Flying through a thunderstorm can be a scary experience even for the most experienced travelers. There’s a number of risks with doing so, and passengers aboard an Austrian Airlines flight on June 9 learned that firsthand. The flight was traveling to Vienna from Palma de Mallorca in Spain when, according to the airline, the plane […]
An Austrian Airlines plane was badly damaged by hail when the airborne jet hit a “thunderstorm cell” Sunday, Austrian Airlines said. A storm cell is an air mass that contains up and down drafts, which can cause turbulence when a plane encounters one. The plane with 173 passengers and six crew onboard from Palma de […]
STORY: :: Residents shovel thick layers of ice after a surprise hailstorm hit Puebla, Mexico :: May 24, 2024 The unexpected storm surprised locals as hail accumulated up to several feet in some areas, transforming streets into icy rivers. The hailstorm caused widespread damage to some homes, blocking roads and knocking down trees. In the […]
A storm that pounded the Eastern Plains towns of Yuma and Wray on Monday night with baseball-size hail and torrential rain caused severe damage to buildings and vehicles and killed livestock, according to one report. The storm was so severe, snowplows and other road graders were used to clear hail from streets, according to 9News. […]
DENVER (KDVR) — Severe storms on Monday night pelted northeast Colorado with damaging hail that shattered windows and covered the ground like snow in the plains community of Yuma. Volunteer firefighter JJ Unger told FOX31 there was hail damage across the area after a severe storm. And with the town already under a flash flood […]
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hail pounded parts of Central Texas, blanketing some neighborhoods with sheets of ice. Cloudy skies over Central Texas brought rain as well, but for some people living along Hamilton Pool Road, there was quite a bit of hail as well. “When I got home our whole yard was completely covered in hail,” […]