A tornado, given the highest rating of EF-5, leveled Moore, Okla., on Monday, injuring 237 people.
Nearly the same setup for tornadoes that focused on Oklahoma Monday is targeting north central Texas Tuesday afternoon.
Severe storms, some capable of producing tornadoes, will threaten communities across northeastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana and Arkansas into Tuesday night.
The same storm system responsible for producing violent thunderstorms in Oklahoma recently will reach the Atlantic Seaboard Thursday.
While additional strong thunderstorms will roll through through portions of tornado-ravaged Oklahoma Tuesday, the risk of tornadoes has diminished.
The atmospheric severe weather engine began firing on all cylinders this past weekend and reached full speed Monday over Oklahoma.
Preliminary reports are calling it an EF-4 tornado that has caused numerous fatalities and injuries in Moore, Okla.
Several tornadoes touched down from Oklahoma to Iowa, including near Wichita, Kan., and Oklahoma City, on Sunday.
Rising temperatures and humidity across the mid-Atlantic will have it feeling like the end of June.
Heavy rain returning to the northern Plains will generate a renewed flood threat for the Red River.
Tornadoes broke out from Texas to Missouri on Monday with a deadly tornado moving through the town of Moore, Okla.
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Kansas City, KS (1957)
Forty-five people killed and millions of dollars
in damage by tornadoes.
Texas County, OK (1937)
Severe dust storm called "Black Blizzard" visibility
near zero for 10 minutes.
Texas County, OK (1937)
Severe dust storm called "Black Blizzard" visibility
near zero for 10 minutes.