They determined some of it was caused by straight line winds embedded in microbursts. A family is safe thanks to a heroic couple who helped alert them to a Madison house fire in the middle of the ...

They determined that the dozens of damage reports were caused by very strong straight-line winds and embedded microbursts. According to the National Weather Service, the thunderstorm produced ...

Caruso’s is undergoing repairs after its 104-year-old building sustained damage from a microburst. However, restaurant executives are shooting to have limited service this weekend for the annual ...

The National Weather Service defines a microburst as a localized column of sinking air within a thunderstorm. Wind speeds in microbursts can reach up to 100 mph or higher, which is equivalent to an ...

Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of a tornado outbreak which resulted in a record number of tornado events and microbursts across parts of West Virginia. The National Weather Service ...

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Northern Australia has its own distinctive tropical climate, quite different from farther south. It experiences violent thunderstorms that can have different characteristics to those that typically ...

On a smaller scale, this wind feature is known as a microburst: a brief, intense wind surge (Photo 8). Microbursts need not be accompanied by a thunderstorm situation. Dry regions like inland ...