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What is the deadliest severe weather?
The largest number of reported injuries resulted from tornadoes, high winds including thunderstorm winds, and wildfires. The most deadly weather events in the United States over the past five years include Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Harvey, and California wildfires.
What are the 5 most common types of severe weather storms?
Tornado: clouds, strong wind, rain, hail. Hurricane or cyclone: strong wind, heavy rain. Blizzard: heavy snow, ice, cold temperatures. Dust storm: strong winds, arid conditions.
What is an example of severe weather?
Severe weather can include hazardous conditions produced by thunderstorms, including damaging winds, tornadoes, large hail, flooding and flash flooding, and winter storms associated with freezing rain, sleet, snow and strong winds.
What are the levels of severe weather?
They consist of 5 categories: marginal, slight, enhanced, moderate and high. A level 1 or marginal risk consist of isolated and short-lived severe thunderstorms that have limited intensity; usually these storms will have winds between 40-60 mph, hail up to and a low tornado risk.
