Tornadoes on the outer edges of a typhoon's spiral rain bands are a severe convective weather phenomenon that occurs on the periphery of tropical cyclone systems. Compared to the core region near the ...

Tornadoes have caused severe disasters around the world, and have been one of the most violent and damaging natural hazards to human life and property. Experimental simulation of tornado-like vortices ...

UPDATE (8:20 a.m. 5/25/11)The death toll has risen to 13 across the region with eight people killed in Oklahoma, two in Kansas and three in Arkansas, reports the Associated Press. Rescue crews worked ...

A tornado touched down near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued warnings as the storm moved across the area. Weather officials confirmed a multi-vortex tornado in ...

The Deer Creek Fire created a pyro-vortex east of Moab, Utah, as it burned in mid-July. Credit: Jason Kirks/BLM Around 12:40 p.m. on July 12, firefighters on the Deer Creek Fire, east of Moab, Utah, ...

Vortex dynamics in cylindrical containers encapsulate a range of complex fluid behaviours driven by rotational motion. In these geometries, the interplay between centrifugal forces and viscous effects ...

Conceptual diagram of the influence of horizontal vortex tubes on tornado genesis and development during the intensification stage: (a) the effect of horizontal vortex tubes on tornado rotation; (b) ...