Once the microburst hits the ground, it spreads out in all directions, however, the area that was initially hit takes on the ...

Pan Am Flight 759 crashed in Kenner on July 9, 1982. It was caused by microburst-induced wind shear, and it killed over 150 people.

Hail was reported in Brisbane CBD including parts of Bowen Hills and Lutwyche following the “intense microburst”. The Bureau of Meteorology recorded 35km/h wind gusts across Brisbane at the time the ...

At least six homes have been destroyed during a freak storm which brought wind gusts stronger than 110km/h in the Pilbara ...

Some Brisbane residents have a clean-up job ahead after an “unusual” dry microburst brought wind gusts of up to 80 kilometres ...

and pea-sized hail – was a “rapidly descending air in a thunderstorm that hits the ground and spreads out as a wind gust”, which is called a microburst. “A microburst can cause damage over ...

The Bureau of Meteorology’s Dean Narramore explained that the area had experienced a dry “microburst” of intense wind gusts. “Yesterday, we know it was very hot and humid but just above ...

However, Higgins Storm Chasing clarified the event was not a tornado but a microburst — an intense downdraft of wind from the storm that can mimic tornado-like damage but without rotational wind ...

Some Brisbane residents have a clean-up job ahead after an "unusual" dry microburst brought wind gusts of up to 80 kilometres per hour. The storm swept through the Carina Heights area on ...

A powerful storm system caused a 'microburst' with wind gusts reaching up to 80 kph (approximately 50 mph) in eastern Brisbane on Thursday, January 16. The storm uprooted trees, damaged properties ...