17-10-16 Typhoon Khanun made landfall early Monday morning in Xuwen county, Guangdong Province. 台风卡努周一凌晨在广东省徐闻县登陆。 The 20th typhoon this year has drenched parts of Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hainan and Taiwan. Electricity supplier Southern Grid i...

16-09-01 In the southern United States, an afternoon thunderstorm is part of a regular summer day. But new research shows those storms might be doing more than bringing some scary thunder and lightning. In fact, these storms are moving significant amounts of...

16-08-11 A solar storm that jammed radar and radio communications at the height of the Cold War could have led to a disastrous military conflict if not for the U.S. Air Forces budding efforts to monitor the suns activity, a new study finds. On May 23, 1967,...

16-04-05 First Words Phillip B. Williams A storm and so a gift. Its swift approach lifts gravel from the road. A fence is flattened in the course of the storms worse attempt at language -- thunders umbrage. A tree is torn apart, blown upward through a bedroo...

15-09-07 Winston had woken up with his eyes full of tears. Julia rolled sleepily against him, murmuring something that might have been 'What's the matter?' 'I dreamt -' he began, and stopped short. It was too complex to be put into words. There was the dream...

14-12-26 Golden-winged warblers apparently knew in advance that a storm that would spawn 84 confirmed tornadoes and kill at least 35 people last spring was coming, according to a report in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on December 18. The birds left...

14-12-08 At least 3 people are dead in the Philippines now that Typhoon Hagupit has made landfall. 台风黑格比在菲律宾登陆，造成至少三人死亡。 The typhoon, which hit the eastern Philippines over the weekend, has mowed down trees and sent more than 650-thousan...

14-10-08 A farmer was snowed up in his farmstead by a severe storm, and was unable to go out and procure provisions for himself and his family. So he first killed his sheep and used them for food; then, as the storm still continued, he killed his goats. And,...

14-08-19 There happened a controversy between an oak and a willow, upon the subject of strength, constancy, and patience, and which of the two should have the preference. The oak upbraided（责骂） the willow, that it was weak and wavering, and gave way to ev...

14-04-28 At least 12 people have been killed by tornadoes as a huge storm system swept across the central and southern United States. 一场强大的暴风系统横扫美国中南部地区，引发的龙卷风造成至少12人死亡。 The immediate aftermath of the tornado in Mayflower, ne...