As the howling tornado bore down, Reed Timmer abandoned a tiny, soft-topped vehicle and sought shelter with a group underneath an overpass. This was early on in his storm-chasing career, in 1999, ...

Storm chasers enjoying immersing themselves in a weather phenomenon as brutal and violent as a battlefield. Indeed, their activities may actively contribute to the death toll. Twelve years ago, I went ...

Storm chaser Ryan Mauk juggles his YouTube channel, a nursing career and raising a family; while documenting the Midwest’s most intense weather. Ryan Mauk, who has been a storm chaser for 15-years, ...