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Violent disturbance in the atmosphere. |
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An overflowing of water in a normally dry area. |
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Rapidly whirling, funnel shape cloud that reaches down from a thunderstorm to touch Earth’s surface. |
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A sudden spark, or electrical discharge that occurs as these charges jump between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. |
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A tropical cyclone with winds of 119km/h or higher.
Hint: they are called typhoons in the West Pacific & cyclones in the Indian Ocean. |
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A cavity in the ground, especially in limestone bedrock, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground. |
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Atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer. |
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