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.

CLEVELAND — We're no strangers to the occasional severe thunderstorm here in Northeast Ohio, but with the threat of severe weather, comes the threat of a microburst. What is a microburst? It is a ...

Wind damage, whether from straight-line winds, a microburst, or a tornado, is impactful. But the damage from straight-line winds and microbursts is often mistaken for a tornado. When a storm does ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — It appears several microbursts hammered parts of the Valley Wednesday night, leading to downed trees, power outages, and other damage in the Phoenix metro area. But how do ...

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 ...

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 ...

The National Weather Service said that a downburst is a strong, downward-moving current of air known as a downdraft that leads to damaging winds on or near the ground. Microburst and macroburst ...

Imagine a tranquil summer afternoon abruptly shattered by a ferocious blast of wind, powerful enough to uproot trees, toss vehicles, and leave a trail of destruction in its wake. This isn't a scene ...

AND TONY, AS WE SAID, THIS TYPE OF STORM IS CALLED A MICROBURST. YEAH, IT’S JUST BASICALLY A BIG TUBE OF AIR THAT RUSHES DOWN OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF A THUNDERSTORM, AND IT CAN ACT LIKE A TORNADO WENT ...

ALCOHOL WAS A FACTOR. A SMALL BUT INTENSE STORM CAUSED A PLANE TO FLIP OVER AT TIMMERMAN AIRPORT IN MILWAUKEE SUNDAY NIGHT. WEATHERWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA EXPLAINS THE WEATHER PHENOMENON ...

IS IN MILFORD WITH HOW THE COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO EASE THE COST. JUST DESTROYED MAINLY MY BACKYARD JULY 17TH IS A DAY THAT MICHAEL GORHAM AND HIS NEIGHBORS WILL NEVER FORGET. A STORM BARRELING THROUGH ...