Tornado frequency plots in Illinois from 1950 to 2020 showed 64 percent of tornadoes occurred between April and June. April is the deadliest month with 97 reported deaths, mostly due to the 58 deaths ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tornadoes have been reported in southern and southeastern Illinois, mostly over open land but with some damage reported in Homer, Ill., southeast of Champaign. A tornado was reported ...

Damaging tornadoes can strike the U.S. any time of the year, but there’s a secondary peak season for severe weather - and ...

FAIRDALE, Ill. (AP) – A second woman from a tiny Illinois farming community has died, Gov. Bruce Rauner confirmed Friday, a day after tornadoes struck a six-county swath of the state, injuring about a ...

BELVIDERE, IL (KTRK) -- Months after 11 tornadoes killed two people and ripped through parts of Illinois, an uplifting story is coming out of the wreckage. While picking through debris near his ...

Tuesday will mark a somber anniversary, as 100 years have passed since the deadliest tornado in U.S. history devastated several states. On March 18, 1925, the “Tri-State Tornado” tore a path of ...

America has faced devastating tornadoes throughout its history. The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 remains the deadliest. Many of ...

Meteorologists said this week that a deadly tornado in North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to a top-of-the-scale EF5, and was the first on American soil in 12 years.

Residents in central Illinois on Sunday assessed the damage after rare December tornadoes, including one the day before that was a half-mile-wide, ripped roofs off homes in Taylorville, downed power ...

CHICAGO -- Two women were killed, 11 people were injured and dozens of homes were destroyed when a tornado touched down in the small town of Fairdale, Ill. One of the injured remains hospitalized in ...

Over 60 tornadoes have hit Arkansas so far in 2025, the latest of which left a trail of damage over the weekend.