There’s no hiding from a scientist with access to a satellite. A man searching the Australian outback on Google Earth pointed researchers in the direction of a strange scar cutting through the dirt.

A tornado of exceptional power carved a hidden trail across the Nullarbor Plain, leaving behind an 11-kilometer-long scar that remained invisible to the human eye—until a lone explorer on Google Earth ...

A satellite photo from March shows a pair of parallel tornado tracks in Mississippi, leftover from a deadly storm system that spawned over 100 twisters in more than a dozen U.S. states.

Across the Midwest during the warmer months, studying the sky for signs of storms and tornadoes becomes one of the most popular pastimes. “I study both the climate and extreme weather,” Chavas says.