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 ...

Forget twisters. These storm chasers are after a sneakier hazard: hail. A team of about 70 researchers, armed with high-tech sensors and specially outfitted vehicles, set out across the nation this ...

Welcome Back to The Climate Classroom! Last time, we explored how hail forms when cold water droplets collide inside thunderstorms. Today, we’ll discover how thunderstorms hold chunks of ice in the ...