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  • Alabama begins to recover after Thursday's tornadoes
    Alabama is beginning to recover after Thursday's tornadoes. A National Weather Service official says a twister carved a 50- mile path across the state.
  • This May 3, 1999, funnel became the F-5 storm that damaged thousands of buildings in central Okahoma. University of Oklahoma storm chasers and observers are anticipating the annual tornado season as it approaches the central part of the country.
    Tornado Tech: What If Dorothy Had A Smartphone?
    Forecasters are looking to next-generation technologies to get the word out to the public about tornado dangers. Programmable weather radios and apps that use GPS data are giving alerts on much smaller geographical areas where bad weather is expected.
  • Tornado Hits Wichita's Ailing Aviation Industry
    Over the weekend, tornadoes ripped through several states, killing at least five people in Oklahoma and causing millions in damage to communities. Among the hardest hit areas was Wichita, Kan., which has seen its share of hardship over the past several years.
  • Milton resident Danielle Rowlett picked through belongings in a recreational vehicle she lived in before the tornado flipped it over and pushed it down an embankment.
    Tornado destroys dozens of homes in Milton, Kentucky
    Dozens of homes were destroyed in the town of Milton, Kentucky, after a tornado hit Thursday afternoon.
  • Tornadoes Outside Dallas 'Indescribable,' Mayor Says
    Steve Inskeep talks to the mayor of Lancaster, Texas, Marcus E. Knight, about Tuesday's storms. Officials have identified some 300 buildings damaged in the southern Dallas suburb. The last time a bad tornado ripped through the community was 1994, but Knight says this time, it's worse.
  • The damage after severe storms and tornadoes in Iowa
    Several people were killed in Greenfield, Iowa, a town about 55 miles southwest of Des Moines. Severe storms and tornadoes devastated areas in the Midwest on Tuesday.
  • Players, coaches and parents collected donations Wednesday in Oklahoma city for the Angle Family, who lost their daughter Sydney, and their home, in the tornado. Sydney was No. 35 on a softball team called 'Bring It'.
    Funerals Begin In Tornado-Ravaged Moore, Okla.
    Among the first to be remembered is 9-year-old Antonia Candelaria, one of 7 children killed at their elementary school. She and her best friend, Emily Conatzer, were holding on to each other when they both died.
  • More Storms, Tornadoes Batter Parts Of Oklahoma
    Still recovering from the devastating tornado two weeks ago, parts of Okalahoma were struck again with intense storms and tornadoes Friday night. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with Kurt Gwartney of member station KGOU about the lastest there.
  • Storms Threaten Great Plains With Hail, Tornadoes
    Major storms have reached a swath of the Great Plains from Oklahoma City up through central Kansas and into Nebraska. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz speaks with Chance Hayes, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Wichita, Kansas.
  • Oklahoma Town Faced Demolition Before Tornado
    Damage estimates in Picher, Okla., where deadly tornadoes struck over the weekend, are complicated by the fact that much of the former lead-mining town was already scheduled for demolition because of ecological concerns.
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