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Severe weather

Severe weather phenomena are weather conditions that are hazardous.

Examples include:

drought
heat wave[?]

thunderstorm
blizzard
ice storm

wind storm
arctic cyclone
cyclone (hurricane, typhoon)
monsoon
tornado

Phenomena caused by severe weather include:

flood
forest fire
landslide,mudslide[?]
avalanche

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