AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 12-year “drought” of EF5 tornadoes has ended, after the National Weather Service upgraded a tornado in North Dakota to EF5 status. The tornado touched down near Enderlin, North ...

While the state does not grapple with hurricanes or coastal flooding, its vulnerability to tornadoes, hailstorms, and severe weather has kept insurance premiums elevated. According to newly released ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The inaugural Kansas Honey Festival kicked off this year at Old Prairie Town park in Topeka. 65-year-old furloughed by government shutdown: 'I could lose the house. I could lose my car ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - The Kansas Highway Patrol says agency helicopters will be conducting flight operations over Topeka and Wichita on Friday. The agency said the purpose of the operations are to ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Bill Kurtis skyrocketed from Topeka to Chicago to the CBS Network and beyond, thanks to the 1966 Topeka tornado. Kurtis delivered the iconic warning on WIBW-TV that night: “For ...

We haven't seen much severe weather recently in the U.S., but the country hasn't been nearly that fortunate in past Augusts. On Aug. 28, 1990, 35 years ago today, an F5 tornado raked through two ...

A mural on the side of a building that houses Tonganoxie's municipal courts and council chambers proclaims "Welcome to Tonganoxie." Rita Bennett remembers the day a twister ripped through Topeka like ...

A local weather phenomenon holds that the 6,100-person town of Tonganoxie, Kansas, can weaken and divide thunderstorms and tornadoes. Experts are mixed on its existence — and what causes it — but ...

Editor’s Note: The Topeka Police Department clarified the incident was not vandalism; the headline has been updated to reflect the change. TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Topeka Transgender House was seriously ...

It’s shaping up to be a stormy Friday night in Kansas City, with multiple weather hazards possible, including heavy rains, strong winds and maybe even a tornado, according to the National Weather ...