Storm
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A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, ha
A storm seen at the Baltic Sea near the island of Öland, Sweden.
Classic summer thunderstorm with lightning in Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina.
Classic summer storm in the 19th-century Polish countryside – picture by Józef Chełmoński, 1896, 107 x 163 cm (42.1 x 64.1 in), National Museum in Kraków.
Typhoon Haiyan, a massive tropical cyclone that struck the Philippines in late 2013.
Thunderstorm
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A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorms are sometimes called thundersho
Storm
…an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain (ice storm), strong winds (tropical cyclone, windstorm), wind transporting some…
Lightning from a thunderstorm near Pritzerbe, Germany
Stages of a thunderstorm's life
Thunderstorms often develop from cumulus congestus clouds.
Anvil-shaped thundercloud in the mature stage