tornado

These numbers are shocking compared to last year - and the year before.

From severe storms in the summer to massive snowstorms in the winter, we know a thing or two.

On April 14, 1886, a devastating "cyclone" tore through St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids, and Rice, killing 72 people and injuring 213. It's still remembered as Minnesota's deadliest tornado.

I bet you haven't seen this video! Nearly 40 years ago a tornado popped up out without warning. Miraculously, the tornado was caught on camera by a news chopper.

This Thursday, Minnesota will host a statewide tornado drill at 1:45 PM and 6:45 PM, helping communities enhance their emergency preparedness during Severe Weather Awareness Week.

The city of Melrose withstood a confirmed EF-1 tornado on Saturday August 3 with damage to portions of the town. The tornado was on the ground for a short period of time from 8:10 - 8:16 p.m. Melrose Mayor Joe Finken joined me on WJON. He explained the tornado had sustained winds of 95 miles per hour which came from the north and moved southeast.

The video is only 23 seconds long but it shattered my heart to watch it.

According to Tim Johnson, the man who submitted the video, the funnel cloud had started as a wall cloud, and formed into a funnel.

Did you know one of the worst tornadoes in Minnesota history was here in Sauk Rapids? It leveled the entire booming city, leaving death and destruction in it's path.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado watch for much of Central Minnesota until 2:00 a.m.

A friend of mine lives in Hutchinson, Minnesota, where they just got nailed with hail and high winds from a March 6th thunderstorm that rolled through there.

Video footage is starting to surface from the tornado that ripped through Litchfield and Watkins last night. It's heartbreaking to see the damage it's doing in the video.