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 ...

The whole reason we got into learning about microbursts was because of a specific type of them that can be caused by virga and those are called “dry microbursts.” The only real difference between dry ...

Twice this week, a phenomenon known as a microburst has caused wind gusts at an airport to approach or exceed its all-time records. Microbursts, which occur during thunderstorms, are much more common ...

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 ...

Ominously gray skies, clouds overflowing with torrents of water instead of mere raindrops and phones exploding with tornado warnings might not feel like normal, everyday life in the Mohawk Valley. But ...

Thunderstorms create enough hazards on their own, such as lightning, hail and tornadoes - however, microbursts can be just as hazardous. Microbursts are very localized, but significant. It is a ...