A hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone, a large swirling storm that produces strong winds and lots of rain.
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What is a water spout?
A water spout is just a weak tornado that forms over water. They are most common along the Gulf coast. Water spouts can sometimes move inland becoming tornadoes.
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What is a land spout?
A land spout is a weak tornado that is not associated with a wall cloud or a mesocyclone. It is land equivalent of waterspout.
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Where does thunder often occur?
Clouds form when warm, humid air rises and cools.
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Name a color of lightning besides yellow.
Lightning can be violet, orange and red.
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How fast, in seconds, can tornadoes go on the ground?
Tornadoes can go 2 Kilometers per second.
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How many degrees Celsius surrounds lightning?
30,000 degrees Celsius.
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What is forked lightning?
Forked lightning is a jagged form of light.
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What is a tornado?
A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.
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What causes lightning?
When liquid and ice particles above the freezing level collide. They build up large electrical fields in the clouds. Once these electrical fields become large enough, a giant "spark" happens.
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Which type of natural disaster is the most violent?
Tornadoes are the most violent storms that nature sends on our way.
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How does a tornado form?
A tornado forms when hot air or cold air chase each other around and then it forms a funnel in the sky.
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Are lightning balls real?
People have seen lightning balls for hundreds of years. It is still a mystery.
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How can a flood happen? (besides just rain)
Floods can happen when rivers overflow, when a tsunami, or when a dam breaks.
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Name all of the safest places you can go when a tornado hits.
The safest places to go is the basement, under a table, closets, or a special room with supplies.