This week, you might have noticed dozens of first responders from several different agencies at ongoing scenes in Rochester.

Sometimes, out of the ashes of a disaster, we see not only an area reborn, but something with much greater impact many years later. On Aug. 21, 1883, 142 years ago today, at least three strong ...

It looks like a tragic scene: a car rammed halfway through the front window of a Rochester home. But this is all part of the State Fire Administration’s annual training, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A recent reanalysis shows a powerful tornado, which struck in June near Enderlin, North Dakota, has officially been upgraded to an EF-5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. This is the ...

ROCHESTER – Torrential rain and 60 mph winds slammed into Rochester and parts of southeastern Minnesota’s bluff and river country Thursday afternoon, canceling the day’s Rochesterfest events and ...

Dear Answer Man: After spending a couple of nights hunkered down in the basement with sirens blaring and my cell phone sending warnings, I wondered, when was the last tornado in Rochester? What are ...

Jun. 25—ROCHESTER — The National Weather Service placed Kasson, Byron and Dodge Center in a tornado warning through 5:45 p.m. Wednesday as well as a tornado warning through 6:30 p.m. for Hokah and ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – We were very fortunate in the immediate Rochester area during Monday’s thunderstorms. While we did experience some flooding, any tree or powerline damage was isolated and minimal.