A tornado that touched down in El Reno, Oklahoma, on May 31, 2013, measured 2.6 miles wide at one point, easily breaking the record for the widest tornado ever observed.

“It is by far the most ambitious, largest tornado study that has ever happened,” Wurman says. “There is no comparison with any previous tornado project, really.” Named Vortex2 , it is funded by the ...

Ever wonder how big tornadoes can get? Today, we're comparing the scale of the largest tornadoes ever to carve their way across Earth. Including one that caused nearly $1 Billion in damages. And ...

Oklahoma earlier this week became witness to the state's biggest November tornado since reliable records began in 1950. Nov. 11, 2011, 1:49 PM EST / Source : OurAmazingPlanet By Brett Israel ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirms it: The tornado that hit near El Reno, Okla., on May 31 was the largest one ever recorded in the United States. At its maximum, the ...

The solar tornado emerged near the sun's north pole on March 15 and continued to grow and shape-shift until it finally dissipated on March 18, when the fiery twister "overtorqued itself" and spit ...

Holly Bailey tracks the story of massive, destructive tornadoes that struck Oklahoma in recent years. ... ‘The Mercy of the Sky,’ an Oklahoma town and the biggest tornadoes ever.

Purdue University researchers could improve tornado warnings and unveil trends in their occurrences as part of the largest tornado and storm field study in history. A project led by Jeff Trapp, an ...