Includes bibliographical references (page 55) and index.
Contents:
What are thunderstorms? -- When and where do thunderstorms develop? -- What happens during a thunderstorm? -- The Fort Worth hailstorm -- What are lightning and thunder? -- Types of lightning -- Aircraft at risk -- Forest fires -- Downpours and flooding -- Flash flood in the rockies -- Hailstones -- Deadly hailstorms -- Brisbane, 2014 -- Tornadoes -- The super tornado outbreak -- Microbursts -- A hazard to aircraft -- Derechos -- 2012 United States derecho -- 2013 United States double derechos -- Safety in thunderstorms -- Windstorms -- The North Sea floods of 1953 -- The Great Gale of 1987.
Summary:
"A discussion of thunderstorms, derechos, hailstorms, and microbursts, describing their characteristics, formation, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant thunderstorm events from history"-- Provided by publisher.
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