A local weather phenomenon holds that the 6,100-person town of Tonganoxie, Kansas, can weaken and divide thunderstorms and tornadoes. Experts are mixed on its existence — and what causes it — but ...

Two weak tornadoes struck the Kansas City area as a line of strong thunderstorms rumbled through the metro on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. Survey crews spent Wednesday examining ...

The six members of the Kansas congressional delegation urged President Donald Trump on Monday to approve the governor’s ...

The tornado hit Greensburg, at about 9:45 p.m. Friday evening. It was part of a thunderstorm that spawned at least two other tornadoes in Kansas, said Michael Lacy, a meteorologist at the National ...

Most of the confirmed tornadoes were rated as less-intense EF0, EF1 and EF2s on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. But 23 were classified as EF3 tornadoes, with wind speeds of 136-165 mph.

Officials say a tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and buildings, injured several people and left more than 15,000 people without power. In ...

At least 17 tornadoes were reported in seven states overnight into Tuesday morning. The twisters were reported in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee and South Dakota.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Authorities checking on a car stranded in a field Saturday morning found two people killed by a powerful storm that raked Kansas a day earlier with at least 17 tornadoes.

ANDOVER, Kan. -- A powerful tornado tore through the Wichita, Kansas, area Friday night, leveling dozens of structures in the city of Andover, according to officials, CNN reported.

Officials released footage of an EF3-rated tornado blasting an Andover, Kansas school. Thankfully, no students were inside Prairie Creek Elementary when the twister struck.

Tornadoes strafed the Kansas City metropolitan area straddling Kansas and Missouri Tuesday night, barely a week after a massive tornado ripped through the Missouri state capital of Jefferson City.