🌪️Tornadoes are fast-spinning columns of air that can cause destruction in their path.
❄️Blizzards are storms that bring blowing or falling snow, high winds, and cold temperatures.
🌀Hurricanes are storms with high winds and heavy rain that start over warm ocean waters.
💧Floods occur when too much rain causes streams, rivers, and lakes to overflow.
🔥Droughts happen when an area doesn't receive enough rainfall, leading to water scarcity.
What is considered severe weather?
—Severe weather refers to dangerous acts of nature that put people, animals, or buildings at risk. This includes tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, floods, and droughts.
How do tornadoes form?
—Tornadoes form from fast-spinning columns of air that stretch from a thunderstorm cloud to the Earth's surface. They have the power to pick up and destroy everything in their path.
What is the difference between a blizzard and a snowstorm?
—A blizzard is a storm with blowing or falling snow, high winds, and cold temperatures. A snowstorm refers to any fall of snow, regardless of wind or temperature.
Why do hurricanes start over warm ocean waters?
—Hurricanes start over warm ocean waters because the warm water provides the energy needed for their formation and intensification.
What causes floods?
—Floods are caused by too much rain that forces streams, rivers, and lakes to overflow, resulting in the inundation of surrounding areas.
01:14Severe weather refers to dangerous acts of nature that put people, animals, or buildings at risk.
01:36Tornadoes are fast-spinning columns of air that can cause destruction.
01:40Blizzards bring blowing or falling snow, high winds, and cold temperatures.
01:45Hurricanes are storms with high winds and heavy rain that start over warm ocean waters.
01:52Floods occur when too much rain causes streams, rivers, and lakes to overflow.
02:04Droughts happen when an area doesn't receive enough rainfall, leading to water scarcity.
02:49Severe weather impacts habitats, plant and animal life, and even reshapes the Earth's surface.
03:58Severe weather has a major impact on the biosphere and geosphere.
