A microburst is a small damaging windstorm in which a column of sinking air (downdraft) descends from the core of a thunderstorm and plummets earthward, creating an outflow of high-speed winds. If the ...

These "microbursts" can cause abrupt changes in wind gust speed and direction, creating turbulence that suddenly moves the plane in all directions, both horizontally and vertically. Microburst wind ...

FAA is testing a new system at Las Vegas Airport designed to improve the detection of dangerous "microburst" winds in dry climates. The system is called light detection and ranging, or LIDAR.

It wasn't a tornado, but it was packing hurricane-force winds. Teams from the National Weather Service surveyed storm damage ...

Twice this week, a phenomenon known as a microburst has caused wind gusts at an airport to approach or exceed its all-time records. Microbursts, which occur during thunderstorms, are much more common ...