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 ...

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.

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. The most ...

The Kansas City area faces a weekend double-whammy as blistering heat gives way to powerful storms that could bring flooding ...

A Kansas City man died Sunday morning when severe storms hit Shenandoah, bringing strong winds that toppled a shed onto his tent.

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 ...

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.

And you can mail a donation to Joplin Tornado Relief, The Salvation Army, 3637 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. 64111 To Help and Find Relatives ABC News affiliate KMBC.com contributed to this article.

A Kansas City man was killed during Sunday morning's severe weather in Iowa, officials said. Around 4 a.m., officers ...

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.

A Kansas City man was killed during Sunday morning's severe weather in Iowa, officials said. Around 4 a.m., officers ...