"When a tornado crashes through Kansas City, Dorothy and her dog Toto are whisked far away, over the rainbow, to a strange land called Oz. How will they ever get home? And what is at the end of the yellow brick road? Plucky Dorothy and Toto embark on a magical adventure to search for the Wizard of Oz and along the way encounter new friends: the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion. In the Backstory you can take the quiz and find out how...

An introduction to tornadoes explains how they form, the scale used for classifying them, and what to do when a tornado approaches.

A young boy struggles to survive during the 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri.

Baseball-size hail, violent winds, and churning tornadoes make supercells deadly, and when William Brody was a boy, his father a legendary storm-chaser was killed by one. Now, the family business belongs to Zane Rogers, a reckless tour operator who sees dollar signs where others see storm clouds. When his destiny arrives in the form of one of the most powerful storms on record, William leaves his mom and home behind to team up with his father's ex-partner,...

An introduction to the storms sometimes known as twisters, including how and where they occur, the damage they can do, and some of the worst tornadoes in recorded history.

Describes the different types of tornadoes.

Introduces tornadoes, describing how they are formed, when they occur, how they are measured, the types of damage they cause, and improvements that have been made in predicting them.

Describes the causes, different parts, and movements of tornadoes, discusses how they are tracked and studied by scientists, and suggests science projects and related activities.

Discusses tornadoes, how they form, and the damage they can do.

Discusses the nature and origins of tornadoes, where they occur, and how to prepare for one, as well as particularly bad ones in the past.