Tornado News

A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes , including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City.

A large tornado was spotted near Wichita Mid-Continent Airport shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday as part of a fast-moving storm, according to the National Weather Service.

A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service said.

Authorities say a tornado has touched down in Wichita, Kan., but emergency officials say there are no injuries or fatalities.

Sunday evening, the National Weather Service placed the Shawnee County area and much of the northeastern part of the state in a severe weather warning.

The Storm Predication Center in Norman, OK, has placed the entire Kansas City area in a moderate risk for severe weather Sunday.

A thank you message to volunteers hangs on a fence at a home in Joplin, Mo., on May 14, nearly two years after a deadly tornado ravaged the area on May 19, 2011.

After an unusually quiet U.S. spring tornado season through the first half of May, it is trying to make up for lost time with multiple outbreaks of tornadoes possible through Tuesday.

Buckets and bowls are stacked in a corner of Ron and Linda Potwin's living room, ready to catch rainwater from a leaking roof.

A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal.

The threat for severe weather will continue this weekend. This next round of severe weather comes in the wake of storms on Friday which produced at least 10 tornadoes in the Plains.

Bruises and cuts covered Christy Green's face, and a deep red gash stretched across her forehead.

A young boy roller bladed past a damaged tree in the 3000 block of Logan Avenue North in 2012, a year after a tornado struck north Minneapolis.

Rain showers benefit Montana agriculture, but severe weather is another story. Storms should not be taken lightly, as some North Texan residents learned first hand Wednesday evening.

The edge of a storm system brings high winds and heavy rain, forcing some motorists to pull over near Sterling, in southeast Nebraska on April 14, 2012.

The National Weather Service, in a survey released Saturday, says all tornadoes had winds of 90 mph to 100 mph.

Northwestern Oklahoma, including the Woodward area, faces the greatest threat late Saturday.

With at least 10 tornadoes ripping through North Texas in one night this week - leveling neighborhoods, killing six and injuring dozens - it might be tempting to call the twisters yet another instance of climate-fueled weather.

A possible tornado as it crossed U.S. 31 near Athens this afternoon, May 17, 2013.

The chance of severe weather could cause problems in downtown Tulsa while Mayfest and the Blue Dome Arts Festival are both going on.