Big stories need big space. Sometimes, newspapers spread out such articles over several pages, or “jumps,” in a single issue. At other times, we launch a series. Tornadoes are big stories. When it ...

The El Reno tornado, Joplin tornado and Tri-State tornado are among the biggest and most damaging twisters in U.S. history. Tornadoes can be more than a mile wide and have wind speeds greater than 300 ...

Last year was another busy one for tornadoes, which included the strongest to strike the United States since 2013. But where the tornadoes hit, and which states saw the most, shifted noticeably from ...