The powerful lightning bolt, also known as a megaflash, stretched 515 miles from eastern Texas to Kansas City, Mo. The ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has certified the longest single lightning flash ever recorded—a staggering 829 ...

On a stormy pre-dawn morning in late 2017, a lightning bolt near Dallas unzipped the sky, racing northeast through the clouds of a massive storm system to set a record for the longest distance ...

In the Dominican Republic, water resources are sufficient to meet projected water demand for the coming years, but average ...

Though it struck over the U.S. years ago, experts have only recently determined that a lightning bolt that a lightning flash ...

Wind shear (red - strong shear; green - low shear). Shear is typically strong to start the hurricane season: ...

August brings skyrocketing hurricane risk and new warnings. But forecasters don't yet know what the 2025 season holds.

Petteri Taalas, director of the Finnish Meteorological Institute and formerly of the World Meteorological Organisation, ...

Monsoon rains in Northeast India disrupt lives, agriculture, and biodiversity, highlighting the urgent need for ...

Much of the province is parched from continuing hot and dry conditions. Although heat warnings have been lifted for parts of ...

WMO's calendar competition - one of its most popular annual public activities - is now open for voting.A WMO jury of experts selected 75 finalists ...

The myth of Kashmir as a cool, safe haven is fading. Heatwaves, water shortages, and failed harvests now define life in the ...