Take Cover
An intense local storm that brings severe weather.
What is a Thunderstorm
A tropical low-pressure system with winds blowing at speeds of 119km/h.
What is a hurricane?
A destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds and that is sometimes visible as a funnel-shaped cloud
What is a tornado?
Hail, lightning, high winds, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods are some examples of these
What is Severe Weather?
Heat exhaustion and heat strokes can best be prevented by what?
What is drinking water often?
Weather that can cause property damage and sometimes death.
What is severe weather?
A storm that forms in an area of low pressure
What is Thunderstorms?
This may form a thin funnel shape that has a very low pressure center
What is a storm cloud?
One of the most dangerous parts of a thunderstorm.
What is Lightning?
What is a condition in which the body has been exposed to high temperatures for an extended period of time?
What is heat exhaustion?
Thunderstorms get their energy from _____.
What is humid air?
A hurricane losses this when it travels over land or cooler water
What is a source of energy?
This area is where most tornadoes take place.
What is the Midwest?
Most destruction from hurricanes are due to what?
What are floods?
What is a condition in which the body loses its ability to cool by sweating because the victim has become dehydrated?
What is a heat stroke?
An electric discharge that happens when a positively charged area and a negatively charged area meet.
What is lightning?
This can lift cars, uproot trees, and tear the roofs off of buildings
What is hurricane winds?
A storm that can cause extensive damage to property.
What is a tornado?
This type of precipitation can damage crops and cars and break windows?
What is hail or hailstones?
What is the time that you should protect your skin?
What is 10-4 o'clock?
The sound when lightning strikes.
What is thunder?
When a hurricane pushes a huge mass of ocean water onto land
What is a storm surge?
The danger of a tornado mainly due to what?
What are high speed winds?
Rains that can cause flash floods and can bring these types of ice from clouds.
What are heavy rains and hailstones?
What will lead to sunburn even to the darkest-skinned people?
What is prolonged exposure to the sun?