Ball Lightning Imagine seeing a glowing sphere floating through the sky during a thunderstorm. That's ball lightning, a mysterious and rare weather phenomenon that has puzzled scientists for years.

The way Child finishes off her eggs is very similar to methods described above: she pours 1 or 2 inches of water into a ...

President Donald Trump targeted FEMA on his first trip since taking office, visiting states that have been hit by natural ...

Above: Damage from an F4 tornado that tore through the heart of Omaha, Nebraska, on Easter Sunday 1913 (March 23). It was part of the worst tornado outbreak on record for eastern Nebraska and ...

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President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will be moved indoors, he announced Friday, due to dangerously cold temperatures projected in the nation’s capital. “I have ordered the ...

Nearly half (47%) of the new mortgage debt issued by banks in November was put on floating mortgage rates – by far the highest portion since at least 2021, when the Reserve Bank of New Zealand ...

A Jan. 9 Threads post (direct link, archive link) shows what appears to be two tornadoes moving through a burning rural landscape. “Did you know that Cali gets fire tornadoes?!” the post reads.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A researcher describes the destructive power of the fires in Los Angeles, particularly the formation of fire ...

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Fire Tornadoes Pose a Threat in California. A Fire Lab Shows How They Work As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but ...