When Weather Gets Serious



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Sometimes the weather is so nice and warm that you can spend all day playing outside. Other days, you have to stay inside watching heavy rains through the window. Most serious storms have heavy rains, winds, snow or hail. Some are tornadoes, hurricanes and thunderstorms. All of these can cause a lot of damage where they occur which is why there are warnings on the TV and radio.



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Serious Weather Conditions



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Image from: Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994

Sometimes the weather is so nice and warm that you can spend all day playing outside. Other days, you have to stay inside watching heavy rains through the window. Most serious storms have heavy rains, winds, snow or hail. So me examples of severe weather are tornadoes, hurricanes and thunderstorms. All of these can cause massive damage where they occur which is why there are warnings on th e TV and radio.



IMAGEMAP

Severe Weather



Click on image for full size version (176K GIF)
Image from: Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994

Sometimes the weather is so nice and warm that you can spend all day playing outside. Other days, you have to stay inside watching heavy rains through the window. Most serious storms have heavy rains, winds, snow or hail. So me examples of severe weather are tornadoes, hurricanes and thunderstorms. All of these can cause massive destruction where they occur which is why there are warnings on the TV and radio.



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