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TOLONO, Ill. (WCIA) – 50 years ago, a historic tornado outbreak began right here in Central Illinois. It was a warm and humid day on April 3rd, 1974. The air was ripe for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms with ample instability, wind shear and moisture needed for violent tornadoes. The first tornado of the day touched […]

April 1st marks the one year anniversary of one of Delaware’s most powerful tornadoes on record.

Friday marked 6 months since a rare summer EF-3 tornado tore through Nash and Edgecombe Counties, causing devastation in its path.

A terrifying tornado outbreak over the weekend that killed six people, injured dozens and left thousands without power made this the third consecutive December with a spate of deadly tornadoes.

A Clarksville young girl sings a Christmas carol before an uncommon audience of city officials as they tour tornado damage in her neighborhood.

When an EF3 tornado tore through north Naperville in June 2021, the city’s emergency preparedness was put to the test. Now, more than two years later, the city is working to address shortcomings of long-term disaster response plans made evident in the storm’s aftermath. In a memo to City Manager Doug Krieger this week, Naperville Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Dan Nelson and Deputy ...

On a typical summer day, Joe Zhou’s children would be running barefoot in their grassy Naperville back yard having water gun fights or playing games. But that was before an EF3 tornado struck the area near the Ranchview Drive and 75th Street on the city’s north side in June 2021, putting the yard off limits for any kind of use to ensure no one stepped on the glass, metal and other debris ...

(PROWERS COUNTY, Colo.) — Southern Colorado has only officially recorded three EF3 tornadoes since recent records began in 1995. The EF3 strength category is not easily, or commonly, achieved here in Colorado due to a number of meteorological reasons but every now and then the necessary parameters line up perfectly. This is exactly what happened […]

The state says families in Rocky Mount and Edgecombe County are not eligible for disaster relief money after the July 19 tornado.

Food Lion donating water, gift cards to Nash County neighbors impacted by EF-3 tornado