There was crazy weather in the Northern California city of Carmichael on Tuesday, with intense wind gusts creating a mess of a cleanup that left some wondering: Was that a tornado? The National ...

Summer is the season when our storms transition from rotating tornado threats to slow-moving downpours with localized strong winds known as downbursts. A downburst is simply a concentrated area of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) When a downburst’s winds hit the ground, they shoot out horizontally in all directions ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Amal Elawady, Florida International University; Fahim Ahmed, Florida International ...

A downburst is a very intense downward air current that, upon hitting the ground, spreads violently in all directions. It can produce strong wind gusts, similar to those of a tornado, but with a ...