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View from ground level of the Pantheon in the Piazza della Rotonda in Rome at night, with small piles of hail in the foreground
Posted inScience Updates

How Hail Hazards Are Changing Around the Mediterranean

by Sante Laviola, Giulio Monte, Elsa Cattani and Vincenzo Levizzani 27 February 202327 February 2023

A new method for studying hailstorms from space offers more consistent and more complete views of how and where hail forms, and how climate change might influence hail’s impacts in the future.

Un techo colapsado lleno de granizo en un supermercado de la Ciudad de México.
Posted inNews

El granizo que colapsó a la Ciudad de México

by Humberto Basilio 12 July 202227 March 2023

Cuando una granizada intensa golpeó la capital de México la semana pasada, los ciudadanos se empezaron a preguntar si el cambio climático podría ser la causa. Pero, ¿es esa la pregunta que nos debemos hacer?

A hail-laden roof collapsed on a supermarket in Mexico City.
Posted inNews

A Hail of a Night in Mexico

by Humberto Basilio 24 June 202217 March 2023

When a severe hailstorm hit Mexico’s capital last week, citizens began to wonder whether climate change could be the cause. But is that the right question to ask?

Photo of S-band radar site with Mt. Aragats in the background.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Radar Diagnosis of the Thundercloud Electron Accelerator

by Minghua Zhang 14 June 202210 March 2023

Altitude-resolved S-band radar observations of graupel are used to decipher thunderstorm ground enhancements in surface electric field and gamma ray flux.

Photograph of a hailstone 2.5 inches in diameter
Posted inEditors' Vox

Ice from Above: Toward a Better Understanding of Hailstorms

by J. T. Allen, I. M. Giammanco, M. R. Kumjian, H. J. Punge, M. Kunz, Q. Zhang and P. Groenemeijer 11 September 202025 February 2022

Globally relevant and locally devastating, hailstorms produce significant societal impacts; despite this, our understanding of hailstorms and our ability to predict them is still limited.

Cityscape of Cologne, including the cathedral, during a lightning-fueled thunderstorm
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Northern Europe Set for Increases in Lightning

by Michael Allen 12 February 20201 March 2023

As the climate warms across Europe, a rise in severe thunderstorms could bring a dramatic increase in related hazards, including lightning and hailstones.

Brown smoke billows from the Willow Fire in Payson, Ariz., in 2004, fueling the formation of a towering pyrocumulonimbus system above
Posted inNews

What Do You Get When You Cross a Thunderstorm with a Wildfire?

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 27 December 201914 March 2023

Lightning, fire vortices, and black hail are some of the frightening features of fire-fueled storms, which may become more common in the future.

An ominous dark cloud gathers above a dirt road
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Finding Faces in Hailstorms

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 13 September 20198 March 2022

Machine learning technology helps scientists recognize severe weather patterns.

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What Causes Extreme Hail, Tornadoes, and Floods in South America?

by S. Palus 11 May 20152 August 2022

A study of extreme weather in South America shows seasonal and spatial patterns, which, if better understood, could help save lives and minimize damage to property.

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