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Once enough cooling takes place, the rain and hailstones being held high in the thunderstorm cloud drop to the ground - as a microburst. Once the microburst hits the ground, it spreads out in all ...

Picture: Steve Pohlner Mr Narramore said the microburst, though not predicted by the weather bureau, likely saw winds of up to 90 kilometres an hour. “It can be fine and sunny, and then the next ...

However, the National Weather Service in Binghamton confirmed that the storm was a microburst, not a tornado, with winds ...

Some Brisbane residents have a clean-up job ahead after an "unusual" dry microburst brought wind gusts ... one of the most destructive winds of any weather event, aside from cyclones.