Charles Bowen T.S. Eliot said April was the cruelest month, but in the United States, all of spring can be rather heartless.
Tornadoes tear up the MidWest.
Floods chase families from their homes along swollen mountain streams. Late-season killer frosts wreak havoc among fruit growers in the Southeast. Fortunately, the Web just keeps adding to our arsenal of online weather tools, some of them designed specifically for our coverage of storms and disasters. The Tornado Project Online was created by a small, Vermont-based company that has compiled an incredible dossier on the nation's tornadoes, from the big storms of the past to what's happening right now. It also explores tornado myths and oddities, collects human interest stories, and shares tips about tornado safety.