Above: Damage from an F4 tornado that tore through the heart of Omaha, Nebraska, on Easter Sunday 1913 (March 23). It was part of the worst tornado outbreak on record for eastern Nebraska and ...

Since Los Angeles’ unprecedented January firestorms, the Eaton and Palisades fires have consumed nearly 40,000 acres of homes, businesses and landmarks in Altadena and Pacific Palisades and have ...

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“but then the tornado aspect or the high winds add the risk of wind damage.” The formation of the fire tornadoes, which Urban called fire whirls, illustrates the sheer intensity and danger of ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means ...

While it may take months to fully assess the property damage, inspections are already underway. Preliminary maps from Los Angeles County are now available, showing building-by-building damage ...

The tornado had maximum winds of 84 mph and had a damage path of just under 2.5 miles. A new mobile home sustained minor damage where the tornado touched down. Along the damage path, the worst ...

AccuWeather's preliminary calculations estimate the current damage and economic impact between ... Los Angeles has been hit by a rare fire tornado as the Palisades blaze continues to spread ...

Sunday morning, the El Dorado County Roads Maintenance Division announced that a crash had damaged Mt. Murphy Bridge. The crash caused visible damage to the bridge's wooden railing. Due to the ...

A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire ...

A Reno convenience store owner is speaking out after he said he was shot during an attempted robbery on Saturday night. Surveillance footage from Veno's Mart on Grove Street from 8:30 p.m. on Jan ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A strong earthquake drove frightened residents of El Salvador’s capital into the streets Thursday morning, but there was no immediate report of damage or deaths.