PORTLAND (WGME) -- The last couple of days have been very windy across the state of Maine, but you may be asking yourself, "What exactly causes wind?" In simple terms, wind forms due to the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — In the Windy City, wind chill is a term we often use to describe how cold it feels to us as soon as we step outside. The wind chill is based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin ...

Destructive winds during storms and cyclones often cause tree failures, especially through uprooting and stem breakage. However, how trees respond to wind under various forest configurations and ...

Despite a high temperature of 39 degrees Wednesday, the Chicago area Thursday started out frigid, with temperatures in the low teens in most parts -- and wind chills made the air feel even colder. As ...

Zachary Handlos receives funding from the National Science Foundation. He is affiliated with the American Meteorological Society. I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that ...