Last week, when a line of thunderstorms moved across Clearwater Beach, Florida, located just west of Tampa, it unleashed gusty winds, torrential rain and another unique weather phenomenon that sent beach chairs tumbling. According to forecasters at the National Weather Service (NWS), the culprit of the disturbance at Clearwater Beach last Wednesday was a type of tsunami. Rather than the one caused by earthquakes, this type of tsunami - known as a meteotsunami - was triggered by gusty thunderstor
Last week, when a line of thunderstorms moved across Clearwater Beach, Florida, located just west of Tampa, it unleashed gusty winds, torrential rain and another unique weather phenomenon that sent beach chairs tumbling. According to forecasters at the National Weather Service (NWS), the culprit of the disturbance at Clearwater Beach last Wednesday was a type of tsunami. Rather than the one caused by earthquakes, this type of tsunami - known as a meteotsunami - was triggered by gusty thunderstor
A sedan is buried in debris of a Sunday night tornado that swept through the small community of Louin, Miss., Monday, June 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) June is pacing to be a more active month than usual for tornadoes in the United States due to an uptick in severe weather in recent weeks. The total preliminary tornado reports for the year fell below the average in late May to early June before beginning to rise again in the middle of the month. The tally so far for tornado reports stoo
Residents in Matador, Texas, are coming together and slowly picking up the pieces after a deadly tornado ripped through the small central Texas town late Wednesday night. The kindness and courageous acts of storm chasers, emergency responders and community members could be felt and seen immediately following the tornado. The twister, which still remains unrated by the National Weather Service (NWS), touched down just after 8 p.m. CDT on Wednesday in Matador, which is located roughly 70 miles nor
By Adriana Navarro A series of lightning strikes spidered across the New York City skyline the evening of Saturday, April 1, a few of which stretched from the World Trade Center into the clouds above in a dazzling display. The upside-down lightning was no April Fool’s joke as thunderstorms moved into the Northeast on Saturday