Weird Weather

For 160 nights out of the year, the sky above the river is pierced by almost constant lightning, producing as many as 280 strikes per hour. The lightning is so regular that it's known among sailors as the "Maracaibo Beacon."

Using a submersible designed to withstand immense pressures, scientists are probing the climate of the Marianas Trench, the deepest part of the ocean.

The largest solar flare in six years is hitting Earth today, after a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and aeroplane flights spewed out of the sun.

Leaves begin to turn vibrant colors each year when shorter days herald the arrival of autumn.

Studies show that global warming will increase the frequency and intensity of hurricanes, because they derive their power from warm waters.

St. Elmo’s fire is an electrical weather phenomenon occurring when the electric field like those generated by thunderstorms causes the air molecules around an object to produce luminous plasma.

Plants are increasingly not synchronized with the seasons in the UK. This fall many are flowering for a second time because of unseasonably warm weather.

Grazing horses are unfazed by a strong hail storm raging toward them over the Mongolian steppe.

Leaves begin to turn vibrant colors each year when shorter days herald the arrival of autumn.

Hurricanes spin around a low-pressure center known as the 'eye.' Sinking air makes this area extremely calm but it is surrounded by a whirling wall of the storm’s strongest winds.