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Weather phenomena
Define the weather phenomena
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| tsunami | very large wave, often caused by an earthquake, that flows onto the land. |
| volcano | a mountain from which hot melted rock, gas, steam , and ash from inside the mountain pour out. |
| tornado | a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| earthquake | any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth’s rocks |
| blizzard | dangerous winter storms that are a combination of blowing snow and wind resulting in very low visibilities |
| drought | a period of dry weather, especially a long one that is injurious to crops. |
| hailstorm | showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than (0.2) (5 mm) |
| lightning | a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. |
| hurricane | a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour. |
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