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Finally, the wavy jet stream became locked in place by persistent high-pressure systems, anchoring storm tracks over the same regions. This led to repeated episodes of heavy rainfall and catastrophic ...

Tornadoes, winter storms and even hurricanes - chances are you've heard at least one of those phenomena mentioned in the same sentence with the jet stream. Here's a meteorology 101 rundown about what ...

The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across Texas, Kentucky and ...

Most summers, the polar jet stream retreats northward into Canada and weakens considerably, leaving the continental U.S. with calmer weather. When rainstorms pop up, they're typically caused by ...

At the same time, every hurricane that formed, including the three powerful Category 5 storms, steered clear of the U.S. mainland. Both scenarios were unusual – and they were largely directed by the ...