A powerful supercell thunderstorm, which triggered a microburst in Tempe, dropped heavy rain across the East Valley Oct. 13, flooding streets and toppling trees as wind gusts neared 70 mph. In about ...

Wind damage, whether from straight-line winds, a microburst, or a tornado, is impactful. But the damage from straight-line winds and microbursts is often mistaken for a tornado. When a storm does ...

PHOENIX — Team Rubicon, a veteran-led group that provides humanitarian aid, is in Tempe this week assisting with cleanup after a major microburst storm earlier this month. Thirty members of the ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo is back open for visitors after a powerful storm swept across the Valley earlier this week, leaving a wake of damage in its path. Linda Hardwick, a spokesperson ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo will reopen a couple of days later than expected after damage caused by Monday’s microburst forced it to keep its doors shut. The microburst, which hit Tempe the ...

A microburst tore through Tempe Oct. 13, bringing up to 90 mph winds, uprooting 100-year-old trees and ripping off roofs. City officials urged residents to fill out a damage assessment form to report ...

PHOENIX - Various parts of the Valley are cleaning up once again, after a severe storm moved across the Phoenix area on Oct. 13. The storm managed to cause some damage, with officials with the ...

Tempe Mayor Corey Woods requested that Gov. Katie Hobbs declare a state of emergency Oct. 15 because of the damage from a microburst that tore through the city two days earlier. Woods said he came to ...

In about 15 minutes, Tempe recorded nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain. A supercell thunderstorm forms when wind speed and direction change with height, a phenomenon called wind shear.