PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Powerful thunderstorms shook the Pacific Northwest early Thursday morning. Chances are, your heart leaped, you held your breath for a second, then raced to look outside. We ...
Thunder is the sound made by lightning. The process of lightning zipping through the air causes a sudden heating of the air to a temperature estimated at 40,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This causes an ...
No, there wasn't an earthquake -- but powerful thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail across the Chicago area may have made things sound and feel like there was. "Was anyone else just woken up by some ...