Lightning is spectacular, from a distance. It's nature's way of transferring electricity within the sky, or between the sky and the ground. When lightning is nearby, it is a threat to safety. People are struck by lightning, in many cases...

In this program Bailey learn follows a rainstorm from the beginning to the end.

Through his magical magnifying glass, he comes to understand what happens to cause a rainstorm and why? Bailey learns how people are affected by rain...

Hurricane Michael was a late-season storm in 2018 that grew to become the most powerful hurricane on record to hit the central Florida Panhandle. After landfall as a Category 4 storm, it remained a major hurricane, moving into Georgia....

The areas in which tornadoes are occurring most often is changing and it could be because of climate change.

This video examines the forces creating weather. The way in which atmospheric conditions and patterns cause changes in the weather is explained. Instruction on how to use a weather map and how we can predict tomorrow's weather is...

Hurricane Harvey rapidly strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico in 2017, before making landfall in Texas, as one the strongest hurricanes there in over 50 years. The high wind quickly faded after landfall, but the rain continued as the storm...

Hurricane Dorian was the most powerful storm known ever to hit the Bahamas. Dorian remained over the northern Bahamas for more than two days as a category five storm. It tied for the second most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic as it...

Researchers in Canada are working to build an experimental Atmosphere Vortex Engine at Lambton College in Ontario. An atmospheric vortex engine, AVE, uses a controlled vortex to capture mechanical energy produced when heat is carried...

Florence was a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic in 2018 but after it made landfall on the North Carolina coast as a Category 1 and weakened to a tropical storm it did most of its damage. This slow-moving storm left record rainfall and...

Intense Hurricane Irma made 7 different landfalls in 2017 and became one of the most expensive hurricanes in the last hundred years, moving from the Caribbean to the Bahamas to the United States. Dozens of people were killed by the storm...

Over a thousand tornadoes happen every year in the United States but only few dozen take lives. Most tornadoes are brief and weak but the tornadoes that are large and powerful can wipe homes off their foundations. Tornadoes only come...

Over a thousand tornadoes happen every year in the United States but only few dozen take lives. Most tornadoes are brief and weak but the tornadoes that are large and powerful can wipe homes off their foundations. Tornadoes only come...

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Tornadoes claim hundreds of lives and cause billions of dollars in damages in the United States. With support from the National Science Foundation, computer scientist Amy McGovern at the University of Oklahoma is working to find answers...

Tornadoes are violent, twisting columns of air with wind speeds over 100 miles per hour that can tear communities apart. Josh Wurman, an atmospheric scientist, explains that tornadoes develop in a special type of thunderstorm called a...

Twelve hundred tornadoes rip through U.S. towns every year, causing injuries, fatalities and billions in damage. An NSF-funded research team at the University of Oklahoma's Advanced Radar Research Center hopes that their radar simulator...

In this week's episode, we discover the oldest fossil evidence of modern, venomous snakes in Africa; we discover what was going on in the earliest moments of our universe just after the Big Bang; and, finally, we learn about a weather...

A new generation of smaller, highly capable radar systems in the Dallas/Fort Worth area is able to track with more accuracy the location of tornadoes and other severe weather conditions, such as heavy rain and ice...

A history of the devasting 2004 hurricane that struck the Alabama coast.

For nearly a decade, with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Doppler on Wheels (DOW) has been doing its best work in dangerous weather, driving into the eye of the storm to gather scientific data about wind, rain and...

This is a summary of the topics covered in the Investigating Weather series. Topics included clouds, precipitations, air masses, weather fronts, and storms. Investigating Weather part 6/7

Explore the fascinating and destructive phenomenon of tornadoes. From how they form to the rating scales used to measure their strength, we learn about the science behind these powerful storms. We also discuss important safety measures...

This video introduces the Investigating Weather series. This short exploration highlights how weather affects us all, whether it's for our leisure activities or our professional endeavors. Investigating Weather part 1/7

Tornadoes can form in minutes, making early and accurate warnings crucial to saving lives. Howard Bluestein at the University of Oklahoma and Adam Houston at the University of Nebraska are trying to understand why some storms produce...