Drone footage captured the scale of destruction on Wednesday, July 2, after a deadly tornado swept through rural parts of ...

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said Tuesday, the death toll from the tornadoes has not risen from 74, and more than 100 people are still unaccounted for. "We expect that this death toll will ...

WKYT Meteorologist Alexa Minton spoke with one first responder from Laurel County whose whole life was turned upside down ...

Scientists say a new epicenter is forming for the deadliest storm zone in the U.S. Here’s where people are now most at risk ...

The longest single-track tornado traveled an extraordinary 219 miles across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana – the "tri-state" tornado of March 18, 1925 – and killed 695 people, injuring thousands.

Kentucky tornado ratings The National Weather Service is also working to assign "ratings," a designation on a scale of 0 to 5 based on "estimated wind speeds and related damage," to each tornado.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Following a weekend of atypical Christmas celebrations, residents in Western Kentucky areas ravaged by tornadoes nearly two weeks ago try to pick up the pieces of their lives.

At least 32 people were killed in Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia after storms and tornadoes tore through the region as part of an extreme weather outbreak on May 16, "leaving behind a trail of ...

Follow Sunday's live updates here. The death toll from tornadoes and severe storms that hit several states Friday and early Saturday was at least 70, with Kentucky the hardest hit.

Communities in east Kentucky, including those impacted by heavy storm damage May 16, are under a tornado watch from now until 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — At least five Kentuckians are dead and tens of thousands are without power after a tornado-producing storm tore through the Commonwealth Sunday afternoon and evening.