But when we get particularly intense thunderstorms, the updrafts--the rising air in the storm--can

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Hail covers vehicles in an intersection Jan.... A" gargantuan" hailstone that fell in Argentina in February 2018 may have set a world record, researchers from Penn State said on Wednesday.... " In some rare cases, 6-inch hail has actually gone through roofs and multiple floors in houses....

24across parts ofNew Yorkalong Lake Erie, pushing large chunks of ice along lakeshore areas.... 17 when he noticed something that looked rather unusual." We were hanging out at the pool when, suddenly, a mattress flew into the fenced-in area," Maneswroteon YouTube.... " When a second and third one came in, we stood up, I grabbed my camera, and this is what we saw." The video shows dozens of air mattresses tumbling across a grassy park, flying near a pool as ominous-looking storm clouds appear.

Thursday marked the third time this week severe storms charged through the Washington region.... arrow-right The National Weather Service received more than 25 reports of damaging winds and large hail in Stafford and Spotsylvania counties in Virginia, as well as the city of Fredericksburg, as a violent, rotating storm swept across the area.... A funnel cloud was viewed by Weather Service storm spotter about four miles south-southeast of Fredericksburg. The Weather Service is surveying damage f

WASHINGTON( AP)--The calendar said December but the warm moist air screamed of springtime.... Tornadoes in December are unusual, but not unheard of.... But the ferocity and path length of Friday night's tornadoes likely put them in a category of their own, meteorologists say....

WASHINGTON--The calendar said December but the warm moist air screamed of springtime.... But the ferocity and path length of Friday night's tornadoes likely put them in a category of their own, meteorologists say.... And tornado alley is shifting farther east away from the Kansas-Oklahoma area and into states where Friday's killers hit. Here's a look at what's known about Friday's tornado outbreak and the role of climate change in such weather events. WHAT CAUSES A TORNADO?...

Heavy rains have wreaked havoc here in Japan as well as abroad in 2021, as they have many times in recent years.... The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the torrential rains that have become more frequent in the past decade or so.... Experts have pointed out that this trend is likely caused by rising air temperatures due to global warming....

Fire and smoke from the massive inferno in southeastern Oregon is creating a phenomenon known as Pyrocumulus clouds( ‘fire clouds’)-dangerous plumes of smoke and ash that can reach up to six miles into the sky.... The Pyrocumulus clouds are “ easily visible from 100 to 120 air miles away ”, authorities said on Friday. The Bootleg fire grew to around 377 sq Miles( 976 sq kilometres), an area larger than New York City. Commander Rob Allen, a frontline firefighter told AFP news agency, said: “ The

Then it merged with a wet and strengthening non-tropical storm front, according to meteorologists and atmospheric scientists. When this happens, “ very exceptional rainfall can occur, ” said MIT meteorology professor Kerry Emanuel.“ This is not rare," Emanuel added.... “ Obviously our infrastructure is not up to events like this.” ———Follow Seth Borenstein on Twitter at@ borenbears. ———This Associated Press series was produced in partnership with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department