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Storm over Panama City Beach

What causes thunder and lightning?

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Lightning over a farm field. Weather electricity thunderstorm light energy tree

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Kansas tornado over field. (twister, strom, weather, clouds)

How Do Tornadoes Form?

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‘Here We Go Again’: Kentucky Residents Face More Destruction and Anxiety From Storms • Feb. 17, 2025, 4:08 PM ET (New York Times)

Pilbara community evacuated by helicopter over Cyclone Zelia flooding risk • Feb. 15, 2025, 6:45 AM ET (The Guardian)

Storm brings hail to Harden in NSW – video • Feb. 10, 2025, 7:10 AM ET (The Guardian)

Back-to-Back Storm Systems Set to Drench Northern California • Feb. 1, 2025, 3:06 AM ET (New York Times)

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Key People

Espy, James Pollard

James Pollard Espy

American meteorologist

Quiz

Umbrella colored like a rainbow sticking out above a sea of black umbrellas while it rains. (storm, weather)

Weather Words Vocabulary Quiz

rain. Child in the rain, wearing a rain coat, under a yellow umbrella. April Showers weather climate rain storm water drops

April Showers to March’s Lions and Lambs

Lightning over a farm field. Weather electricity thunderstorm light energy tree

Facts You Should Know: Weather Quiz

Thunderstorm cumulonimbus clouds above Montana. weather storm thunderstorm atmospheric disturbance cumulonimbus clouds thunder and lightning Homepage blog 2011, science and technology

Clouds and Cloud Types

Iceland, Glacier lagoon (Jokulsarlon)

Winter Weather Words Quiz