In high school Earth science, you likely learned that hailstorms form when strong upward winds push water droplets to freezing altitudes, where they solidify and gather additional layers of ice as ...

Hail the size of grapefruit shattered car windows in Johnson City, Texas. In June, 2024, a storm chaser found a hailstone almost as big as a pineapple. Even larger hailstones have been documented in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VIGO PARK, Texas (AP) — Storm trackers in ...

Welcome Back to The Climate Classroom! Last time, we explored how hail forms when cold water droplets collide inside thunderstorms. Today, we’ll discover how thunderstorms hold chunks of ice in the ...

Hail is more costly and destructive than tornadoes, and it's set to finally get more scientific attention this spring, with the world's largest field campaign ever devoted to studying the phenomena.

Forget twisters. These storm chasers are after a sneakier hazard: hail. A team of about 70 researchers, armed with high-tech sensors and specially outfitted vehicles, set out across the nation this ...

INSIDE A TEXAS HAILSTORM (AP) — Wind roared against the SUV’s windows as its tires sloshed through water dumped onto the road by the downpour. A horizon-wide funnel cloud loomed out the window, ...

LEVELLAND, Texas — Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science. They hope ...