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  2. Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms

Nature

Thunderstorms begin as little fair-weather clouds that usually form and disappear without producing rain or electrical effects. When the air is thermally unstable, a few of these clouds undergo a rapid change: they increase in height and rain and electric fields appear.

Incidence

Thunderstorm asthma is caused by large amounts of whole pollen grains being pulled up into the clouds of an evolving thunderstorm. Small pollen allergen particles are released into the air in the cold dry outflows from the storm and arrive at ground level where they are breathed into people’s lungs.

Broader

Storms
Presentable

Aggravates

Hurricanes
Excellent
Asthma
Excellent
Flash floods
Presentable
Electrical storms
Unpresentable

Related

Lightning
Presentable

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #13: Climate Action

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Meteorology » Meteorology
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E3881
    DOCID
    11538810
    D7NID
    145675
    Last update
    Nov 11, 2020