In the lab in Worcester, researchers have created small fire tornadoes by putting up walls around a fire or arranging a bunch of little fires that together restrict airflow. But that’s on a much ...

The deadliest tornado to ever hit New England was the Worcester tornado on June 9, 1953. A total of 94 people were killed and over 1,200 people were injured. Adam Strzempko is a meteorologist who ...

LATE in the afternoon of June 9, 1953, Worcester was bringing to a close ... nature wrapped all its fury into one cataclysmic vortex. A tornado was born. Like . . . Dr. Ward and I are indebted ...

Like the famed researcher Howard Bluestein (University of Oklahoma), Grazulis was profoundly influenced in childhood by his proximity to the disastrous Worcester, Massachusetts, tornado of June 9 ...

Violent tornadoes and high winds flattened homes, wiped out schools and toppled trailers as a storm that killed at least 35 ...

IN the late afternoon of June 9, 1953, a tornado unexpectedly struck a section of Worcester County, Massachusetts, and in about twenty minutes created a major disaster. The problems that arose as ...

Tornado warnings were issued in the Carolinas, Florida and Virginia on Wednesday. On Tuesday, high winds forced some changes to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, which moved up and shortened the two ...

Forecasters say a colossal storm could bring heavy winds, flooding, blizzard conditions and tornadoes to some parts of the country.