Severe Weather

Severe Weather

Thunderstorm

• A severe storm with lightning, thunder, heavy rain and strong winds.

• Some thunderstorms produce hail.

• Heavy rains cause flooding, lightning can cause fires, and strong winds can blow over trees or power lines.

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A severe storm with lightning, thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds

• blizzard

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• tornado

How do you stay safe during a thunderstorm?

• Do NOT stand under a tree

• Stay inside

• Stay out of water

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What should you do to stay safe during a thunderstorm?

• Take shelter under a tree.

• Stay inside and away from windows.

• Travel towards the coast.

Tornado

• A funnel-shaped cloud that comes down from a storm cloud with winds spinning at very high speeds.

• High winds can damage and/or destroy buildings, trees, power-lines, and crops

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Small, funnel-shaped storm with very high wind speeds

• tornado

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• blizzard

How to stay safe during a tornado

• Find a safe place away from a window

• If you cannot find shelter lie flat in a ditch or other low place

• Do not go in a car

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During a tornado, you should...

• stay in your car

• find a safe place away from windows

• drive to the hospital

Hurricane

• A large storm that forms over warm ocean water with very strong winds that blow in a circular pattern around the center, or eye, of the storm.

• High winds can blow over trees, power lines, and even buildings; heavy rain can cause flooding; the storm waves and rise in sea level at the beach cause massive flooding and damage the coastal zone

• The "Eye"

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A large storm that forms over warm ocean water with strong winds that blow in a circular pattern

• blizzard

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

• tornado

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A hurricane rotates around the center of the storm, which is also known as...

• the "eye"

• the "calm"

• the "funnel"

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Where are hurricanes most likely to form?

• over a lake

• Arctic Ocean

• anywhere over land

• Atlantic Ocean

How to stay safe in a hurricane

• Move further inland if you are near the coast.

• Stay away from windows

• Board up windows

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What is the best safety procedure for a hurricane?

• Stay in a basement until the hurricane is over.

• Travel away from the coast.

• Stay in your car.

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Which is an image of a hurricane?

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Which is an image of a thunderstorm?

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Which is an image of a tornado?