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THUNDERSTORMS (Google) - UPSC WITH NIKHIL

THUNDERSTORMS

• Thunderstorms are severe local storms.

• They are of short duration, occurring over a small area but are violent.

• Thunderstorms are caused by intense convection on moist hot days.

• A thunderstorm is a well-grown cumulonimbus cloud producing thunder and lightning.

• When the clouds extend to heights where sub-zero temperature prevails, hails are formed and they come down as hailstorm.

• If there is insufficient moisture, a thunderstorm can generate dust storms.

• From severe thunderstorms sometimes spiraling wind descends like a trunk of an elephant with great force, with very low pressure at the center, causing massive destruction on its way. Such a phenomenon is called a tornado.

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Uploaded on October 12, 2020