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Rare ‘Ash Devil’ Rises From Trinity Fire as Crews Boost Containment

The rare vortex underscores how embers can still threaten new spot fires after visible flames are knocked down.

NASA Confirms Daytime Meteor Over Northeast With Breakup Above New Jersey

Record March Heat Spreads From U.S. West Into Plains as Heat Dome Persists

Atmospheric River Begins to Ease on B.C.’s South Coast as Flood Alerts and Evacuations Continue

Agencies Confirm Daylight Meteor Over Northeast U.S. as Sonic Boom Jolts Cleveland

Fireball Over Western Europe Scatters Meteorites in Germany, Piercing a Roof in Koblenz

Fireball Seen Across Netherlands as Fragments Damage Roofs in Germany

Models Show Lightning-Like Discharges Inside Solid Insulators at Centimeter Scale

Northeast Blizzard Cuts Power to 600,000, Grounds Flights and Shuts Schools

Bomb Cyclone Rapidly Intensifying Off Southeast Coast With Heavy Snow and Coastal Flooding Threat

Lightning Hits Pro-Bolsonaro Gathering in Brasília, Injuring Dozens

Rare Meteotsunami Hits Argentina’s Buenos Aires Coast, Killing 1 and Injuring Dozens

AEM Says Oklahoma Now Leads U.S. in Lightning Density for 2025

Winter Solstice Arrives Today at 4:03 p.m. in Paris, Marking Year’s Shortest Day

Bright Fireball Streaks Over Texas, Drawing Nearly 200 Reports

Perseverance Detects Martian Lightning as Nature Study Confirms Dust-Driven Discharges

Rare ‘Superbolt’ Rattles Toulouse as Mediterranean Storms Flood Occitanie

France Braces for Soaking Week as Forecasters Watch Thursday Wind Event

Clear Skies Reveal Mount Everest From Bihar's Jainagar

Predawn Fireball Over Argentina Is Likely a Bolide