It is this stretching and squeezing of the rising rotating column of air that scientists believe leads to the development of tornadoes, but the exact mechanism is still not fully understood. This ...

Not everything with spinning winds on the Canadian Prairies is a tornado. From dust devils to cold-core funnel clouds, here are some mimics.

A new large-scale Ward-type tornado simulator has been built at Central South University in 2023. Stationary tornado-like vortices are generated and tested to explore the characteristics of the ...