WEATHER

By Sarah Morete

HURRICANES

• Hurricanes can get HUGE, some even 600 miles across ways and can go up to 75-200kph

• Usually Hurricanes last up to a week and can go up to 10-20km in an hour over open oceans or seas

• DID YOU KNOW? Hurricanes start in the sea, but only if the water is 26c or warmer

TORNADOES• Tornadoes are rotating rows of air sometimes coming after a

thunderstorm• They pretty much destroy anything in it’s way and they can go

up to 300kph!!• They are formed when a nice moist air and cool, dry air meet.

When they do, they make instability in the air. There is a change of wind direction and wind speed.

• On Tuesday there was one in Auckland.

Auckland tornado

HAIL• Hail is formed when rain drops are caught in an updraft of a

thunderstorm. They get lifted high into the sky and they get so high that they turn into ice

• They start to get heavy so that’s why the fall down.

• The little hail pieces get lifted up again so they get bigger.

Biggest Hail piece ever

FLOODS• Floods are caused by a couple of days of heavy rain, making

the rivers overflow and the water hits the nearest town

• Sadly there was a flood out in Waimarama and Ocean Beach.

Waimarama Flooding

Thunder

Thunder and Lightning storm in New MexicoSCARY!!

• Thunder is a big bang noise coming from the sky on a rainy day

• Sometimes, if thunder is really bad, it comes into a storm with lightning. And, as you all know, it is called a thunderstorm

lightning• Lightning is a flash of light in the sky, made by a

thunderstorm• All the thunderstorms that produce lightning are

VERY dangerous• Sadly, lightning can kill and can cause injuries. Each

year, lightning kills more people than a Hurricane or Tornado

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