Recovery efforts continue in McNairy County, where five people were killed in an EF-3 tornado two weeks ago. “Our phones ...

Many National Weather Service offices have seen staff reductions of 20% to 40%, limiting forecasting ability, especially in ...

An EF-3 tornado ran through Selmer, Tennessee, on April 3, 2025. The aftermath of the tornado caused four deaths in Selmer, ...

The tornado − an EF-3 with 160 mph winds − had taken the house, which had been perched in downtown Selmer, a community of 4,500 people in West Tennessee's McNairy County. The house had ...

Then the sky lit up real bright with lightning and that is when I saw the tornado,” said Selmer firefighter Willie H. Tapp.

The tornado that tore through McNairy County in West Tennessee in early April caused an estimated $30.3 million in damage.

Less than three weeks after a major outbreak, another rash of tornadoes tore across parts of the South and Midwest in early ...