If you've ever lived in a northern climate, you know snowstorms -- and the damage they can cause -- quite well. Heavy snowfall is just one mark of a bad storm, but the biggest snowstorms of all time also brought strong winds and cold air. See more »

Witch homicide aside, Dorothy was lucky that her home safely traveled to Oz after the tornado. Many people who lived through the storms on our list were left with nothing. See more »

What makes a nor'easter different from your run-of-the-mill winter storm? And which ones have done the most damage? See more »

Can Fido predict an incoming tornado? If animals can predict the weather, do we stop trusting the weatherman and start visiting the zoo to get tomorrow's forecast? See more »

I've heard that if I'm inside my home during a lightning storm, on the phone or in the shower, I can get struck by lightning. Is this true? See more »

A heavy rain in which frogs come plummeting down isn't a pretty sight, but it happens more often than you'd think. Why do animals sometimes fall from the sky? See more »

I have heard that you can figure out how far away lighting is by how long it takes for the thunder to arrive after you see the flash. Is this true? How do you calculate it? See more »

For 500 years, explorers searched for the fabled Northwest Passage, a route that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Could global warming reduce the risk and open the passage for modern business? See more »

In spite of all the strides we've made in hurricane research over the past century or so, these violent storms sometimes defy prediction. How much do you know about these destructive storms? See more »

Tornadoes have always been a source of fascination, especially in the United States, which experiences more of them than anywhere in the world. They drop from the clouds, wreak havoc for a few terrifying minutes (or hours), and then vanish. See more »