Strong winds, humid air led to active severe weather season in Upper Midwest

Then in June, a combination of warm, humid air and strong winds led to a derecho — a long duration damaging wind storm on on ...
Detroit Free Press

Did a tornado really hit Tempe?

A powerful microburst, not a tornado, caused significant damage in Tempe on Oct. 13. The storm was part of the remnants of Hurricane Priscilla affecting the Phoenix area. Microbursts are sudden, ...
San Antonio Current

Speedy Sparks, bassist for Texas Tornados, other San Antonio music icons, has died

Speedy Sparks (second from left in the rear) performed with legendary musicians, including the Texas Tornados. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Texas Tornados Speedy Sparks, a bassist who played with Lone ...
Yahoo

Bemidji State grads return to campus for Alumni Leaders in the Classroom event

returned to campus on Friday to tell their stories and offer advice to current students as part of the Alumni Leaders in the Classroom series. Broken out into four sessions throughout the morning into ...
inforum

Over 100 school board members urge Minnesota leaders to comply with federal transgender athlete policy

Pressure from the public mounts as the state approaches a Friday deadline to comply with the federal government’s policy to bar transgender athletes from girls' sports. President Donald Trump signs ...
KCCI Des Moines

EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation's first in 12 years

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph, the strongest classification of tornado and the first confirmed on ...
WAFB

NWS confirms tornadoes in Tangipahoa Parish

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The National Weather Service confirmed three tornado touchdowns in Tangipahoa Parish after completing a damage survey on Monday. No injuries or major damage were reported as ...
Valley News Live

A look at the damage from the first EF-5 tornado in the U.S. since 2013

ENDERLIN, N.D. (Valley News Live) - It’s been nearly four months since devastation hit Enderlin, North Dakota, with the biggest weather event of the summer. “It’s one thing to be looking at a radar, ...
WWLTV

3 tornadoes confirmed in Tangipahoa Parish amid severe weather

TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. — Three tornadoes touched down in Tangipahoa Parish early Monday morning as strong storms moved through the area, the National Weather Service confirmed. A band of supercells ...
CBS News

The U.S.'s strongest tornado in 12 years hit North Dakota in June, National Weather Service says

A deadly tornado that ripped through a rural city in North Dakota in June has been upgraded to an EF-5, the National Weather Service said Monday, marking the first U.S. twister with an EF-5 rating in ...
PBS

Weather service upgrades deadly tornado in North Dakota to an EF5, the nation’s first in 12 years

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first on ...