This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. When a ...

On Aug. 28, 1990, an F-5 tornado tore through Kendall and Will Counties, killing 29 people and injuring more than 350. The half-mile-wide storm packed winds over 200 mph, destroyed 470 homes, and ...

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...