Fortnite tornado spotted by leaker and oh no here it comes

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 1
(Image credit: Epic Games)

A Fortnite tornado seems to be on the way, judging by recent leaks from the community.

The new screenshot from YoungBoyLeaks is enough to send you running for cover: it shows a massive funnel cloud stretching down from the skies to the surface of the map. The good news is that you'll probably have an easy time seeing them coming, given how much their dark storm clouds stand out from the typically cheerful blue skies of the island.

Fortnite has seen its shares of calamities, from meteor strikes to cube invasions to floods, but this is a new one as far as natural disasters go. There's no official word from Epic on when tornadoes may make their way to the game yet, but the end of Fortnite Chapter 2 earlier this month already brought some major changes.

One of the biggest changes includes the arrival of Dwayne "The Rock'' Johnson as the Foundation, a boss who roams around the map with powerful gear in tow. Make sure you check out our guide on how to get the Foundation's mythic weapon in Fortnite before you take him on. Or if that sounds like a bit much, you could just save some cash on IRL Fortnite Nerf guns during Amazon's Christmas sale instead.

Fortnite patch notes | Fortnite tips | Fortnite Creative codes | Fortnite 2FA | How to enable cross platform Fortnite matches | How to level up fast in Fortnite | How to get free Fortnite V-Bucks | Fortnite Starter Pack | Fortnite characters | Fortnite map | Fortnite new weapons | How to slide in Fortnite | Fortnite Victory Crown | Fortnite split screen | Fortnite vaults | Fortnite loot boat | Fortnite Winterfest | Fortnite Season 2

Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and now I'm a staff writer here at GamesRadar.

Read more
Mariah Carey
Fortnite Mariah Carey Christmas crossover leaks, and it looks like the reveal will reference a fan-favorite meme she helped create
Fortnite OG Season 2
When does Fortnite OG Season 2 start?
Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1 Hunters
The biggest changes in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1
The Fantastic Four seen in Marvel Rivals' Season 1 'Eternal Night Falls' trailer.
Marvel Rivals now lets Storm's ultimate turn into a raging, fiery tornado when teaming up with Human Torch - and I've never been so thankful to have hero ban
Is Fortnite down?
Is Fortnite down? And if so then how long is the Fortnite downtime?
Fortnite Season 2 of Chapter 6
The biggest changes in Fortnite Season 2 of Chapter 6
Latest in Fortnite
Fortnite Dill Bit Display Cases
Fortnite Dill Bit Display Cases: Where to search them
Fortnite character Jonesy looks shocked in the story trailer for Season X.
Fortnite is now giving cheaters "second chances" with 1-year bans that allow you to use the battle royale like it's Discord and do absolutely nothing else until you're freed from the void
Fortnite Black Markets
Fortnite Black Markets: Where are they and how to use them
Buy Reboot Cards in Fortnite
Can you buy Reboot Cards in Fortnite?
Fortnite Outlaw Oasis Vault
Fortnite Outlaw Oasis Vault: How to open the secret vault
Fortnite mascot Big Dill in a ripped photograph with T-Pain
Fortnite attempts to harness the power of Kendrick's diss tracks with "fermented freestyler" Big Dill, a hip-hop pickle who alleges T-Pain ate his family
Latest in News
Balatro
Balatro creator started "properly playing the game myself about a week before launch" and had "a pretty emotional moment" where he realized it's "actually fun"
Death Stranding 2 Collector's Edition
Hideo Kojima reveals Death Stranding 2: On the Beach release date, and the Collector's Edition includes exactly what I predicted it would
Kingmakers
Kingmakers is a strategy game about taking on medieval armies with a gun, but its devs thought the giant mech was too much
The Witcher 3 lead says "not many games" were trying to match the RPG back in 2015, and that meant "there was a risk" to making it in the first place
The Blood of Dawnwalker
The Witcher 3 dev says his new vampire RPG Blood of Dawnwalker wants to challenge genre conventions, but only if "we're changing them to actually achieve some goal"
Daredevil recap: The Defenders
Marvel fans are discussing which of the Netflix series characters would have survived the Blip