Severe Weather
May 9 – May 18, 2026 Updated May 18
Every published chapter of The Fold's coverage of Severe Weather, in one place — oldest to newest, updated as the story develops.
Oklahoma braces for tornadoes as Mississippi tallies 500-home toll from Wednesday outbreak
The Storm Prediction Center on Saturday morning placed a wide swathe of western and central Oklahoma under an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms, with very large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes possible. Mississippi continued to take stock of damage from the May 6 outbreak, in which fourteen confirmed tornadoes damaged about five hundred homes across five counties.
Rare high-end tornado threat builds over central Plains after destructive weekend
Forecasters issued an unusual high-end warning for parts of Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri on Monday, cautioning that supercell storms could produce intense, long-track tornadoes. The alert followed a weekend outbreak that damaged homes and prompted basement rescues across the central United States.