Storm chasers were recently left stunned by an awe-inspiring weather event in Texas that would have caused many to run for ...
The tornado raced across southern Iowa at nearly 45 mph, shredding wind turbines like string cheese. In the town of Greenfield, it overturned cars and ripped homes from their foundations, leaving ...
If you’ve ever watched Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel, this beast might look familiar. It’s the second iteration of the Tornado Intercept Vehicle (TIV), based on a Dodge Ram 3500 which ...
Storm chasers and their pursuit of tornadoes caught the public's imagination in 1996, with the release of Hollywood blockbuster "Twister". Its sequel, the imaginatively named "Twisters", opens for ...
Storm chasers tend to put this down to one event: the release of the film Twister in 1996. The film, starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, profiles a team of principled but poorly-funded tornado ...
Sending an instrument-laden rocket into a tornado is quite a few notches past ... [ChasinSpin] and [ReedTimmer] are experienced storm chasers, and have a small fleet of purpose-built armored ...
Sean finally gives the reigns to his meteorologist-navigator Matt Hughes, who leads the team to their best tornado intercept ever. Then triumph turns to tragedy as Storm Chasers loses one of its own.