tornadoes

Pfizer had said most of the tornado damage was to a storage facility, rather than its medicine production area.

Weymouth is one of four towns across the state that got hit by a tornado in this storm, with the National Weather Service confirming an EF-1 touched down there. Another was confirmed in North Attleboro and Mansfield, and an EF-0 touched down in Stoughton.

Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts saw strong thunderstorms early Friday, prompting severe weather and tornado warnings in parts of New England.

Thursday evening: Cloudy, east-southeast wind, temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70. Thursday night: Cloudy, humid, few showers/downpours. Lows near 70. Friday: First Alert: Showers and storms through the day. Highs around 80. Saturday: Mostly sunny, mostly dry with a few pop up showers possible. Highs in the upper 70s.

Thursday was another cloudy and cooler day, but some scattered showers and storms develop in the afternoon in western New England, though most of us enjoy many hours of dry weather, too. Some sun breaks out between the stubborn clouds and highs climb to the mid and upper 70s.  Across the South Coast, Cape and Islands, we will see...

Thursday evening: Cloudy, ESE wind temps in the upper 60s to near 70. Overnight: Cloudy, humid, few showers/downpours. Lows near 70. Friday: First Alert: Showers & storms through the day. Highs around 80. Saturday: Mostly sunny, mostly dry with a few pop up showers possible. Highs in the upper 70s.

Fire whirls, or firenados, form during wildfires and are quite a sight to see. Here’s what you need to know.

The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting hundreds of flights.

Video posted to social media showed two funnel cloud formations at the same time near Elgin, Illinois.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Brant Miller explains the reason for the flurry of severe weather including multiple tornados on Wednesday.

Cleanup efforts continued Friday after severe storms — including some that produced tornadoes — tore across a swath of Southern states, killing at least five people as they destroyed hundreds of homes, tossed vehicles into buildings and left hundreds of thousands without electricity.

Tornado Alley is expanding due to a warmer climate.

At least 10 people were also hospitalized.

Officials estimate 50 to 100 homes were damaged in Virginia Beach after a tornado swept through the area

Helicopter video from NBC affiliate KFOR of Oklahoma City showed destroyed homes in and around Cole, Oklahoma, after a tornado on Wednesday night.

Strong storms including tornadoes, winds and hail have moved through parts of the Central U.S., killing at least three people, causing injuries, destroying homes and leaving thousands without power.

A severe storm ripped through parts of Louisville, Kentucky, triggering what officials think were multiple tornadoes.

Authorities say five people were killed when a tornado tore through an area of rural southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday. The twister caused significant destruction in and around the small communities of Glen Allen and Grassy, about 50 miles south of St. Louis. The tornado was spawned by a large storm system moving through the Midwest and South. That...

Residents across a wide swath of the U.S. are racing to assess the destruction from fierce storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes from the South and the Midwest into the Northeast.

With tornadoes hitting the Midwest and the South, some survivors say that they emerged from their homes to find buildings ripped apart, vehicles tossed around like toys, shattered glass and felled trees.