Powerful winds thrown out from thunderstorms are becoming more widespread and more destructive across the central U.S., scientists have found. The gusts, also known as straight line winds, have seen ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — We’re not a stranger to thunderstorms here in West Michigan. A common mindset is if there’s no tornado it is not a big deal. Just because a storm is ruled ‘non-tornadic,’ it does ...
Severe storms — thunderstorms that produce tornadoes, hail at least one inch in diameter, or damaging winds (58 mph or higher) — are destructive and deadly. They cause an average of 200 deaths ...