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  2. Storm - Wikipedia

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    A storm seen at the Baltic Sea near the island of Öland, Sweden.. A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. [citation needed] It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain ...

  3. Storm chasing - Wikipedia

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    Storm chasing is broadly defined as the deliberate pursuit of any severe weather phenomenon, regardless of motive, but most commonly for curiosity, adventure, scientific investigation, or for news or media coverage. [2] A person who chases storms is known as a storm chaser (or "chaser" for short).

  4. Great White Spot - Wikipedia

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    Pre 2010 GWS storms in the "storm alley" occurred in mid-latitudes in the southern hemisphere (2002–2010 at 36.2°S; 1.5° wide). These storms appeared in episodes. The first three in early 2004, late 2004 (dragon storm) and early 2006 (observed by Erick Bondoux and Jean-Luc Dauvergne [8]) lasted for a couple of months. The episode beginning ...

  5. Dust storm - Wikipedia

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    Saharan dust storms have increased approximately 10-fold during the half-century since the 1950s, causing topsoil loss in Niger, Chad, northern Nigeria, and Burkina Faso. [10] In Mauritania there were just two dust storms a year in the early 1960s; there are about 80 a year since 2007, according to English geographer Andrew Goudie , professor ...

  6. Haboob - Wikipedia

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    Some of the most famous dust storms of the Dust Bowl and similar conditions later were in fact synoptic scale events typically generated by a strong cold frontal passage, with storms on 11 November 1911, 9–11 May 1934, 14 April 1935, and 19 February 1954 having been particularly vivid examples.

  7. Winter storm - Wikipedia

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    In some cases, electricity was out for a month or more. At the height of the storm, more than 2 million people were without electricity. 2021 Winter Storm was the deadliest winter storm since the Blizzard of 1996 impacting most of the midwest and southcentral United States. The state of Texas gained notable publicity due to the failure of the ...

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  9. Tropical cyclone - Wikipedia

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    A tropical cyclone is the generic term for a warm-cored, non-frontal synoptic-scale low-pressure system over tropical or subtropical waters around the world. [4] [5] The systems generally have a well-defined center which is surrounded by deep atmospheric convection and a closed wind circulation at the surface. [4]