Weather News

A multiple-day severe weather and "generational" flash flooding threat is pummeling the Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi Valleys with an onslaught of tornadoes, damaging winds and forecasts of more than a foot of rain, promising to push multiple rivers into major flood stage.

The small Tennessee town of Selmer awoke on Thursday to scenes of utter devastation, the aftermath of a brutal tornado that pulverized homes into piles of debris.

The first round of hurricane-season predictions is out. The buzz has been muted because they are all relatively tame compared to recent years. The key issue to understand is called forcing. If the whole tropical Atlantic from Africa to Florida is extra warm, the number of storms and especially the number of hurricanes is "forced" higher by the extra energy in the water.

Leading hurricane researchers have a sobering outlook for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season that could see the fury of storms exceeding typical levels.

Just after 9 p.m., an alleged tornado touched down just west of the Indianapolis metro area, hitting the Sur La Table Warehouse in Brownsburg.

A powerful tornado touched down in northeastern Arkansas on Wednesday, prompting the issuance of an urgent Tornado Emergency as the supercell passed through communities such as Lake City and Blytheville.

Emergency crews rushed to Potosi, Missouri, after at least one tornado swept through the area on Wednesday, causing significant damage outside of St. Louis.

Weather disasters outside of the traditional "Tornado Alley" are driving residents in emerging threat zones to invest in tornado shelters, according to weather preparedness advocates and those in the private business sector.

About 100 names of tropical storms and hurricanes have been retired from future use in the Atlantic Ocean, and now Beryl, Helene and Milton join them.