Sign up here to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.Thunderstorms create enough hazards on their own, such as lightning, hail and tornadoes - however, microbursts can ...

According to the BOM, there are two types of microbursts — wet and dry. Microbursts are a "sudden, localised column of sinking air or downdraft, that can produce winds of damaging force", a ...