To use a fairy tale comparison, the potentially catastrophic Hurricane Milton could face the weather equivalent of the big, bad wolf as it approaches Florida — wind shear. That interaction could bring ...

Zachary Handlos receives funding from the National Science Foundation. He is affiliated with the American Meteorological Society. I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that ...

Elderly man dies in southwest Houston house fire on Willow Lake Drive; HFD contained the blaze in about 20 minutes, and arson investigators are probing the cause. House fire claims life of elderly man ...

Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, or both, over some distance. You may have heard airplane pilots talk about turbulence and warn passengers that they’re in for a bumpy ...

Whenever thunderstorms are in the forecast, meteorologists are always looking to see if there will be any wind shear present, and if so, just how much. Wind shear is the measurement of the difference ...

More than 1,000 tornadoes occur nationwide in an average year, with April, May and June typically the peak months for twisters. While climate change is known to make some extreme weather conditions ...

The major storm has now reached Florida. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hurricane Ian struck western Cuba Tuesday (Sept. 27) as ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - We’re smack in the middle of hurricane season and storms like Dorian continue to dominate headlines. The Atlantic hurricane season lasts from June 1st through November 30th ...