Residents of a small Islamorada neighborhood, only a few streets wide, were awoken late Sunday night to a sudden force of wind and rain so strong, many assumed it was a tornado. But the strange ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might’ve heard about the destructive storm that hit Columbia County recently, particularly near Appling. Trees down, power out ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Have you ever been driving and noticed a thunderstorm pouring in just one spot, while it’s completely dry everywhere else? Odds are, we all have -- as localized ...

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 ...

A microburst is a small damaging windstorm in which a column of sinking air (downdraft) descends from the core of a thunderstorm and plummets earthward, creating an outflow of high-speed winds. If the ...