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The tornado is part of a system of severe weather threatening some 57 million Americans, while extreme heat puts more than 100 million Americans at risk. A powerful tornado ripped through central North Carolina for more than a dozen miles on Wednesday, destroying homes and injuring residents, according to officials. The National Weather Service said early Thursday that a preliminary damage survey indicates the tornado was an EF3, with peak winds up to 150 miles per hour. It's the first EF3 tornado ever observed in central North Carolina in the month of July and the strongest twister for this time of year on record in the state. The National Weather Service currently uses the Enhanced Fujita scale to rate tornado intensity based on wind speeds and the severity of the damage caused. The scale has six intensity categories from zero to five (EF0, EF1, EF2, EF3, EF4 and EF5), representing increasing wind speeds and degrees of damage. There is also an unknown category (EFU) for tornado ...

Severe weather is possible for 16 million Americans across the Southern U.S. from Texas to South Carolina on Tuesday. Severe weather is possible for 16 million Americans across the Southern U.S. from Texas to South Carolina on Tuesday. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for parts of eastern Texas and northern Louisiana-- from Tyler, Texas to Shreveport, Louisiana, through 6 p.m., local time on Tuesday -- mainly for large hail and strong winds, according to experts. Areas from Jackson, Mississippi, to Dothan, Alabama, are facing the highest threat of very large hail and damaging winds, with a low chance of tornadoes in the area, according to meteorologists. MORE: Video Severe weather to hit most of the country Meteorologists said the stationary front will bring another round of severe storms from Louisiana to Georgia. In addition to severe weather , temperatures are expected to hit triple digits in Texas this week, as a heat wave envelops part of the state. A heat advisory has bee...

Severe weather caused significant damage across southeast Texas on Tuesday, as dangerous tornadoes were confirmed. Severe weather caused significant damage across southeast Texas on Tuesday, as dangerous tornadoes were confirmed. A "large and destructive" tornado was confirmed moving over Deer Park, in the Houston metro region, around 2:30 p.m. local time, the National Weather Service said. In this screen grab from a video, power lines are down in Deer Park, Texas after a storm, on Jan. 24, 2023. @CowboyAstronut/Twitter The agency later warned of a "large and extremely dangerous tornado" that was confirmed over Pinehurst, near the Texas-Louisiana border, around 4:30 p.m. Several communities in the Houston region were conducting rescues and surveying damage as the storm moved through the area. In this screen grab from a video, power lines are down in Deer Park, Texas after a storm, on Jan. 24, 2023. @CowboyAstronut/Twitter Pasadena officials said 911 call centers...

At least 23 people have died from the cold, wintry weather that's wreaking havoc across the U.S. over Christmas weekend. At least 23 people have died from the wintry weather wreaking havoc across the U.S. over Christmas weekend . The highest number of fatalities are in upstate Erie County, New York, which encompasses Buffalo, where seven deaths were reported. "This will go down in History as the most devastating storm" in Buffalo, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said at a Christmas morning news conference. MORE: How to stay safe in cold as frigid temperatures hit The "colossal" snow storm brought winds of nearly 80 mph, the governor said. Buffalo initiated a Travel ban as blizzard conditions moved in. "I cannot overstate how dangerous the conditions still are," Hochul said Sunday, urging people to stay off the roads on Christmas. Hoak's restaurant is covered in ice from the spray of Lake Erie waves during a winter storm in Hamburg, New York, Dec. 24,...