  In spite of an expected decline in convective activity following the 2007
equinox of Uranus, eight sizable storms were detected on the planet with the
near-infrared camera NIRC2, coupled to the adaptive optics system, on the 10-m
W. M. Keck telescope on UT 5 and 6 August 2014. All storms were on Uranus's
northern hemisphere, including the brightest storm ever seen in this planet at
2.2 $\mu$m, reflecting 30% as much light as the rest of the planet at this
wavelength. The storm was at a planetocentric latitude of $\sim$15$^{\circ}$N
and reached altitudes of $\sim$330 mbar, well above the regular uppermost cloud
layer (methane-ice) in the atmosphere. A cloud feature at a latitude of
32$^{\circ}$N, that was deeper in the atmosphere (near $\sim$2 bar), was later
seen by amateur astronomers. We also present images returned from our HST ToO
program, that shows both of these cloud features. We further report the first
detection of a long-awaited haze over the north polar region.
