HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Today on Weather U, we're discussing lightning and severe storms, and how they form. Lightning is a discharge of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ...

The right mix of hot, humid, rising air can produce some of the most powerful weather phenomena on the planet.

Casey Letkewicz is a doctoral student in meteorology at N.C. State University in Raleigh. She is one of a half-dozen students and faculty from N.C. State participating in VORTEX2, a research project ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Storms with lightning and hail and at least one observed tornado were moving through the upper Midwest on Monday with the potential for strong tornadoes. The National Weather Service ...

This is the dramatic moment a lightning strike intersected with a waterspout tornado, forming a terrifying X-shaped cross in the skies over Alabama. Footage shows the twister swirling over the water ...

Severe thunderstorms pose a threat to both life and property, and that's why warnings from the National Weather Service should be taken seriously. If you're like most people, tornado warnings grab ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Storms with lightning and hail and at least one observed tornado were moving through the upper Midwest on Monday with the potential for strong tornadoes. The National Weather ...