Lakes have appeared in the Sahara after a cyclone brought a deluge of rain to northern Africa that drenched swathes of the largest hot desert on Earth, satellite images show. An extratropical ...

With 15 to 25 inches of rain expected across the Southeast ... The pull of the moon helped slow the Earth’s rotation during two distinct periods in the distant past — a shift in the planet ...

moist air rises into the atmosphere and condenses into rain. It’s caused by the sun heating the Earth’s surface, which in turn warms the air above it. As the air rises, it expands and cools ...