• Large Guadalupe River flood wave prompts Flash Flood Emergency after confirmed EF1 tornado in San Antonio, Texas

    ByRishav Kothari

    A large flood wave moved downstream along the Guadalupe River through the Texas Hill Country on July 16, 2026, prompting a Flash Flood Emergency from Center Point to Bergheim as emergency crews expanded rescues across south-central and western Texas. The event followed a preliminary EF1 tornado confirmed in northwest San Antonio on July 15, but the main active hazard had shifted to life-threatening flash flooding across the Guadalupe basin and Uvalde County.

  • EF2 tornado injures two, damages homes near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

    ByRishav Kothari

    Two people were injured after an EF2 tornado swept through the Detroit Lakes area of Becker County, Minnesota, on July 6, 2026, according to a National Weather Service damage survey. Survey teams estimated peak winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) and significant damage along the twister’s path.

  • ‘Historically rare’ tornado strikes Huanggang, causing extensive urban damage in Hubei Province, China

    ByReet Kaur

    A rare tornado struck the urban area of Huanggang, Hubei Province, between 20:10–20:30 LT on July 6, 2026, causing widespread destruction across residential neighborhoods, industrial facilities, and logistics parks. Huanggang’s on-site command headquarters said the tornado produced winds exceeding Force 15 on the Chinese wind scale during what it described as a historically rare event for the city. Still preliminary numbers mention up to 12 fatalities and hundreds injured.

  • Large wedge tornado strikes the Huanggang–Ezhou area in China’s Hubei Province, causing extensive damage

    ByReet Kaur

    A large wedge tornado struck the Huanggang–Ezhou area of Hubei Province, China, on July 6, 2026, during severe thunderstorms associated with the remnants of Typhoon Maysak. Numerous videos and photographs shared on Chinese social media appear to show a large condensation funnel moving through urban areas, while unconfirmed reports claim widespread damage, at least two fatalities, and hundreds of injuries.

  • Rare tornado injures six and damages infrastructure in Thoothukudi district, India

    ByReet Kaur

    A rare rotating vortex damaged structures and injured six people near Vaagaikulam in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district on June 21, 2026, after severe thunderstorms tore roofing sheets from a mini theme park and sent debris into nearby power infrastructure. The injured visitors, who were bathing beneath artificial waterfalls when the structure failed, suffered fractures and were admitted to Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital. Videos of the vortex circulated widely on social media, prompting tornado reports, although subsequent meteorological assessments described the phenomenon as a localized convective vortex rather than a confirmed tornado.

  • Tornado damages retirement community in Newburgh during severe weather outbreak across Illinois and Indiana

    ByRishav Kothari

    A tornado damaged the Park Place Apartments retirement community in Newburgh, Indiana, on June 21, 2026, as severe weather moved across portions of Illinois and Indiana.Among the hardest-hit locations was Newburgh, Indiana, where a tornado damaged part of a retirement community. The Storm Prediction Center received 37 tornado reports during the outbreak, while emergency crews responded to structural damage, downed trees, and transportation disruptions.

  • NWS confirms EF3 tornado in Effingham County, seven tornadoes confirmed across central Illinois

    ByRishav Kothari

    The National Weather Service (NWS) Central Illinois office confirmed seven tornadoes across central Illinois following severe thunderstorms on June 17, 2026, including an EF3 tornado with peak winds of 241 km/h (150 mph) that tracked 42.2 km (26.2 miles) through Effingham County and injured two people. The surveys documented tornadoes affecting portions of Effingham, Jasper, Coles, Menard, Sangamon, Christian, Macon, Shelby, and Moultrie counties.