Matthew Cappucci

“Big Tex,” nation鈥檚 largest captive alligator, found after vanishing in Imelda鈥檚 flood

September 27, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Some people can't sleep if they know there's a spider in their house. Imagine being in Beaumont, Texas, and thinking that the largest alligator ever caught in the United States...

Using facial recognition technology to predict hailstorms

August 23, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Scientists are building machine learning models to better predict severe thunderstorms capable of producing hail.

Danny Allen, foreground, and Dax Leandro ...

A great forecast but a deadly tornado tragedy in Alabama. What went wrong?

March 5, 2019 at 11:22 a.m.

Despite Sunday's violent tornado in Lee County, Alabama, being well forecast, it marked the deadliest tornado in nearly six years. Twenty-three people fell victim to the twister, more tornado deaths...

Snow blankets West Birchwood Avenue in ...

The “polar vortex” is in the forecast. Again. Here’s what it means.

January 29, 2019 at 9:49 a.m.

Temperatures are forecast to drop well below zero in the Midwest this week -- as cold as around minus-30. The only phenomenon frigid enough to generate that kind of chill...

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