Two U.S. offices within the National Weather Service are suspending some of their weather balloon launches in the first changes to forecasting since reported layoffs within the agency.

AccuWeather forecasts severe weather to shift eastward, with the Mississippi and Tennessee valleys at higher risk for storms. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

A tornado rated EF-2 by the National Weather Service struck the north side of the Orlando metro area this morning, causing significant damage and debris.

A major cross-country storm is moving east, bringing thunderstorms to the South from Texas to New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day ...

Several power poles were snapped, roofs and outbuildings damaged, and trees uprooted as winds reached 105 mph in some places, according to a preliminary National Weather Service report.

Tornado and severe thunderstorm watches are issued by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The SPC typically issues an average of about 1,000 of these watches in the U.S. each year.

The tornado began near Clearwater, moved across North Tampa Bay, through Carrollwood, and Temple Terrace, and then headed east-northeast to Gibsonia, Loughman, Campbell City, and Merritt Island on the ...

The state even has a higher frequency of tornadoes per 10,000 square miles than any other state, including Oklahoma ... according to NOAA. The tornado began near Clearwater, moved across North ...

For each tornado ... by NOAA or a university, Grazulis is one of the world’s most knowledgeable experts on tornado climatology. Like the famed researcher Howard Bluestein (University of Oklahoma ...