A strong thunderstorm birthed a rare tornado on Friday evening near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, close to the Shasta County border in Northern California, according to meteorologists.

California saw the first tornado of 2025 reported in the United States, after a whirlwind made landfall Friday evening in an ...

California saw the first tornado of 2025 reported in the United States, after a whirlwind made landfall Friday evening in an unpopulated area of Tehama County, ...

Tornado, California's first of 2025, touches down in North State after powerful storm. Story by Jessica Skropanic and James ...

California’s wild weather: Brush fires, flooding — even a tornado. More storms on the way Power lines damaged from a fallen tree are seen across Sylan Road in Monterey, Calif., on Saturday.

Tornado alley it's not, but a section of California was hit Saturday with a rare tornado that has been blamed for injuring five people and flipping vehicles as a storm moved across the state.

A tornado near a mall in central California swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital. In San Francisco, authorities issued the first-ever tornado warning.

A tornado touched down in the small northern California town of Scotts Valley on Dec. 14, injuring several people, overturning cars and knocking down power lines. San Francisco also issued its ...

A fire tornado was confirmed in the Loyalton Fire in California in 2020. A tornado was photographed inside a plume in Langdon, North Dakota on Oct. 24, 2011.