Severe storms traveled across Northeast Ohio Wednesday afternoon, bringing with it dangerous hailstorms and “zombie hail,” which is categorized by jagged, spikey edges. The hail caused damage to cars, ...

During severe thunderstorms, rising air shoots icy pellets the size of Dippin' Dots ice cream into the bitter cold of upper atmospheric layers. There, supercooled water freezes onto the small ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) As an atmospheric scientist, I study and teach about extreme weather and its risks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A super El Niño could spell severe storms this fall and winter, including hail storms and flooding rains. (Jason Persoff ...