modern rate, it would have been about a billion dollars worth of damage. At the time, it was the costliest tornado in history. Now it’s the Joplin tornado, which caused $3 billion worth of ...

April was a busy month for tornadoes in Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas ... May 22, 2011, in Joplin; May 22, 2019, in Briarbrook/Jasper County. But this year, the storms spun earlier.

A storm chaser caught a tornado whipping past his truck. Meteorologist Jock Williams said he encountered a rain-wrapped ...

the EF Scale rates tornadoes by the damage they cause, helping meteorologists and emergency responders understand a storm’s true strength. The scale ranges from EF0 to EF5: EF0 (65–85 mph ...

GREENE COUNTY, Mo. — A sixth tornado has been confirmed from Tuesday, April 29’s severe weather. The tornado happened in northern Greene County. According to a National Weather Service (NWS ...

MISSOURI (KFVS) - Governor Mike Kehoe requested a major disaster declaration in response to severe storms, tornadoes and flooding in Missouri from March 30 to April 8. He requested federal ...

A presentation by the Joplin Sports Authority and consideration of a $750,000 agreement and purchase order for work on a portion of the city’s wastewater collection system are on the agenda for ...

Missouri’s voter-approved paid sick leave law officially went into effect Thursday, allowing thousands of qualified employees to begin accruing paid time off. “No Missourian should have to cho ...

It travelled about six kilometres, mostly through fields, but caused significant damage in the community of Elie, about 45 kilometres west of Winnipeg. It remains the only EF5 tornado ever recorded in ...