NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT FIVE. IT IS A SOMBER MOMENT IN OMAHA’S HISTORY. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, A TORNADO TORE THROUGH THE METRO, KILLING THREE PEOPLE AND INJURING HUNDREDS MORE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Another round of severe weather swept over the Omaha metro on Thursday afternoon, bringing with it heavy rain, small hail and strong winds. A flash flood warning was issued for ...

NEWARK AIRPORT. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, OMAHA EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE STORMS. IT WAS THE 1975 TORNADO. AT ONE TIME, IT WAS THE COSTLIEST IN OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The quality of the video may be grainy from 50 years ago, but Mike Kelley’s memory is clear. “It really does seem like it was yesterday,” he said. He was a senior in high school. ...

Take a look at photos from around the Omaha area as severe storms and large winds cause damage. A funnel cloud is seen just north of Douglas County from Highway 75 , on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Judd ...

Devastating tornadoes are tearing across parts of eastern Nebraska and Iowa on Friday as a multiday severe thunderstorm event ramped up in the central United States, injuring at least three people.

The National Weather Service says it has evidence that at least six tornadoes formed April 17 in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. The strongest of the tornadoes, an EF3, developed about 6:55 p.m.

The Westgate neighborhood will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the May 6, 1975, Omaha tornado with a program at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Pipal Park. Westgate Elementary School was among the many ...