WEATHER

One place in Venezuela, near the confluence of the Catatumbo River and Lake Maracaibo, experiences lightning storms almost every day.

We’re all familiar with the phrase “raining cats and dogs,” but what about fish and frogs and raw meat?

If you've ever watched the sun set in the desert, you may have noticed more spectacular colors than you're used to. There's a good reason for that.

A strong geomagnetic storm is forecast for March 31, and the northern lights could be visible in parts of the lower 48 states as a result.

It’s kinesiology tape, usually used to relieve muscle pain. But Olympic athletes co-opted it for another purpose.

It's warm, sunny, and nearly spring. Giant piles of nasty, filthy snow are still lining your streets. What gives?

The most metal of all weather events occurred in 2020, when a lightning bolt lit up the sky for nearly 500 miles.

As the saying goes, you can’t have a rainbow without a little rain. But you can have parhelia and circumhorizontal arcs.

Shoveling snow can put quite a damper on a snow day. Here’s a hack to make this chore slightly more tolerable.

Kentucky’s tornado damage might be the most severe, but other states have been affected, too. Here’s how to help.

How do rainbows form? It’s all about light waves, water, and angles—and that includes the angle from which you see one.

According to 'The Old Farmer’s Almanac,' below-average temperatures will descend upon most of the U.S. for the 2021-2022 winter season.

From Hilo, Hawaii to Londonderry, Northern Ireland, these are the rainiest cities in every country around the world.

“Why is my internet so slow?” is an evergreen question, but people tend to ask it more often during bad weather. Here’s why.

Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana 16 years to the day that Hurricane Katrina struck the state. Here’s how to help residents recover.

Your iPhone’s weather alerts (and other emergency notifications) are trying to keep you safe, but there is a way to make them do it more quietly.

Just days after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake, Haiti is now dealing with a tropical depression. Here’s how you can help.

The next time somebody points out a UFO-shaped cloud, you can whip out the word ‘lenticular.’ They’ll love it.

The brutal Pacific Northwest heatwave of summer 2021 has left Canada's beaches filled with cooked and rotting shellfish.

A mosquito bite eventually goes away. The image of a mosquito tornado, meanwhile, will live in your brain forever.

Your feline friend is heat-tolerant, but that doesn't mean they should be left unattended during a heat wave.

The list of retired hurricane names includes some easy ones, like Katrina and Sandy—but also Beulah, Bob, and Klaus.

From late September through mid-March, three sun mirrors help make the town of Rjukan, Norway, a little brighter.