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An EF-4 multiple-vortex tornado rips through the heart of Tuscaloosa, Ala., leaving a path of destruction 80 miles long and clocking 190-mile-per-hour winds.

On November 17, 2013, an EF4 tornado struck the town of Washington, Illinois as part of a deadly tornado outbreak across the Midwest.

A shelter provides refuge from the storm until it becomes a trap; a grandmother who runs a daycare, saves herself and three toddlers by taking cover in a bathtub; a neighbor feels guilty for leaving a woman caught outside.

A single mother and her two sons get sucked into the vortex of a tornado and survive; a family from Mississippi learns that survival sometimes means needing help; preparation for a disaster means endurance for a community in Texas.

Mother risks her life to save her two children as her house is torn to pieces; family risks their lives to save their neighbors; mother and daughter learn the meaning of survival.

Strangers unite to survive a tornado; storm chasers rescue a family; friends become first responders to help a trapped family in their own home; injured toddler is saved by a police officer.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

A midday look at up-to-the-minute forecasts and weather stories from around the country.

A midday look at up-to-the-minute forecasts and weather stories from around the country.

A midday look at up-to-the-minute forecasts and weather stories from around the country.

A midday look at up-to-the-minute forecasts and weather stories from around the country.

Uncensored take on weather and storms from an expert trio as unpredictable as nature itself.

Uncensored take on weather and storms from an expert trio as unpredictable as nature itself.

Uncensored take on weather and storms from an expert trio as unpredictable as nature itself.

Uncensored take on weather and storms from an expert trio as unpredictable as nature itself.

In Arkansas, two storm chasers help warn people that a tornado is barrelling towards them, wreaking havoc on downtown Jonesboro and leaving a trail of destruction. In Idaho, a daredevil adventurer decides to swim beneath a frozen lake.

In Tennessee, a violent tornado touches down in downtown Nashville - interrupting a live news broadcast and raking through the city; at the Hamma Hamma Falls, a kayaker races to rescue his friend from a terrifying ordeal.

A violent tornado outbreak unleashes carnage on Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana; A Swedish snow mobile rider gets lost in the mountains during a nighttime adventure; A record-breaking super typhoon brings down the roof on a wedding in the Philippines.