A mile-wide tornado that ultimately damaged or destroyed 12.5 percent of the city moves across Tuscaloosa on April 27, 2011, as captured by former News photographer Michelle Lepianka Carter.

From the moment a mile-wide tornado destroyed 13% of the city on April 27, 2011, the Tuscaloosa News has been reporting on the deadly storm and its aftermath. Here’s an example of our past ...

Fred Goossen, a Tuscaloosa News fine arts critic and composer, died as an indirect result of the April 27, 2011, tornado. Goossen suffered a stroke after frantically searching for his wife ...

Texas has seen fewer tornadoes in 2025 than in 2024, but the season is still active. Seeking shelter under an overpass during a tornado is dangerous, and finding a ditch or low-lying area is safer.

SO TRUE. PREPARATION IS KEY TO SAFETY. WE HEAR ABOUT TORNADOES RATED ON A SCALE EF ZERO TO EF FIVE, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY EXPLAINS.

A slow-moving, active storm system brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left three people dead as severe weather warnings Sunday continue to threaten ...

DALLAS — The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed 10 tornadoes touched down across North Texas on Saturday. Officials are still surveying storm damage in North Texas, and the total number of ...

ADA, Okla. – A Central Oklahoma community still recovering from an EF-1 tornado in March found itself the target of another natural disaster this weekend. The latest tornado comes as Ada was ...

Two people died after their vehicle was trapped in floodwaters and one person was killed in a tornado, officials said. Severe weather threatened parts of Arkansas and Missouri on Sunday.

A senior at North Star High School has plenty to be proud of this week, as his artwork will soon be hanging inside the U.S. Capitol building. Nebraska Congressman Mike Flood responded to reports ...

Severe storms capable of producing baseball-sized hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes are possible this week across Texas, including Midland-Odessa, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Lubbock.