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This week, we explore the world of weather. Discover the new lab to simulate 200 mph hurricanes in a quest to make storm-resistant homes, see how a weird fire vortex sparked a meteorological mystery, and learn about the extraordinary ways weather has changed human history.

Two model homes inside Florida International University's "Wall of Wind" facility—one with an upgraded roof and one without—will face hurricane force winds.

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY NSF-NHERI WALL OF WIND, FIU

New lab to simulate 200 mph hurricanes in quest to make storm-resistant homes

To prepare for extreme weather, Florida International University plans to simulate some of the world's most catastrophic storms.

The deadly Carr Fire burns through forests west of Redding, California, on July 30, 2018.

PHOTOGRAPH BY TERRAY SYLVESTER / GETTY IMAGES

How a weird fire vortex sparked a meteorological mystery

A spinning inferno with 143-mile-an-hour winds sent scientists scrambling to understand the cause of this deadly phenomenon.

METEOROLOGICAL SORCERY

Water, wind, and fire devastated the coastal community of Breezy Point, New York, after Superstorm Sandy toppled electrical lines and sparked fires that destroyed more than 100 homes—but left a statue of the Virgin Mary intact.

PHOTOGRAPH BY ORJAN F. ELLINGVAG, CORBIS / GETTY IMAGES

10 years later, see how Superstorm Sandy changed the Northeast

Elevated beach homes, walls of sand dunes, and new urban parks show how New York and New Jersey have rebuilt after one of the costliest weather disasters in U.S. history.

ORIGINATING AS A GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP FROM THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN, WHAT YEAR WAS THE FIRST CHERRY BLOSSOM TREE PLANTED IN WASHINGTON, D.C.?

A. 1894
B. 1912
C. 1946

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A massive supercell cloud spins over the town of Imperial, Nebraska.

PHOTOGRAPH BY KEITH LADZINSKI

When deadly storms arrive, here’s why we run toward danger

Braving hail, sandstorms, and tornadoes, we photograph nature at its rawest—and most beautiful.

RACING INTO CHAOS

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‘Rivers in the sky’ are why California keeps flooding

3.

How National Geographic has mapped hurricanes over 130 years

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Ball lightning: weird, mysterious, perplexing, and deadly

A lightning storm strikes after sunset.

PHOTOGRAPH BY RONAN DONOVAN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

The extraordinary ways weather has changed human history

From determining the outcome of wars to wholesale destruction of lives and property, weather affects our lives in a shocking number of ways.

UNDERSTAND THE WHYS AND HOWS

WHERE WILL WE JOURNEY TO NEXT?

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