THUNDER STORM

• A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, a lightning storm
• a thundershower, is a type of storm characterized by the presence
• lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere
• Thunderstorms occur in association with a type of cloud
• cumulonimbus. They are usually accompanied by strong winds,

HURRICANES

• A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized
• by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement
• of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain. Depending on its location
• and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by names such as hurricane
• (/ˈhʌrɨkən/ or /ˈhʌrɨkeɪn/[1][2][3]), typhoon /taɪˈfuːn/, tropical storm,

TORNADOES

• A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the
• surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a
• cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as twisters or cyclones,[1] although
• the word cyclone is used in meteorology, in a wider sense, to name any closed
• low pressure circulation. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but they

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