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What happens when a warm front moves into an area?
It brings fair weather, no rain.
217,000 and 300,000 homes were destroyed or left uninhabitable by the storm. Wind speeds of up to 140mph (225km/h) careered into south-east Louisiana. The storm surge reached 25-28ft (7.6m-8.5m) above normal tide levels along the Mississippi coast and 10-20ft (3m-6.1m) above normal tide levels along the south-east Louisiana coast. In New Orleans, the driving waves and
Hurricane Katrina
How fast is a tornado?
Answers:25 to 40 miles per hour
What is the rarest type of snow?
Powder snow
What creates thunder?
when lightning passes through the air
What happens when a cool front moves into an area?
It brings bad weather, rain.
of 35ft (10.5m). In total, as many as 500,000 people are thought to have been killed by cyclone.
known as cyclones or typhoons rather than
How tall is a tornado?
between 1,640 and 4,921 feet (500 and 1,500 meters) tall
Do blizzards have lightning?
When thunder and lightning occur during a snowstorm, meteorologists refer to the phenomenon as thundersnow.
Can I flush the toilet during a thunderstorm?
Avoid plumbing: Metal plumbing and the water inside are both very good conductors of electricity.
Is freezing rain frozen on the way down? True or false
False
This hurricane happened in 1900 in Galveston, Texas and killed 6000 and 8000
Galveston Hurricane
What kills you first in a tornado?
Flying debris
Will snow exist in 2050?
water stored by western snowpack could decline by about 25% by 2050.
What is the sound of thunder called?
"thunderclap" or "peal of thunder".
Does a hurricane Spin Inward and clockwise. True or False
false
This hurricane hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina
How far can a tornado throw a car?
more than a mile
Does ICE cancel flights?
massive snow and ice, and dense fog
What is the #1 cause of death from lightning?
simultaneous cardiac and respiratory arrest
How fast does a hurricane Spin top speed for EF 5.
200+MPH
What is the name of the hurricane that killed 20,000 to 27,500 people in Barbados in the year 1780?
The Great Hurricane of 1780
Can tornadoes occur at night?
those that strike after dark are significantly more deadly.
How did blizzards get their name?
derived from the phrase severe snowstorm.
How rare is thundersnow?
out of the roughly 100,000 thunderstorms, there are generally less than seven thundersnow storms that occur during winter months