SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) — Three tornadoes ripped through Virginia on Monday, with one hop-scotching across the southeastern part of the state and leaving behind a 25-mile trail of smashed homes, tossed cars and more than 200 injured residents.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Swarms of tornadoes killed at least 10 people across the Midwest, shut down the University of Kansas and damaged so much of Springfield on Monday that the mayor said "every square inch'' of town suffered some effects.
Harold Brooks, head of the Mesoscale Applications Group at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla., explains.
Fayetteville, AK - Tornadoes have a reputation for being unpredictable. However, the pattern of destruction that occurs when a tornado interacts with a building is predictable, and that makes it preventable, according to University of Arkansas researcher Panneer Selvam.