A major incident has been declared and around 100 properties damaged after a suspected tornado struck Greater Manchester, with a second “supercell thunderstorm“ hitting Lancashire hours later.

A supercell is a highly organized thunderstorm with some components that set it apart from other "garden variety" thunderstorms. Supercells have the capability to produce tornadoes, damaging hail ...

Supercell thunderstorms are firing off the same front that caused damage overnight. These new storms are capable of a few tornadoes, ping pong ball-sized hail, and 75 mph damaging winds.

The origin of the strange clearing, which is still visible today, was detected by a scientist trawling through satellite data ...

Supercell tornadoes are a dangerous form of tornadoes. These storms form from powerful thunderstorms with rotating updrafts known as supercells. The process starts when wind shear—differences in ...

Supercell storms have hit south-east Queensland for the second day in row with more than 163,000 lightning strikes recorded ...

A large swath of eastern Australia has been put on severe thunderstorm watch as the Bureau of Meteorology warns residents in ...

Overnight, South East Queensland was hammered by severe supercell storms, with more than 105,000 lightning strikes recorded ...