The US had a rare year without a hurricane make landfall, but it saw too much extreme rainfall and flash flooding across the country.

The jet stream also played a role in the 2025 hurricane season. Given its west-to-east wind direction, the southward dip of the jet stream—along with a weak high pressure system over the ...

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When the bubonic plague reached England in the summer of 1348—spread by fleas, lice, or infected humans, according to the latest theories—it reached a breeding ground for disease. Londoners’ immune ...

Was there a Supercell over the weekend? So, did the UK experience a supercell thunderstorm? The answer, in fact, is yes, at least one storm bore the hallmarks of a supercell, and possibly more.