Destructive tornadoes have hit states such as Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana this season as activity shifts east.

Barely a month after a tornado killed 19 people and wrought havoc in London, the Kentucky basketball program visited to bring joy to the community.

Extreme weather seems to make the headlines almost every week, as disasters increasingly strike out of season, break records, and hit places they never have before. Decades of scientific research has ...

So far, 2025 has seen the second most tornadoes touched down in a year, tying a record with 2024 across the 58-county region; ...

Kentucky Senate leaders said they are prepared to convene for a special session whenever Governor Andy Beshear requests ...

Drone footage captured the scale of destruction on Wednesday, July 2, after a deadly tornado swept through rural parts of ...

With many lives lost and buildings destroyed, communities like Somerset are still rebuilding parts of their town.

A 2024 study on the National Land Cover Database (which is based on Landsat observations) has found that tornado damage to forests in the southeastern U.S. is on the rise, despite a slight decrease in ...

PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - The National Weather Service in Paducah released its tornado statistics for the year so far. According ...

SOMERSET, Ky. — During widespread severe weather across the Midwest, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic regions on May 16, 2025, a deadly tornado tore through three counties in southern Kentucky.

Bill Estep is retiring from the Lexington Herald-Leader after 40 years of covering Kentucky’s most important stories from ...

Recovery efforts are ongoing in Laurel and Pulaski counties after May's deadly tornado, leaving a trail of destruction that ...