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Incredible storm chaser footage captures tornadoes up close

Popkin
Apr 06, 2026
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The videos in this compilation were shot by storm chasers, people who drive toward the weather everyone else is running from. Some do it for the rush. Others are gathering data on severe storms for research. Either way, they’re getting close enough that a bad read on a storm’s direction can kill them.

The footage is hard to stop watching, and hard to wat…

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