Madill, Oklahoma resident Pecos Hank captured close-up footage of a massive tornado as it tore through his town.
For one family in Mpumalanga, who shot the footage in Panbult, between Ermelo and Piet Retief on Friday, it was a terrifying ordeal.
A second tornado has struck the province, this time in Bergville, although there is still some debate around whether it can be labelled as such.
Residents of the Mshwati district were hit hard by a tunnel of wind that tore through the area, ripping up trees and destroying property.
Chances are you’ll never have to drive through the middle of a tornado, but over in the US it’s a different story. Cue fear and panic.
Severe winds struck the Vaal Marina area yesterday afternoon, leaving more than 300 people displaced and over 50 injured. Many were quick to call it a ‘tornado’.
Our #DikWednesday storm wreaked havoc in areas like Sea Point, but I don’t remember it moving cars around. These New York tornadoes don’t mess around.
The international lawnmower legend struck again this past weekend, paying respect to the image that made him famous back in June.
A photograph of a South African man mowing his lawn in Canada, as a tornado twists menacingly behind him, has gone viral. You need to see it.
It seems unimaginable that we are writing about tornadoes wreaking havoc in Gauteng, but yesterday all hell broke loose as the twister went rogue.
It’s freezing right across the country at present, although up near Jozi things have really escalated. We kid you not, it’s a full-blown tornado.
Reed Timmer has a reputation as something of a madman, although even by his standards this footage is off the charts.
Whilst watching Helen Hunt run through a crop field might be entertainment, I doubt it’s much fun when you’re the one living it in real life.
Tornados are no joke. Luckily we can’t say we get to experience many of them down here at the tip of Africa, but when it does happen, it should be news! Check it out…
What with it being storm season in Oklahoma, storm chasers are dotted around the area hoping to nab footage of monster twisters. Here’s a video of one storm chasing team who got way, way too close.
These Google images show Moore captured on 29 April 2013, before the tornado struck, and 22 May 2013, two days after the deadly tornado moved through the suburb.
Take a look at this crazy footage of flying debris and horror – incredible visuals you have never seen before.
Barbara Garcia was sitting on a stool in her bathroom, holding her dog when 350 kilometre per hour winds ripped her house down. During an interview with a local news agency following the disaster, a camera crew member noticed movement in the rubble behind Barbara.
This is devastating footage as a tornado flattens schools, homes and hospitals. The tornado swept through the town of Moore, a suburb outside of Oklahoma City. The worst affected suburb by far.
In a game of one-upmanship with itself, nature was apparently unsatisfied with the destructive force of an ordinary tornado so it decided to up the ante and add some fire, the result: a “fire devil”.
Yesterday, between six and 12 tornadoes hit Dallas County, Texas, throughout the day. That estimate alone is enough reason to rejoice that twisters are not a regular phenomenon in South Africa. Add to the equation that they’re powerful enough to fling 18-wheeler trucks like toys, and you’ve got a legitimate reason to break into song and dance down the main street.
Tornadoes are just fascinating, aren’t they? So much force and destructive power wrapped up in a crazy cone of wind. In the last few days, the southern states of the USA have been hit by a spate of storms which have given birth to deadly tornadoes. Check out this video, captured by CCTV cameras from inside Lambert Airport, in St Louis.