CLEVELAND — We're no strangers to the occasional severe thunderstorm here in Northeast Ohio, but with the threat of severe weather, comes the threat of a microburst. What is a microburst? It is a ...

They develop within a few minutes and strike the ground with the force of a runaway freight train. They demolish forests, wreck houses, kill wildlife-and have even been responsible for a half-dozen ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – What is a microburst? Before we talk about exactly what a microburst is and how dangerous they can be, it's important to understand the three stages of a thunderstorm. The first stage ...

Twice this week, a phenomenon known as a microburst has caused wind gusts at an airport to approach or exceed its all-time records. Microbursts, which occur during thunderstorms, are much more common ...

GEORGETOWN (KXAN) — You may have seen the video of the strong winds out of a thunderstorm in Georgetown Wednesday. If you haven’t, check out the video above of a reported microburst in Central Texas.

Kansas City was hit by intense thunderstorms Tuesday, causing tree damage and power outages around the metro. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued Tuesday morning as heavy rain and strong winds ...

GEORGETOWN, Texas — Video sent in by Cody Holder from the Georgetown area on Wednesday afternoon around 4:30 p.m. appears to show very strong microburst winds as a result of a decaying thunderstorm.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The National Weather Service in Portland says winds from a wet microburst were responsible for the damage to several buildings in Longview, Washington. One building had its ...

Active morning out there, especially around Shirley. Let me take you to some video that we shot earlier from Sky 5, and what I want to show you here are the trees. You notice that they're all the ones ...

Spring and Summertime storms can bring heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds! Often, these gusty winds are due to microbursts or downbursts that occur in the storms. These microbursts occur as air ...

Unnamed Entrada sandstone rock spires with virga or evaportating rainfall at sunset in Arches National Park, Moab, Utah. (Photo by: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The ...