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Photograph: Simon HillOther Flash Drives We LikeWe have tested many other USB flash drives that did not make the cut. Here are a few that might…

Droughts have occurred throughout history, but in recent years meteorologists have discovered a new and distinct form of this old threat: flash droughts.Flash droughts came to…

At least 37 people have died and more than 200 are missing after a sudden rainstorm in Indian Kashmir, the second such disaster in the Himalayas…

new video loaded: Flash Flooding in Wisconsin Hits the Milwaukee AreatranscriptBacktranscriptFlash Flooding in Wisconsin Hits the Milwaukee AreaMilwaukee and its neighboring area experienced record-setting rains, leading…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.With summer heat domes slamming down on parts of the U.S. and hurricane season ramping up, you’ve…

A 515-mile (829km) lightning flash has set a new record as the longest ever identified.The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed the new world record for the…

A reappraisal of satellite data from 2017 revealed that a thunderstorm over the Great Plains produced a 515-mile lightning flash, the longest ever recorded. As science…

Islamabad, Pakistan – Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 21 people in 24 hours across Pakistan, taking the total death toll in this year’s…

In recent days, flash floods have wreaked havoc across the country. In New Mexico. In North Carolina. And in Texas, where by many accounts, the National…

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