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Storms SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Climate change
p.60

Storms are powerful winds that often bring rain, thunder ▸ ▸ Clouds p.64
and lightning, snow, hail, dust, or sand. Storms can cause ▸ ▸ Electricity p.87
serious damage if they have very high wind speeds or ▸ ▸ Erosion p.93

heavy rain that leads to flooding. Tornadoes, hurricanes, ▸ ▸ Water cycle
and thunderstorms are all types of storm. p.270
▸ ▸ Weather p.271

Tropical giants
The biggest and most destructive storms,
called hurricanes or typhoons, happen in The hurricane's eye, The strongest
tropical areas, above warm water. They or center, is calm, with winds surround
very little wind.
the storm's eye.
begin when groups of smaller storms spin
together into a spiral shape.

Thunderstorms
Storms with thunder and
lightning are common in
summer. They often have
heavy rain or hail that can
break things and cause floods.

Tornadoes
Hurricanes Tornadoes are fast-
are given people’s spinning columns of air
names, such as that form during massive
Alex, Matthew, thunderstorms. A tornado
and Patricia. can destroy everything
in its path.

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