Forget twisters. These storm chasers are after a sneakier hazard: hail. A team of about 70 researchers, armed with high-tech sensors and specially outfitted vehicles, set out across the nation this ...

A multi-million-dollar research project led by Northern Illinois University is investigating hailstorms by collecting over 10,000 hailstones across 24 storms in 11 states. Hail causes more damage than ...