Tornadoes strike near Dallas-Fort Worth area
(multimedia) NOAA Meteorologist Greg Carbin on damage in Texas.
Category: Weather
Tornadoes cause massive damage across Dallas, Fort Worth and North Texas
(multimedia) Massive twin twisters have touched down near Dallas and Fort Worth this afternoon, crushing homes and sending thousands of North Texans scrambling to take cover. Reports of injuries were not immediately known, but...
Solar Eclipses Can (Slightly) Change Weather on Earth
Moon’s shadow causes winds to slow, alter direction, study says. The inky shadows of solar eclipses can alter local weather on small scales, according to new analysis of a 1999 total eclipse. Solar eclipses occur when...
NASA Video: Rare giant solar tornado caught on tape
(multimedia) A giant solar tornado – five times the Earth’s diameter – swirling at incredible speed of some 186,000 mph has been captured on video by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. This is the first time...
Eerie snapshots from a quintuple space shot
(multimedia) The five suborbital sounding rockets were fired off over the course of five minutes, starting just before 5 a.m. ET, to track what’s happening in the upper atmosphere. ATREX was designed to help...
Hailstone sets state record for Hawaii
A hailstone with the diameter of roughly that of a grapefruit that hit Oahu on March 9, 2012, has been confirmed as the largest hailstone on record for the state of Hawaii. “The final...
Soaring into the 80s, warm weather breaks thousands of records
In a typical March, weather.com reports, you may be teased with one, maybe two nice days before being hit with the cold reality of winter. But in the eastern part of the country, March...
At least 2 tornadoes damage homes, derail train cars in Nebraska
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – Severe weather in the Midwest spawned at least two tornadoes in central Nebraska that damaged homes and derailed train cars. Bill Taylor of the National Weather Service says two tornadoes...
Arizona cities buried in rare snowstorm as much of U.S. enjoys balmy weather
(CNN) — Parts of Arizona will remain buried under snow Monday as a surprising late-winter onslaught paralyzed travel and closed schools. Yet much of the eastern two-thirds of the country will continue to enjoy...
Hawaii sees tornado, flooding and hail 2 inches in diameter
Hail falls somewhere in Hawaii between five and 10 times in the average year. Almost always it is quite small – one-fourth inch or less in diameter – but on several occasions hail the...
