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.

Some Austinites had never heard the word “microburst” until Wednesday night, but they definitely felt one. A sudden, violent storm system swept across Central Texas, uprooting trees, knocking down ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a drier and hotter than usual trend hit Arizona mid-summer, the state has been getting a wetter end to the monsoon with ...

It all starts with the development of a thunderstorm and the water droplets/hailstones being suspended within the updraft. When the updrafts weaken, it is no longer capable of holding the large core ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — During monsoon, one of the most common wind events we see is a microburst. Microbursts are produced by thunderstorms and are capable of producing flooding rain, damaging wind ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – What is a microburst? Before we talk about exactly what a microburst is and how dangerous they can be, it's important to understand the three stages of a thunderstorm. The first stage ...