Awesome Storms

Hurricane Melissa devastated the Caribbean earlier this year. During the storm, the US Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron’s “Hurricane Hunters” flew into the eye of the hurricane to gather meteorological data to help save lives. They also captured this hauntingly peaceful GoPro footage from the POV of their Super Hercules airplane.

If you’re going to make glass doors and windows, they better be able to hold up to extreme weather. In this short video from Lolands, we see the kind of extreme torture test their company uses to ensure their installations don’t leak. Using a high speed turbine fan and water, this machine simulates the powerful winds and rain that might hit during a typhoon.

Oklahoma and other plains states have been experiencing some wild weather already this spring. Storm chaser Chad Casey captured this phenomenal timelapse footage of a powerful supercell thunderstorm as it rolled through the Texas-Oklahoma border earlier this week. (Thanks, Frenk!)

If you can get over your fear of lightning, sitting in the rain during a thunderstorm can be quite a relaxing experience. But at this spa you can experience a torrential downpour without leaving the building. The immersive experience includes a drenching downpour, projections of lightning, and lighting and sound effects.

During 2020, photographer and filmmaker Dustin Farrell spent the better part of six months, driving more than 38,000 miles to chase down storms and shoot footage. The end result, 101 incredible shots of nature’s fury in action, compiled into an epic 3-minute short film.

Blue Dog Films used a Canon 5d Mk3 to capture this incredibly ominous and awe-inspiring time-lapse footage of a storm brewing over Maroochydore, Australia, churning away like something from the ark opening scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Vacationers on a beach in Novosibirsk, Siberia were recently taken by surprise when the skies turned dark and a major wind and hailstorm erupted, creating a scene that looks like its straight out of the apocalypse.