tornado

Jon Malnekoff’s home borders the golf course, and he said he’s positive the wind burst was a tornado.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

I learned the hard way how important one of these can be, when a two-minute cyclone tornado came ashore Long Island Sound a few years ago and hit a major transmission line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Eyewitness footage from the region captured the swirling vortex of the tornado looming in the horizon above houses and trees.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Marie-Helene Bouissac, the regional deputy prefect, said the tornado was "an exceptional and highly traumatic event".

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Of learning that she’s kept him from experiencing something, even if it is a tornado drill, just because she doesn’t believe in him.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Flooding, tornadoes, and destructive winds can threaten areas well inland, making it important for residents beyond coastal evacuation zones to understand their potential exposure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

There is also the potential for accompanying tornadoes, Melissa Watson, a Florida-based meteorologist at the National Weather Service told the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Earlier, residents of Kauai and Nihau were warned to watch for tornadoes -- though it was not immediately clear if these did in fact form.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Developers can’t protect assets from the most severe grade of tornadoes, but rely on the fact that the chances of one hitting any particular location is very low, according to Clark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Nobles’ sons are one of nature’s great destructive forces, like floods or tornadoes.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Meanwhile, on the walls are large sheets of colourful paper covered in swirled patterns, some like tornados or whirlpools.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025

When severe thunderstorms move in, tornados just drop from the sky and begin sucking up anything in their paths.

From Salon ● May 29, 2024

Warnings for strong thunderstorms, flash flooding and tornados have been given for the area.

From BBC ● May 28, 2024

Through the observation of minute wave dynamics on the superfluid's surface, the research team has shown that these quantum tornados mimic gravitational conditions near rotating black holes.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

Today me and Lloyd were a pair of whirlwinds – two tornados back and forth to the barn a dozen times before breakfast.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck