First Atlantic hurricane of 2020 forms, churns toward Texas
The first Atlantic hurricane of the year doesn’t usually form until around Aug. 10. Yet, Hurricane Hanna intensified into a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday morning, some two…
The new record for the longest lightning bolt is insane
On Halloween in 2018, a colossal lightning flash streaked across the Brazilian sky. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite captured the “megaflash,” and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)…
Video shows precise moment of Michigan’s disastrous dam failure
[embedded content] After getting deluged with unusually extreme rains for two straight days, two critical dams in Michigan failed this week. The failures led to unprecedented flooding in Midland County,…