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Two large trees are caused heavy residential damage on Fincastle Road in the Chevy Chase neighborhood following a severe thunderstorm that uprooted a large tree in Lexington, Ky on April 2, 2024.
Houston, which saw heavy bands of rain that prompted flight delays on Christmas Eve, faced an enhanced risk of thunderstorms on Thursday, according to AccuWeather. The storms could persist in the ...
Cyclones. Extratropical cyclone. European windstorms; Australian East Coast Low "Medicane", Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones Polar cyclone; Tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, typhoon, or just "cyclone"
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain or squalls.
A storm crossing the Southeast states through Saturday night will bring soaking rain and even a few locally heavy thunderstorms. Urban flooding can result when the downpours last more than a few ...
A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning [1] and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder. [2] Relatively weak thunderstorms are sometimes called thundershowers. [3] Thunderstorms occur in a type of cloud known as a cumulonimbus. [4]
Strong thunderstorms spawned by unusually warm weather caused heavy rainfall and flash flooding across the south of England, particularly in London, where 35 mm (1.4 inches) of rain was recorded in one hour, over two-thirds of the local average monthly rainfall total for June.
In some cases, the storms can cause damaging winds, hail and flash flooding, while in other episodes, they merely bring downpours, breezes and some short bursts of thunder and lightning.