20 Gripping Photos of Extreme Weather

When Mother Nature has something to say, there's no ignoring her. She takes into no account your holiday plans or flight schedules. And she is blind to race, age and economic status

Yet, for all of her wrath and downpours of drama, Mother Nature always returns to us with smile — be it through warm sunshine to melt away the thickest ice, or a drop of rain to quench the thirstiest soil. Its her apology for showing her dark side and a thanks for bearing the brunt

Although her forces are still unmatched be even the most intelligent of man, we've at least been able to document her mood swings. And, perhaps, we even learn a thing or two about how to better understand her next time. We pored over thousands of extreme weather images to find out what Mother Nature had to say.