Storms leave path of destruction in Missouri, Illinois

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) -- A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the entertainment resort town of Branson and laying waste to small towns in Illinois and Kansas.

Why does my town always (or never) get hit?

In spring of my senior year in college I joined a few other meteorology students in skipping class to go storm chasing.

Hey look at that tornado / waterspout / landspout

Look up there in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a tornado-water-land-spout?