MOLINE, Ill. — Severe thunderstorms produce everything from damaging winds to large and intense hail, and even tornadoes. But did you know that lurking within powerful thunderstorms is a lesser-known ...

Downburst is a term that describes a strong wind event caused by a downdraft within a thunderstorm. These powerful winds develop when precipitation falls through dry air, leading to a rapid ...

Kansas City was hit by intense thunderstorms Tuesday, causing tree damage and power outages around the metro. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued Tuesday morning as heavy rain and strong winds ...

Whenever a thunderstorm produces damaging winds, many people immediately assume that a tornado is responsible. However, the culprit is usually less exotic, but often just as destructive. Strong ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A destructive supercell storm tore through the Austin area on Wednesday, leaving behind widespread wind and hail damage, along with flooding caused by extremely high rainfall rates.

Many people are familiar with the term “straight-line winds”, but do you know what causes them? The answer is a “Microburst.” A microburst is a column of rapidly sinking air within a thunderstorm that ...

After a drier and hotter than usual trend hit Arizona mid-summer, the state has been getting a wetter end to the monsoon with thunderstorms, hail, strong winds and heavy downpours — as well as ...

The National Weather Service is investigating whether a damaging microburst touched down in the Boston area and parts of Central Mass. Sunday night, ripping siding off homes and downing numerous trees ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Damaging thunderstorms roared to life across Texas late Tuesday afternoon. - CIRA/RAMMB/NOAA A record-breaking, triple-digit wind ...

Unnamed Entrada sandstone rock spires with virga or evaportating rainfall at sunset in Arches National Park, Moab, Utah. (Photo by: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The ...