GREENFIELD, Iowa – The town of Greenfield in southwestern Iowa was directly hit by a huge tornado on Tuesday as severe weather ripped across the Midwest. "It's not good. I can say that much ...

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The tornado killed 24 people as it tore a 1.3-mile ... cost $4,000 apiece — to reduce the death toll the next time a monster twister hits. More than 100 schools across the state — and many ...

Residents reported seeing twisters in Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. Those states and Alabama are under a tornado watch that is expected to last at least until the end of the day.

But she then heard a massive roar, she said, followed by a lightning strike that illuminated what she described as a "monster" of a tornado. "I've never seen one that violent or heard one just ...

Weighing only a half an ounce and not much bigger than a tall beer can, StreamSondes carry sensors to measure some of the ...