PILGER — The tornado sirens in Pilger are tested only on Saturdays that are sunny. “We don’t test them if it’s too cloudy or if it looks like rain or a storm is coming in,” said Pilger village ...

PILGER, Neb. — It took just three Christmas trees to begin a flood of holiday lights in the town of Pilger. Although all of the community’s holiday lighting was destroyed by a June 16 tornado that ...

Danika Alexander, a 9-year-old from Pilger, gets her face painted at the community carnival Saturday. A year later, and work remains. B M Construction workers from Norfolk, Nebraska, work on Alison ...

Tornadoes are a relatively rare event. Only a tiny percentage of thunderstorms ever go on to produce a tornado. No two twisters are alike—and some of those storms are truly bizarre. From twin ...

Just how powerful were the tornadoes that tore through Nebraska last week? Based on a newly released video, powerful enough to pull a house from the ground and toss it in the air. The storm that ...

Powerful twin tornadoes swept over the town of Pilger, NE, causing significant damage. Brave storm chasers captured this video of the two twisters as they ripped apart the northeast part of the state.

PILGER | This is Deanna Meyer’s home. Forget that she lives in Omaha now, or that the house she grew up in is 6 miles south of here. This street, North Cuming, is where her father has lived since he ...