Winds always rotate in a counterclockwise sense around hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere. Winds in tornadoes usually rotate counterclockwise, but in perhaps five percent of tornadoes, clockwise ...

Tornadoes do occur in the Southern Hemisphere, albeit at a greatly reduced frequency than in the Northern Hemisphere, primarily because it includes the U.S., which hosts about 75 percent of the ...

Almost 90% of American households use air conditioning, and 66% of that is central AC. The regions with the most AC use are the Midwest and South, according to the U.S. Energy Information ...

A cluster of Atlantic thunderstorms likely will consolidate and start spinning counterclockwise in the next few days, transforming Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 into a named storm — although there’s ...

As a strong heat wave blankets the Valley this week, many Phoenix residents may find themselves bracing for the intense Arizona summer sooner than expected. In Arizona, combating the extreme heat is ...

When Hurricane Helene made landfall at 11:10 p.m. on Sept. 26 near Perry, Florida, as a Category 4, it became the strongest storm to ever hit the Big Bend. It was also the third Big Bend landfall of ...