A screaming band of winds miles above the ground will push travelers quicker toward the East Coast, while those of us trying to get to the West Coast will see longer flight times due to strong ...

Airlines routinely adjust routes to take advantage of favourable winds, even if that means flying a path that looks longer.

At the same time, the jet stream weakened, with two critical consequences. First, instead of moving storms quickly eastward, the sluggish jet stream stalled storm systems in place, causing prolonged ...

On November 23, 2025, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia erupted for the first time in about 12,000 years, sending ash and gas high into the sky and disturbing life across several countries. The ...

Finally, the wavy jet stream became locked in place by persistent high-pressure systems, anchoring storm tracks over the same ...