Ottawa on Saturday, destroying a family's property, in just minutes. Environment Canada said the fast and violent storm was a microburst, not a tornado. The Quinn family hid in a barn while heavy rain ...

In about 15 minutes, Tempe recorded nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain. A supercell thunderstorm forms when wind speed and direction change with height, a phenomenon called wind shear.

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.

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 ...

A series of storms on Sunday morning brought heavy rains throughout the Lafayette and Iberia Parish regions. In particular, a peculiar type of storm called a microburst struck the Youngsville area, ...