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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A video circulating on social media shows what appears to be tornado or hurricane-force winds blowing through a neighborhood near Austin. Video captured by Cody Holder on Wednesday, July 28, shows a ...

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 ...

A microburst with 95 mph winds hit New Hampshire during a bout of severe thunderstorms Tuesday evening, according to the National Weather Service. The column of sinking air touched down at 7:57 p.m.