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Earth and Space Sciences · Glossary

What is Storm?

Definition 12.2 Primary & Middle School Earth and Space Sciences · Chapter 12 — Natural Hazards

A storm is a time of very strong wind, usually with heavy rain or snow, and sometimes with thunder and lightning.

Looking down into the eye of Hurricane Isabel, over the Atlantic Ocean in September 2003, from the International Space Station: a wall of cloud around a calmer centre. Photograph: NASA (public domain).
Looking down into the eye of Hurricane Isabel, over the Atlantic Ocean in September 2003, from the International Space Station: a wall of cloud around a calmer centre. Photograph: NASA (public domain).
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