Tornadoes and violent storms are sweeping across the Midwest and South. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Tornadoes are rapidly rotating columns of air that form from a rotating thunderstorm. Our peak tornado season across north ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Multiple tornadoes touched down in Mississippi and Georgia during severe storms on Friday and Saturday, causing damage in their path, according to the National Weather Service. Severe ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Torrential rains inundated the California coast on Christmas Eve, sparking numerous flash flood and even short-lived tornado ...

A flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Los Angeles-Oxnard at 1:09 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 26. This warning applies to Ventura County. The NWS warns: "Turn around, don't drown ...

Torrential rains inundated the California coast on Christmas Eve, sparking numerous flash flood and even short-lived tornado warnings, turning roads into rivers and sending debris cascading down ...

Another powerful storm is now sweeping across California, bringing heavy rain and high winds to the Bay Area in the early hours of Christmas Day. A flash flood warning is in effect in San Francisco.

A flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Los Angeles-Oxnard at 4:02 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 24. This warning applies to Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. The NWS warns: ...