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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A downburst blasts Bangkok, Thailand, in 2017. Natapat Ariyamongkol/iStock/Getty Images Plus ...

The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly, N.J., conducted a survey in Delaware County on Friday hours after a severe thunderstorm caused significant property damage in parts of the county.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Weather Service in State College confirmed straight-line wind damage occurred across southern Somerset County late ...

A powerful windstorm brought widespread damage to the Coastal Bend last week, and both during the event and afterward, meteorologists termed the winds as "straight-line." What does that mean? CORPUS ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — National Weather Service teams will be in south metro Atlanta on Tuesday working to confirm possible additional tornadoes from Monday's storms. A line of strong storms swept across ...

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Whenever a thunderstorm produces damaging winds, many people immediately assume that a tornado is responsible. However, the culprit is usually less exotic, but often just as destructive. Strong ...

(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 ...