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Weather

The most destructive and longest lived hurricanes begin their lives as disturbances in the atmosphere above Africa (Credit: Nasa)
Weather

The unlikely source of major hurricanes

By Celia Jones

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Weather
The link between weather and crime
By Zaria Gorvett
How important is to keep your head warm? (Credit: Getty Images)
Medical Myths
Five myths about coping with the cold
By Claudia Hammond
Each year, 150,000 people hike Scotland’s Ben Nevis, a former volcano and Britain’s highest mountain (Credit: Maas-ter/Getty Images)
Weather
Hidden history of the UK's highest peak
By David Cox
Hurricane viewed from space (Credit: Alamy)
Satellite
Could satellites ever control weather?
By Peter Ray Allison
Waves pounding lighthouse (Credit: Getty Images)
Weather
The storms that shake the world
By Crystal Ponti
One business owner in Florida created this sign as Hurricane Irma approaches (Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
In Depth
Why we don't plan better for hurricanes
By Amanda Ruggeri
Lightning travels around the outside of the human body; a similar thing happens when it strikes a plane (Credit: iStock)
Mosaic@Future
How it feels to be struck by lightning
By Charlotte Huff
(Credit: Linda Geddes)
Weather
Why Brits always talk about the weather
By Linda Geddes
(Credit: Getty Images)
In Depth
Weird ways the weather affects us
By David Robson
(Credit: Thinkstock)
Best of the Web
Global warming’s richest victims
By Robert Cottrell
(Getty Images)
Best of the Web
The blizzard of odds
By Robert Cottrell
Singapore
Mosaic@Future
The killer haze choking Asia
By Mike Ives
Lightning erupts from storm clouds over Gillette, Wyoming. Weather forecasters have predicted more heavy rain and thunderstorms. (Daniel Brenner, Gillette News Record/AP)
Science & Environment
Most stunning images of the week
Future
Sahara Desert dunes (Copyright: SPL)
Power of Nature
Sahara: Life giving sands
Future
… or this real-life reused image, which appeared in the Wall Street Journal in April 2011 showing a thunderstorm in New York City through a tinted window.
In Depth
How to spot a fake Sandy photo
By Rose Eveleth
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