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Storms and Severe Weather

This group collects the Meteorology subcategory's members that are storm systems and the severe or hazardous weather they produce: hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical cyclones, thunderstorms, dust storms, blizzards and hail, along with the named cyclone type, front and low-pressure system that give rise to them and the wind and flooding they cause. This is the subcategory's largest group after atmospheric optics, covering both the storm event and the meteorological mechanism, such as a cold-core low or an atmospheric river, that produces it.

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A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. 1
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A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body.
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