Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As an atmospheric scientist, I study and teach about extreme weather and its risks. Here’s how hail forms, how hailstorms may be ...

First comprehensive global study of very large hail in a changing climate reveals contrasting trends and different causes.

Precipitation can take a variety of forms with each one posing its own hazards. Much of the precipitation that falls throughout the year begins as snowflakes high in the clouds. The snowflakes form as ...