Vocabulary
to be dangerous
hazardous
What is ice?
frozen rain
What is hazardous weather?
weather that is considered an act of nature or extreme weather-related conditions that cause damage.
What is the first word from the passage?
Hazardous
rainfall
precipitation
What year did a storm hit in Canada and New England that caused millions of home and businesses to be without power for weeks/months?
1998
What speed of winds does a blizzard need to be called a blizzard?
35 mph
What storm is talked about first?
Ice storm
to slowly gather or build up
accumulate
What does a watch mean?
a storm is coming
What months do ice storms typically take place?
What are blizzards?
Blizzards are dangerous storms caused by falling snow and has wind.
a massive amount or a lot
extensive
What happens to the roads and sidewalks when there's an ice storm?
roads and sidewalks become ice
When does freezing rain occur?
When a warm layer of air develops right above a layer of below-freezing air.
What can blizzards cause?
Snowdrifts and power outages
an astonishing situation that happened
phenomenon
How long will it take for the maple trees of the 1998 storm to recover?
around 40 years
What happens if precipitation refreezes while still in the air?
It will land as sleet.
What happens when supercooled drops touch ground or any other object below 32 *F
turns into freezing rain