he National Weather Service explains tornadoes are violently rotating columns of air that extend from the base of a thunderstorm down to the ground. Tornadoes are capable of completely destroying well ...

The strength of a tornado is measured by the damage that it causes. This is done using the Enhanced Fujita Scale, a modernized version of a system created by Dr. T. Theodore Fujita in the 1970s.

I found myself directly in the path of a tornado, and nothing could have prepared me for the chaos that followed. The sky ...

Survivors think a tornado is not likely to hurt them in the future, study says. March 7, 2013 — -- Jerry Suls had just walked out of a restaurant with a friend from out of town when the visitor ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Community members gathered Thursday evening in Fort Pierce for WPTV's Hurricane Preparedness Day, determined not to be caught off guard as they were during last year's devastating ...

ABC7 Eyewitness News presents a First Alert Weather Special: "Surviving The Storm" ABC7 Eyewitness News presents a First Alert Weather Special: "Surviving The Storm" ABC7 Eyewitness News presents a ...

A Florida woman is speaking out after she survived an EF-1 tornado that lifted her house off its foundation while she was inside. Deborah Mettler, 76, described the ordeal to ABC affiliate WFTS-TV in ...

LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) — Debby Mettler was in her Largo, Florida home on Wednesday when a tornado hit. She said it looked like any normal day before the storm hit. “It was sunny, it was nice out. You know ...