People Who Survived Terrifying Tornadoes

These people survived terrifying tornadoes. In 2017, a man didn't care that a tornado was on the way, because his lawn needed to be mowed. In 2022, a reporter’s panic was caught on a hot mic during a live feed of tornado coverage. This year, a woman was trapped in an overturned SUV moments after an EF2 tornado, with winds between 111 and 135 miles per hour, ripped through the area. Inside Edition Digital’s Andrea Swindall has more.

[@WilliamsPinch]

Seeing people stand closely to glass to film a tornado… future Darwin Award winners

[@missularW]

AMEN!!!!🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@alottoterrie]

❤

[@CaptainCJ97]

Yup

[@ItalianCountryball11]

Fr

[@katiew578]

It baffles me everytime!!! What makes people want to stand next to glass I will never understand it

[@user-dl5cv4lm5n]

i can’t get over the tone that he said “bo, i love ya but can ya drive a tish faster?” 😭

[@YORICHII_1]

FR

[@coralruler]

the guy mowing his lawn is a legend

[@DarkChaos87]

Legend has it, he's still mowing his lawn, even through the Albertan winters.

[@briantampa1164]

Best comment!!!

[@briantampa1164]

​@@DarkChaos87best reply ever

[@joannemiller8989]

Best meme ever for sure! LOL

[@sduolcepoh7502]

Because he knows Jesus, they're friends.

[@fearenheit7423]

Well, she got her viral video from that tornado.. “ I’m getting this.” Famous last words.

[@ceceprincess4758]

😅

[@ICE_ALLSTAR.]

💀

[@FreddyMannLive]

PFFT-

[@janai5074]

Her husband's face 🫤🙄 😂😂😂

[@austinharding9734]

If that tornado could speak, it would say the exact same thing

[@sandrabaker5298]

1:28 Hasn’t that lady ever seen Twister? NEVER try to hold a door shut during a tornado!

[@michaelmiguel6937]

She’s never seen the movie “twister”

[@CarlosAM1]

bro this is just common sense, perhaps you should NOT engange on a tug-of-war with something that can rip apart a building lol

[@theCombine25343]

If it's a weaker tornado (preferably EF0 or low-end EF1), that's actually a fight you could probably win. Key word, probably.

[@FreddyMannLive]

RIP Jo's Dad

[@dragulia_venaro]

That was a common knowledge.

[@gaydenmaccallum508]

The kids who were singing, "Mary Did You Know?" did an excellent a capella rendition of that song. Especially when there was a tornado overhead. Wow!

[@19bishop56]

I was thinking the same thing! Had to be a choir class, and they were great at such a stressful time.

[@Alpha0727]

5:07 I remember when this happened. Having a meteorologist tell his audience that he is busy checking to see if his wife is getting to the shelter is way more impactful than telling his audience to get to a shelter.

[@Xane_Dragon]

Pffft.....Only to him

[@clairenewberry9957]

@@Xane_DragonImagine

[@fennekfoxy1356]

yea cause the audience already knows, theyre watching it. but james spann is a lifesaver and posts every 15-30 mins when it comes to weather but also sometimes its not weather lol

[@jennifermiller2040]

message to the guy who held on to his wife till the tornado passed!: this is super important and most people don't even know this is a thing. that piece of glass you said you pulled outta your hand days after, have your Dr. keep an eye on it, many tornado victim's actually succumb to various bacterial infections caused by the force of the tornado piercing peoples bodies with glass, wood, metal, pebbles but also animal feathers, bone shards and any or all of it covered in chemicals, human and animal waste, I could go on but you get my point.

[@deathbloom27]

I learned about this from the Jarrel tornado. 5 people died from a fungal infection after being exposed to it from tornado debris. So crazy!

[@dragulia_venaro]

This is should be a common knowledge in US.

[@user-df8mh1ws2f]

Столбняк! Необходима вакцина.

[@mirrrstery]

I respect those who don’t leave their animals. RIP to the lives lost, and the damage caused.

[@fuzzylumpkinz91]

The husband's face at 1:58 when she says "don't be dumb like me" has me rolling

[@katj3443]

Hahahaha it’s was like “I sure wish you weren’t so dumb!”. It good he loves her enough to hold on tight, tbh being in that situation he’s lucky he managed to hold on at all. Imagine if it was a EF 5, they’d both be screwed.

[@C.L.190]

He even did the "SMH"

[@c.c.dorrie5795]

"Don't be dumb like me".... glad she said it out loud... 😂

[@Amillysilly]

the dude who saved his dog is amazing, I would do the same thing for my sweet Buster. Buster is the best dog I know and will always be, sure Buddy passed away, but Buddy is also the best dog. I love dogs

[@Elizabeth-tb5wh]

The school students singing brought a tear to my eye! Pray they were all safe! 🙏🏻❤️

[@ElRayDelRio]

My mom was recently in the path of destruction in Nebraska! She was extremely happy to live after being witness its violent wrath and devastating damages.

[@colty7764]

The lady with her dogs did the smart thing in finding a ditch to jump into (saved her and her dogs life 100%). If you live in a tornado zone, it would be smart to dig a ditch big enough for your family *pets included*(and maintain it ocassionally) as a "safe place"

[@Thisissilly222]

@@colty7764we have basements in Nebraska, nobody died because we were warned days in advance that there was a high chance of tornadoes and the tornado sirens went off a couple hours before.

[@RoseLarson12]

Me too!

[@hixxyted1244]

​@@colty7764 can you explain why please about the ditch? I'm in the UK so we're lucky not to have tornadoes etc over here

[@isthatmymom6175]

​@@hixxyted1244ou want to get lower than the tornado. It will most likely stay on the higher ground. I hope this helped. 😉

[@Nasiruify]

Tornado: is home depot open?

[@ceceprincess4758]

😅

[@AyakaScript]

No? Okay, I will just destroy it

[@ddl4374]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cherylharman9550]

🤣🤣🤣

[@caitlinmyriah7657]

Something I learned about babies and tornadoes, the safest thing to do is put them in their car seat. Just a little FYI. 😊

[@dragulia_venaro]

I think so. Being inside a car have more chance to survive than hiding inside the house. Especially if the house is not build for Tornado.

[@ddl4374]

​@@dragulia_venaro I had to reread! I thought it said " especially if the car was built for a TORNADO"!!!! 😂😂😂

[@toohottexas]

Most people: imagine your proposal being interrupted by a tornado Storm chasers: imagine your tornado being interrupted by a proposal That was actually a very sweet moment though, about as unique and memorable as you can get!

[@irondiamondgaming]

I was directly hit by the Adamsville, TN EF3 last year. It took the lives of 9 people, including one of my relatives. I somehow survived, and I can honestly say that you do NOT want to be in the path of a tornado, no matter how small.

[@Stewartiscool]

Back in 2003 I was in the path of a tornado in Pasadena, Texas. I was 1 year old in my mom's arms. We were in the kitchen of the long house. It picked up a tree and through it into the living room of the house. We all survived.

[@LaniLee-tw2hz]

I’m so sorry! That’s rough 😭

[@ddl4374]

ThankbGOD!!!!

[@AllyC23]

My kids and I were nearly trapped in one of the tornadoes that went through Louisiana and Mississippi last month. We were traveling to see family and the weather got really bad all of a sudden and debris was flying all around us and cracked one of my back windows.I couldn’t see even 5 feet in front of us, I exited off the interstate because I knew a Walmart and Home Depot were on the exit. But something told me not to go near them and to get back on the interstate and just slowly drive as far as I can. I was terrified, my kids were screaming and I told them to bend down and cover their heads. The next 5 minutes we’re some of the scariest in my life, the wind was so strong that my car was rocking back and forth. We made it to the next exit and the wind was so strong and the water was up to the door of my car but carefully and slowly I made it under the covering of a gas station where about 20 cars had the same idea. We made our way inside as fast as we could getting soaked in the seconds it took to get inside. Come to find out a tornado was in the Home Depot parking lot I almost drove to. That day could have gone very differently, whatever told me to get back on the interstate instead of taking cover in the Home Depot or Walmart, very likely saved our lives.

[@keyawnspoor9903]

Glad you listened to that voice and so happy you guys all made it ❤

[@Xane_Dragon]

Next time make them come see you, if they care

[@ashercohen387]

I heard Walmart will not let you shelter in their store, they close it. Saw it on the News the other night. They had to get back in the car and go to a gas station.

[@louniece1650]

​@@ashercohen387That sounds like Walmart.

[@FrogsForBreakfast]

I took shelter in a Whataburger freezer. A couple guys were out watching the door because people were trying to come in to hide and the doors were locked so they wouldn't blow open. It was near impossible to shut each time but how do you turn someone down as they're freaking out outside? Not sure I would hide in a Walmart though. I instinctively seek small enclosed areas to hide during storms, like a walk in freezer lol

[@yevetter.2126]

The guy mowing his lawn with the huge Tornado behind him seems unreal.... how could he not see or hear that huge Tornado coming😮😮😮😮😮

[@Splintz246]

I remember one time when I was a child in Jacksonville and a tornado hit right down the road it literally went right down the road by our house I remember laying on the floor on the ground floor with a mattress over top of me my mother and my grandmother and I remember trees had come down the sound of a freight train and the aftermath my mother's car was completely destroyed it is an incredibly intense thing to live through

[@aeroi.528]

Everyone thinks it will be just fine when it's coming at them. But a huge piece of advise, never underestimate a tornado. It will always hurt you.

[@marymcmahan5603]

Never would I ever underestimate a tornado. I’ve seen what they can do.

[@ddl4374]

I believe I would NEVERRR THINK ILL BE JUST FINE! LOL. Everytime we get a phone alert. I'm grabbing mattress to drag daughter downstairs fast as lightning 😂

[@zentimetreasures1738]

Finding the ring 🥺

[@Spiderman68283]

Wow thats a good husband. Saved hus wife from a tornado!

[@Cel_23]

The guy who saves his K9 dog UGH my heart 😭😭😭 I would do the same in a heart beat for my dog, good for you ❤❤

[@MattMorganJP]

Dude from New Jersey " I've seen tornados before" Me from Iowa "I have never seen a tornado"

[@ddl4374]

😂

[@kirby456]

me neither, and i'm in NC

[@toyiadecorcreations]

Them singing that Mary song was beautiful those kids have a God given voices 😍😍😍😍😍😍🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@aaliyahImpersonator]

The kids singing Mary did you know made me cry 😢❤

[@ThinkGenius]

Exactly, God is good! ✝️🙌

[@stefanib.4283]

Yeah they sounded great too

[@mariazavala7005]

😢😢😢😊 5:23

[@ddl4374]

SO GOOD SO INTENSE THANK YOU!!!! REAL HEROES TOO!

[@Mike-01234]

Forgot to show in 2013 3 Tornado chasers Imax film maker Sean Casey, Driver Herb Stein, and Extreme Meteorologist Brandon Ivey survived a EF-4 Massive violent wedge Tornado inside the custom built Tornado Intercept Vehicle. It's still the most powerful tornado intercept ever done in a vehicle.

[@christinamann3640]

It was Herb’s first day driving the TIV2. Most extreme first day on the job, other than the guy who shut down US airspace on 9/11.

[@sandrabaker5298]

15:30 Thank GOD for first responders! AND good humanitarians!

[@eight10aaronn]

Have you guys seen the video of the guy recording as his house took a direct hit from the Western Kentucky tornado? That was horrifying

[@ddl4374]

😱

[@bathroomshoes]

i’m glad he let us know his wife was okay, i would’ve been worried abt her

[@ceceprincess4758]

I'm getting thjs

[@ceceprincess4758]

I'm getting this

[@MusicMovesMe78]

Thanks for the updated protection strategies.

[@janiecamden9061]

Those students truly touched my soul.

[@sweebos]

🥲

[@farrah.panera]

North of Dallas.. I live north of Dallas, 2022 there was a tornado forming ROGHT over my volleyball practice so we took shelter and all.. but it somehow stopped forming and a tornado formed in northern Dallas instead, close to where I live

[@user-ty3kt3sx5k]

Terrible. The Nebraska twister. Was intense.

[@samuelstahl5828]

The stupidity of people, especially that woman to just stand in front of a glass door while a tornado is coming is just taking idiocy to the next level.

[@pumpnix7243]

12:05 “this young couple” damn you aren’t lying about that! They look 12!

[@journeymansmitty8283]

I'm from the Virgin Islands where we get hurricanes tornadoes seem like they're on a whole different level😮

[@joymelton-bollen6383]

The same tornado that took James Spann's yard and part of his home, took my whole house/pets/and cleared over 8 blocks of our neighborhood!!!

[@roscioocasio4385]

Thank you for the valuable information you provided in this video. Blessings to you, and everyone and their families who were "affected" by these events! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️💐

[@Yikes_its_Psychs]

Those proposals shouldn’t be on the list

[@mirrrstery]

Agreed it’s very inappropriate

[@katj3443]

It’s part of life unity of people, it’s like saying child birth shouldn’t be part of the list. I get it a lot of people can potentially and probably did die. But there needs to be glimmers of hope for people. If you only focus on death and destruction, something good has to come out of something bad.

[@katymitchell8200]

This was wonderful. Thank you

[@biancataylor5896]

Jerald AGE: 38 Elise AGE: 35 Jack AGE: 11 Harrison AGE: 3 1\2 Granny AGE: Grandma

[@kirby456]

Dang, the fact that the tornado was actually able to bend and fold the Starbucks building over is astonishing considering the fact that it's like 170 mph or something 😮

[@samcorbett8783]

"We arent in Kansas anymore" Is such an adorable little way to make the best out of a bad situation. Runners up: "There's NO place like home." "We wanted to see the wizard" or my personal favorite "Accidentally painted our bricks yellow. Wont be doing that again!"

[@justanamerican9024]

I was in a Lowes when a tornado went over, but did not hit the building. It sounded like we were under a RR overpass. Neighborhoods near by were not so fortunate.

[@h.r.hufnstuf4171]

the singing one 😂😂 I'd rather screaming and panic I think

[@Mystic_9483]

Jacksonville State University "ALABAMA" NOT FLORIDA

[@russellarnold8724]

JUST COMMENTED THE SAME THING LOL..

[@glennhubbard5008]

Sure.

[@kentbeitel9966]

Dang that weatherman had a nice house

[@JULYXXIV]

That's James Spann. I haven't even been to Alabama and I've heard of him. Like Gary England of Oklahoma City, he's well-known in Tornado Alley.

[@rosewetzel8284]

That twister is scary but beautiful and mesmerizing at the same time💞🌪️

[@jessicaeaves1985]

8:14 26 years ago i was in my High School chorus! This brought back memories 🤎

[@_.Bingo.Heel3r._]

No way I literally just watched something like this

[@impuseuser]

1:27 that man's fave during the whole interview! He's trying so hard not to scream I told you so and how she stupidly chuckles about the whole ordeal after he got hurt saving her dumba**🙄

[@hutrod7721]

Nothing stands between a dad and a yard that needs mowed. Legend!

[@sammitaylor3942]

I am pretty sure that Lawnmower Guy will always be a legend

[@CampbellCornLab]

Heartwarming tornado stories!!! Luv it❤

[@sandrabaker5298]

10:00 Nice to see a handler using a halter instead of a spine-damaging leash!

[@user-uz1si3fu1i]

Wow that’s scary for the people who survived these tornadoes 🌪️

[@lillymccoy2880]

That’s insane

[@marymcmahan5603]

Not making a stupid decision in the first place would made sure neither you or your husband were exposed to danger.

[@davidnorth3411]

May 16th in Houston was crazy , a freight train of wind hit the city , watching it form up on radar live was tense , I could tell it was going to bring tornados , this is one storm to examine for meteorologists.

[@jenniferknudson2277]

I know how in the second one it said don’t videotape a tornado but if you’re inside and far away from it, but still where you can see it you might want to take a video for a home insurance if your home gets destroyed

[@lieslmichelle4136]

that was so e good advice at the end 15:49 where do we get the full safety video

[@Hunter225]

When I was in college, my classmate, and I were walking across the parking lot just when a F2 tornado hit. There weren't any warnings, nothing, it was a surprise. We didn't have a chance to do anything, before it threw us into a muddy field. We had a lot of bruises, cuts, and scratches, no serious injuries. Someone from the school washed off the mud with a hose, and gave us towels. Paramedics should up, and checked us. We were ok, and school was canceled for the day, so we just drove home. It turned out the tornado showed up, hit us, and broke u, it didn't damage anything else.

[@accioyoongi]

12:58 JSU is in alabama 😭 i remember visiting for a Band Day either months or a year after the tornado hit and the damage was WOW

[@Howdidy]

Only a couple of these people were directly in a tornado.Most of it was just wind from the storm.

[@imonlyhuman2381]

I've never seen a tornado, I love the beauty, but don't want to experience the horror.

[@Khy2013]

This is so cool how do they survive?

[@leeannfrohn88]

That engagement is the sickness! I absolutely would say yes too! So cool! Both engagements!

[@Lizard1444]

Rip To Anyone Who Died Atleast There In a Better Place Now

[@turogers13]

I loved that couple in the store with the husband hanging on to his wife being pulled out of the door.❤

[@MemeZ-be6iz]

16:24 The safest place if you don’t have a basement or storm cellar.

[@jay-nd1zs]

"beau I love you but can you drive a tish faster" LOL

[@roxytrovillion4155]

I did in Chattanooga...house,all belongings,and Jeep... destroyed...but my grandsons and I survived

[@Cel_23]

Lol the guy mowing the lawn as a tornado is right there! crazy!!

[@trainmaster0217]

Getting away from a tornado but got to have the cell phone camera rolling.

[@45kittyboo]

That’s right get your dog 🐕 ❤🙏🏽

[@DarksAGuy]

Glad they saved the dogs on the first video ❤

[@marierobinson3935]

Terrifying even watching these winds on video🙏❤️❤️

[@biscuitandbailey]

Guy running for his life and almost dying: I GOTTA RECORD FOR THE LIKES BRO😱🎥

[@biscuitandbailey]

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[@Toysourboy]

Lady witnessed 0 gravity in her house and I'm jealous

[@brimmed]

Didn't know a tornado ever hit so cal. Didn't hear anything about it in 2023. Drive past Montebello all the time

[@jkneeland89]

That advice at the end is great for most tornadoes but nothing and nowhere above ground is going to save you with an EF4 or EF5. Your house will be reduced to dust, only place to go is underground.

[@sauer8726]

Fact: Most people survive tornadoes.

[@tammyturner5507]

Only option: pray! These occurrences will increase.

[@SharonWard-dx1sv]

Amen. ☁️🎺👼🙏✨👑

[@jonathonvick3316]

James span is awesome.He is the best meteorologist in the us

[@bobbidevaul4825]

The lawn had to look good for the tornado

[@ohhmeech168]

Why do they stand next too glass ??? IMO that’s not very smart

[@dionnelong]

Roni probably safe in the car. It’s been filmed enough now for people to learn, like me. Roni would not have been left in my car for any reason though. 🙏🏽

[@ahronmoshe2854]

The first one was not a tornado. That was a down burst.

[@Zackjjames]

wouldn't the RV be the safest option in a Tornado rather your entire body exposed? Sincerely asking, I'd assume even if it flips it'll be better than debris coming at you at 50+ miles per hour

[@owentedjajana-]

yes, and no. altough yes you will be safe in the rv but if the tornado was strong youd be dead and it would get sucked up to hundreds of meters in the air and youll die guaranteed, and if u were outside youd just be injured. better than death, being in the rv is dangerous only if the tornado was dangerous like an ef4 - ef5 but who knows. nobody wants to take the risk with their life

[@moxiesan1663]

A ditch would be better because debris flying at that speed would just penetrate right through the RV. The ditch will allow you to get low to the ground to give you a better chance at not being struck by debris or being sucked away.

[@OgSuda]

^

[@cowmann3555]

she followed tornado safety procedures

[@user-ds7wh3fg4j]

The RV can launch you up in the air thousands of feet

[@FrankThe77Tank]

Shoutout to the woman with the Greta Van Fleet sweatshirt!

[@allosch9]

6:20 I think this is my favorite clip 😂 he seems like he'd be a fun guy to be friends with or work with haha

[@mikeyjackson2359]

Lmao why would I get engaged while a tornado is happening?

[@rosewetzel8284]

That one tornado at just over 4 minutes into this video really looks like a slitting image of that rope tornado from the Wizard of Oz movie from the 1930s I believe

[@yardbarbies5183]

I live in Nashville I was in the tornado when the tornado touched down on the highway we were scared but we took shelter immediately but it was really scary so my mom said we're just going to take shelter so we did when we were going to go to the store that's when it happened my mom was really scared my whole family was in a van but we made it.

[@Third7Plays]

2:28 you think the tornado would annihilate that insulation but I guess not