Weather

Who Would Win: An F-22, or a Tropical Storm? We Have an Answer.

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The damaged Raptors made up roughly 10 percent of the Air Force’s F-22 fleet.  The F-22 Raptor may be the most elusive fighter ever built. It...

Coast to Coast: How Smoke from West Coast Fires Turn Sunsets Red in New York?

If you are one of the millions of people in the Midwest and Eastern U.S. who turned your gaze toward the sky recently, you may have noticed the Sun shining...

2020 Has Brought So Many Storms They’ve Run Out of Things to Call Them

Here’s how active this year’s Atlantic hurricane season has been: When Tropical Storm Wilfred formed on Sept. 18, the National Hurricane Center exhausted its list of storm names for only...

How Hurricanes and Storms Have Wreaked Havoc on North Korea

Instead of the “fire and fury” President Donald Trump warned of, a devastating tropical storm inundated North Korea at the end of August 2018 and again in 2020. The 2018...

Why Hurricane “Storm Surges” Are So Deadly

Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can sweep homes off their foundations, flood riverside communities...

Hurricanes and Wildfires Will Make COVID-19 Even Worse

With the Hurricane Laura hitting Louisiana and Texas as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm and wildfires menacing the western U.S., millions of Americans are facing the complex risks of...

How Wildfires Create Their Own Weather

It might sound like a bad movie, but extreme wildfires can create their own weather – including fire tornadoes. It happened in California as a heat wave helped to fuel...

Recent Rains and Fresh Crops Don’t Mean Australia’s Drought is Over

Heavy rain in parts of Australia in recent months has raised hopes Australia’s protracted drought is finally over. But determining whether a region has recovered from drought is a complex...

Israel’s THOR Drone Is Ready for Just About Anything

Israel’s THOR drone, a vertical take-off and landing mini UAV, was subjected to harsh environmental tests to qualify it for the most rigorous military use. The drone, from Elbit Systems,...

A Downpour or a Drizzle: What Causes the Difference?

  There are some days when the rain falls peacefully and gently, nourishing the Earth. But on some other days the rain comes down in a torrential downpour that meteorologists...

The Strange and Unpredictable “Derecho” Storm

Thunderstorms are common across North America, especially in warm weather months. About 10% of them become severe, meaning they produce hail 1 inch or greater in diameter, winds gusting in...

A Big Storm Might Knock Over This Expensive U.S. Navy Stealth Destroyer

Key Point: The weight distribution makes all the difference. When faced with high winds, up to 20-foot waves and dangerously rough seas — which Navy ships can survive? … and continue...