Here’s how it works. Where is it? Central Mali, Africa. What's in the photo? A massive, jellyfish-shaped thunderstorm cloud. Which satellite took the photo? Suomi National Polar-orbiting ...

When those Sudanese thunderstorms rise, they get caught up in the flow, off to drench Africa's west coast. And there they stop; the Atlantic Ocean is cold, and thunderstorms thrive on heat.

Predicting which African storms will intensify into hurricanes Date: March 12, 2015 Source: American Friends of Tel Aviv University Summary: Most hurricanes over the Atlantic that eventually make ...

WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) --NASA astronaut Terry Virts shared video taken aboard the International Space Station showing African thunderstorms as seen from space. Virts posted the Vine video to ...