People in Georgia and Alabama were given minutes to get to shelter after a possible tornado was spotted in the area. On Monday, the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Tallahassee, Florida, issued a special weather warning to alert people in three counties they needed to seek cover immediately as radar captured rotation from a storm capable of creating a tornado.

The National Weather Service late Sunday issued a tornado warning for parts of central Ohio as a storm front came through.

Radar confirmed a tornado was spotted in Livingston Parish early Monday morning, March 31, as severe weather moved through Louisiana and Mississippi.

A meteorologist has told Newsweek cuts overseen by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could make it harder for the National Weather Service (NWS) to accurately issue tornado watches in advance of twisters striking.

The national weather service issues watches and warnings for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. What's worse? What do they mean?

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fired hundreds of employees at the end of February, including meteorologists. Experts and scientists expressed concern that these cuts will affect forecasting systems’ reliability and accuracy.

A tornado warning was issued in Macon-Bibb County around 2:20 p.m., according to the county’s Emergency Management Agency. Bibb, Houston and Twiggs counties were also under a “severe thunderstorm warning” until 2:45 p.