Conceptual diagram of the influence of horizontal vortex tubes on tornado genesis and development during the intensification stage: (a) the effect of horizontal vortex tubes on tornado rotation; (b) ...

Tornadoes have caused severe disasters around the world, and have been one of the most violent and damaging natural hazards to human life and property. Experimental simulation of tornado-like vortices ...

Jet streams play a key role in how tornadoes are formed. When it comes to tornadoes, you’ve seen them, and you’ve seen what they can do. But do you really know how a tornado forms into that monstrous ...

The Deer Creek Fire created a pyro-vortex east of Moab, Utah, as it burned in mid-July. Credit: Jason Kirks/BLM Around 12:40 p.m. on July 12, firefighters on the Deer Creek Fire, east of Moab, Utah, ...

In 2023, a storm chase group was trapped inside of their Toyota Camry in the vortex of a killer tornado. But for the grace of God all survived, including Tanner Charles. Here he tells his story.