When Jonathan Byler Dann emerged from the shelter of his basement on Sunday along with his wife and four young kids, he found his Washington, Illinois, home had been completely destroyed.

The Oklahoman newspaper reporter accused of taking upskirt creepshots of schoolgirls at a high school graduation was convicted of burglarizing a woman's home to steal her thong underwear in 2003.

The Oklahoman newspaper reporter who wrote heartbreaking stories of families torn apart by the Moore tornado has been arrested for allegedly taking upskirt pictures of high school girls at the devastated town's graduation ceremony.

On Monday, a man living in Oklahoma decided to be a pal and help out a friend who was moving. This is a saintly act. Moving sucks. While hauling stuff from one place to the next, the men were surprised to encounter a serious tornado on I-44.

If our planet's increasingly extreme weather isn't caused by man-made climate change, then it stands to reason that it's actually caused by man-made supervillains using government technology to take American Freedoms with superstorms like Monday's mile-wide monster tornadoes.

WSB reporter Ross Cavitt captured this video of a tornado touching down in Adairsville, Ga. Wednesday. The tornado was a part of a string of storms moving across the southern part of the country.

Al Roker tweeted this video of a possible tornado in Queens' Breezy Point.

There are multiple tornadoes on the ground in the Dallas area right now, and one has already caused significant damage after ripping through an entire tractor trailer parking lot. The video above, from CNN's broadcast, clearly shows a number of 18-wheelers being picked up hundreds of feet in the air.

Residents of Springfield, Massachusetts were left dumbfounded Wednesday after a tornado ripped through the area, leaving four dead. After watching this video—taken from atop a building as the giant storm formed in the water below—it's not hard to understand why those in the twister's wake were so frightened. [via …

Being from New Jersey, I didn't even know waterspouts existed until today, and now, having seen this footage — captured from a helicopter by Australia's Channel 7 news — I don't think I'm ever going to go out onto the ocean again. These reportedly reached 2,000 feet, though they never touched land.

The confirmed death toll from Sunday's devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri, stands at 116 as of early Tuesday. The storm at times had winds of 190 to 198 miles per hour, officials told the AP, and was three-quaretrs of a mile wide. And, the same area of Missouri could get hit again later today:

First the good news: A miracle zero deaths have been reporting following the tornado that tore through Bridgeton, a densely populated suburb of St. Louis, on Friday night, passing directly through the airport. Sadly, though, 750 homes were damaged, with 100 of those destroyed entirely. But still! No casualties, and…

Last week, a massive tornado ripped through Jackson, Mississippi. For victim Eric Hubbard, it wasn't the fact that the storm had put a tree through his living room or destroyed his car that pissed him off—it was the fact the tornado stole a hamburger right from his hands. [via Eater]

A large tornado swept through the west Iowa town of Mapleton yesterday, damaging up to 60 percent of the buildings. Nobody was hurt. Looks pretty terrifying! In other news, we counted no less than five branded storm chasing outfits that were on-scene and uploaded video to YouTube.These guys are everywhere.

[Herb Aric takes his normal seat at a park in Queens to read his book this afternoon. He doesn't care that yesterday's tornado toppled a giant tree on his bench. Only in New York, kids! Image via AP]

A tornado touched down this evening, causing widespread reports of destruction on Twitter. (And, reportedly, some destruction in Brooklyn.) Scary! Let's survey the damage.