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A megaflash crackles over Porto Alegre, Brazil.

400-mile-long lightning bolt over Brazil is biggest in recorded history

By Brandon Specktor

A lightning bolt that traveled 440 miles across the sky of southern Brazil in 2018 has been confirmed as the biggest in history.

National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) satellite data, processed at the University of Wisconsin, shows the unprecidented dust plume (yellow to red) approaching the United States June 26.

Dust plume bigger than Texas crashes into the US

By Rafi Letzter

Air quality could reach dangerous levels across a wide chunk of the continental U.S. and Caribbean this weekend as a rare, giant Saharan dust storm reaches the U.S.

On June 16, 2020, the GOES-East satellite captured this GeoColor imagery of an expansive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert traveling westward across the Atlantic Ocean.

The world's biggest dust bunny is crossing the Atlantic Ocean right now

By Laura Geggel

A "Godzilla dust cloud" from the Sahara Desert that's heading toward the United States this week is the largest and most concentrated dust cloud of its kind in the past 50 years.

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration graphic shows how disturbances to the jet stream produce extreme weather.

Here's how a wavy jet stream is screwing up weather all over the US this weekend

By Rafi Letzter

A polar vortex event will bring record lows and May snow to the east this weekend, even as the west coast bakes. Here's why.

A mural reading "I believe in Nashville" remains intact on a collapsed wall in the East Nashville neighborhood on March 3, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.

How a tornado outbreak left 22 dead across central Tennessee

By Rafi Letzter

Twenty-two are dead, more are missing, and many more are injured after a supercell storm spawned a series of tornadoes early Tuesday morning, including one that struck downtown Nashville.

Ice formed on a house during a storm in Hamburg, New York, on Feb. 28.

'Welcome to Narnia': Frozen homes near Lake Erie are an eerie sight

By Mindy Weisberger

Powerful winds and freezing temperatures recently made a chilling spectacle of several homes near Lake Erie, encasing them in thick layers of ice.

Punxsutawney Phil is held by the handler as the prediction for six more weeks of winter is read during Groundhog day ceremonies on February 2, 2018 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

Punxsutawney Phil Says 'Early Spring.' Here's What Actual Weather Forecasters Say.

By Jeanna Bryner

The acclaimed and furry weather prognosticator failed to see his shadow. Is spring really around the corner?

lightning bolts over a city with a purple sky

How Big Can Lightning Get?

By Emma Bryce

How big can lightning get: Two miles long? Twenty? Fifty? Think again.

Clouds that formed on the crests of gravity waves made their ripples visible to satellites.

These Mesmerizing Images Show 'Invisible Gravity Waves' Rippling Over Australia

By Mindy Weisberger

Satellite images captured a rare glimpse of a phenomenon known as atmospheric gravity waves.

hurricane dorian damage in Bahamas.

The Bigger Reason Trump's Fight with a Weather Forecast Worries Meteorologists

By Rafi Letzter

The situation has some meteorologists concerned.

NOAA’s GOES East satellite captured this view of the strong Category 1 storm at 8:20 a.m. EDT, just 15 minutes before the center of Hurricane Dorian moved across the barrier islands of Cape Hatteras.

Hurricane Dorian Makes Landfall on Cape Hatteras, Takes Aim at Canada

By Tia Ghose, Rafi Letzter

Still a dangerous storm, Dorian plowed over North Carolina's Cape Hatteras this morning.

Hurricane Dorian, seen in this satellite view on Sept. 3, 2019, along with two other brewing storms.

Hurricane Dorian Intensifies Again, Headed Toward Carolinas

By Jeanna Bryner

Hurricane Dorian has strengthened to a Category 3 storm, with sustained winds reaching 115 mph (185 km/h), and it's barreling up the U.S. East Coast.

An image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s GOES-West satellite shows three tropical storms near North America at 1:20 pm EST Sept 3, 2019. From left to right: Hurricane Juliette, a Category 3 storm, is not expected to impact land; Tropical Storm Fernand is expected to landfall in Mexico; Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 2 after its devastation of the northwest Bahamas, has grown in area and is making its way toward Florida.

Another Tropical Storm Could Hit Parts of Mexico and Texas This Week

By Rafi Letzter

A second, smaller tropical storm may make landfall in North America this week.

Astronaut Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency captured this photo of the Category 5 Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station as the storm moved across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Bahamas.

Monster Storm Dorian Slows to a Crawl Over the Bahamas

By Tia Ghose

It's barely budged over the last several hours and is dumping huge amounts of rainfall on the island of Grand Bahama.

hurricane dorian weather satellite infrared reveals it as a category 5 storm on sept. 1

Hurricane Dorian a Catastrophic Category 5 Storm. And It's Getting Stronger.

By Tariq Malik

Hurricane Dorian is now a "catastrophic Category 5" storm as it approaches the Bahamas in the Caribbean, according to a National Hurricane Center update.

hurricane dorian from space

Astronaut in Space Stares Into the Eye of Hurricane Dorian, a Category 4 Storm

By Tariq Malik

Hurricane Dorian is now a Category 4 storm. See views of its eye from space by astronauts and satellites.

Hurricane Dorian satellite image taken Aug. 30, 2019.

Hurricane Dorian Is Now a Major Category 4 Storm

By Tia Ghose

The monster storm has been getting stronger, but its predicted track moves it a hair away from South Florida.

Hurricane Dorian is seen from space passing over the Atlantic.

'Extremely Dangerous' Dorian Is Now a Category 3 Storm

By Rafi Letzter

It's time to start preparing, if you haven't already.

Hurricane Dorian is expected to strengthen as it approaches the northwestern Bahamas.

Hurricane Dorian Is Getting Stronger As It Heads Toward Florida

By Yasemin Saplakoglu

Hurricane Dorian becomes stronger as it makes its way up the Atlantic toward the Bahamas, according to the latest forecast.

Tropical storm Dorian as seen on the morning of Aug. 26 overlaid on nightlights from several islands including Barbados and St. Lucia. Tropical storm Dorian turned into a hurricane on the afternoon of Aug. 28 near St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Forecast: Dorian Will Slam into Florida As a 'Major' Category 4 Hurricane

By Rafi Letzter

Hurricane Dorian will likely hit Florida Sunday (Sept. 1) as a Category 4 hurricane, according to the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center.