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STORM STORY 12-13
Did you know? Thunder,
lightning, the
In India, most storm…
thunderstorms occur
When the
in West Bengal cumulonimbus
and north-eastern clouds carrying
India. This generally the droplets of
happens in the hot water rise very
high, the droplets
months of April begin to freeze and
and May, and this form ice particles.
The ice particles
season is called
Kalbaisakhi.
Help me with begin to fall, and
my ‘current’ as they come
situation! down, they melt and become
raindrops. The air that is moving up
is called an updraft. When it cools
and begins to come down, it is called a
downdraft. This downdraft and falling rain
cause a thunderstorm, which shows itself with loud rolls of thunder,
streaks of lightning, and even tornadoes. As the downdraft comes down, it
becomes stronger and stronger till it hits the ground and spreads out, cutting out the flow
of upward air. The updraft dies out, and as a result, the thunderstorm dies too.
Days of thunder…
Uganda, in Africa, and Singapore and Indonesia, in Asia, experience the most
thunderstorms in the world.
Dry thunderstorms occur when falling drops of rain evaporate before reaching the
ground. In this condition, if lightning strikes a dry forest, it can start a wildfire.
During a dry thunderstorm,
rain evaporates before it hits
the ground.
When lightning strikes the
ground covered with dry
forests, it can start forest fires.
hospital immediately.
Did you know? Thunder,
lightning, the
In India, most storm…
thunderstorms occur
When the
in West Bengal cumulonimbus
and north-eastern clouds carrying
India. This generally the droplets of
happens in the hot water rise very
high, the droplets
months of April begin to freeze and
and May, and this form ice particles.
The ice particles
season is called
Kalbaisakhi.
Help me with begin to fall, and
my ‘current’ as they come
situation! down, they melt and become
raindrops. The air that is moving up
is called an updraft. When it cools
and begins to come down, it is called a
downdraft. This downdraft and falling rain
cause a thunderstorm, which shows itself with loud rolls of thunder,
streaks of lightning, and even tornadoes. As the downdraft comes down, it
becomes stronger and stronger till it hits the ground and spreads out, cutting out the flow
of upward air. The updraft dies out, and as a result, the thunderstorm dies too.
Days of thunder…
Uganda, in Africa, and Singapore and Indonesia, in Asia, experience the most
thunderstorms in the world.
Dry thunderstorms occur when falling drops of rain evaporate before reaching the
ground. In this condition, if lightning strikes a dry forest, it can start a wildfire.
During a dry thunderstorm,
rain evaporates before it hits
the ground.
When lightning strikes the
ground covered with dry
forests, it can start forest fires.
hospital immediately.
