One state's earliest known most violent tornado carved through a town, including a college campus in an era decades before the first tornado warning was issued. On June 17, 1882, 143 years ago today, ...

The weather forecast for Will County called for thunderstorms on Aug. 28, 1990. No advanced tornado warnings or watches were issued. Then, an F5 twister tore into parts of Oswego, Crest Hill, Joliet ...

It has been a stormy start to June across the central United States, and one of the strongest storms of the week spawned a large tornado on Thursday afternoon that stunned storm chasers on the ground ...

On this date in history: In 1703, Czar Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg as the new capital of Russia. In 1930, Richard Gurley Drew received a patent for his adhesive tape, which was later ...

F5 tornado raked through two northern Illinois counties on the far southwestern edge of Chicagoland. The twister tore a 16-mile path through parts of the towns of Plainfield and Crystal Lawns that ...

A "radar confirmed" tornado with a debris signature was confirmed in Holden, near Worcester, StormTeam 5's A.J. Burnett and David Williams say.

We haven't seen much severe weather recently in the U.S., but the country hasn't been nearly that fortunate in past Augusts. On Aug. 28, 1990, 35 years ago today, an F5 tornado raked through two ...